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Dr Peter Akwe, the Chairman, Nasarawa State House of Assembly Committee on Agriculture, has urged coordinators involved in the sales of fertilisers and other farm inputs in the state to ensure that only farmers got the commodities. This, he said, was to boost food production, generate employment and boost the...
Joe Biden was sworn in Wednesday as the 46th president of the United States, in an ceremony administered by Chief Justice John Roberts. Moments earlier, Kamala Harris was sworn in as vice president of the United States, becoming the first woman of colour to hold the office. The ceremony...
The UK-Nigeria Tech Hub said it had launched virtual capacity building programme to assist in developing Nigeria’s tech ecosystem. UK-Nigeria Tech Hub Country Director, Honey Ogundeyi, made the disclosure in a statement made available to the New Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos. She said that the...
Sen. Istifanus Gyang (PDP Plateau North) says the Plateau North Peace, Unity and Reconciliation football tournament which he has organised, is meant to promote peace and also discover talents in the zone. Gyang said at the group stage draws of the maiden edition of the tournament held on Wednesday...
To meet the yawning housing demands of Nigerians, the Federal Government is set to construct 900 housing units in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.Sen. Gbenga Ashafa, the Managing Director, FHA, disclosed this in Ibadan on Wednesday at the official handing over of the site at Ajoda New Town in...
Kano State Government says it has recorded 17 deaths and 827 new cases between November 2020 and January. Dr Sabitu Shanono, the Deputy Coordinator, Technical Response of the state task force on COVID -19, disclosed this during a sensitisation meeting with five Emirs and 50 district heads in the...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have signed a Joint Action Plan to strengthen cooperation between both banks and support investment across Africa. The signing ceremony for Joint Action Plan with EIB was organised virtually by the AfDB in its headquarters in Abidjan, Cote...
The Commandant, Kano State Hisbah Board, Dr Haruna Ibn-Sina, said 19 women had been arrested over alleged involvement in immoral acts in Kano metropolis. The commandant confirmed the arrest in a statement signed by Malam Lawal Ibrahim, Public Relations Officer of the board in Kano on Wednesday. He said...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has acquire three new aircraft for maritime operations in the Niger Delta. The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, disclosed this at the inauguration of a block of 30 one-bedroom living quarters and Computerized Tomography Scan facility for officers...
A 25-year-old man, Abubakar Modi, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a two-count charge bordering on drug possession before Justice Folashade Giwa-Ogunbanjo at the Federal High Court, Abuja. Modi was arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The Prosecuting Counsel, Mr Mike Kassa, told the court that Modi...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has warned against bush burning and other acts capable of causing fire disaster during the dry season. The NEMA Director-General, Retired AVM Mohammed Mohammed, gave the warning during a stakeholders’ meeting on fire sensitisation and awareness campaign on Wednesday in Osogbo. Represented by...
The United States of America will Wednesday, January 20, 2021 make history by swearing in its 46th President, Joseph R. Biden and a first African-American Vice President, Kamala Harris. The two Democrats were duly elected after a November 3, 2020 election with outgoing president, Donald Trump refusing to concede...
The Central Bank of Burundi on Wednesday alerted the public to the existence of new investment activities and marketing of cash or electronic money “in fraudulent pyramid schemes”, holding out the prospect of high short-term returns to members. The Bank of the Republic of Burundi (BRB) said that third...
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of four men in the Zonal Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Department, Zone 6, Osogbo, for alleged murder and arson.The defendants, Afeez Rasaq, 34; Idowu Yussuf, 30; Mohammed Suleiman, 38 and Afolabi Sunday, 38, were arraigned on...
Ahead of becoming the first female, Black and Asian Vice President of the United States, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, remembered her Indian mother, Shyamalan Gopalan Harris, just before the inauguration ceremony. Harris posted a video on Twitter, captioned: “I’m here today because of the women who came before me.”...
Two members of the Osun state cabinet have tested positive to the coronavirus and have already started self isolation and treatment, the Commissioner for Information, Mrs Funke Egbemode has said. Briefing journalists on Wednesday in Osogbo, Egbemode said that the two unnamed cabinet members were discovered to be positive...
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended heartfelt condolences to the Ka’oje family, the government and people of Kebbi State on the passing of Mr Bala Ka’oje, former Minister of Youth and Sports Development. The president made his feelings known in a condolence message released by his Senior Special Assistant on...
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s team on Wednesday morning announced a number of executive actions he would take immediately after his inauguration later in the day. The actions are aimed at “reversing the gravest damages of the Trump administration” and start moving the country forward, according to the document. They...