The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), a non-profit organisation, has advocated for an increase in the budgetary allocation to the country’s agriculture sector. Dr Michael Ojo, Nigeria’s Country Director of the organisation said this in a statement on Friday to commemorate the World Food Day. The theme for...
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The Lagos State Government has assured that it would not displace Makoko residents in its regeneration of the waterfront community which covers the Mainland and Somolu Local Government Areas of the state. Dr Idris Salako, the Commissioner, Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, gave the assurance in Alausa,...
Some football enthusiasts, on Friday described the Super Eagles as a work in progress, adding that the inclusion of home-based players in the team would be step in the right direction. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) had arranged two friendly matches...
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday sentenced a 30-year-old man, Hamma Yusuf , to one year imprisonment, for peddling 400g of Cannabis Sativa, also known as hemp. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arraigned Yusuf on one count of drug trafficking, Yusuf pleaded guilty and begged...
The operatives of Anti-kidnapping unit of the Nigeria Police, Bayelsa Command has arrested a suspected armed robber for allegedly planning to procure a firearm in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Asinmi Butswat, in a statement on Friday said that the 26-year-old suspect came to Yenagoa to...
President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Mr Chidi Ilogebe, has urged Federal and States Governments to waive school fees in tertiary institutions as a palliative to students. Ilogebe made the request while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on national issues affecting Nigerian students...
The Kano State Government, says it has trained about 200 local government officials on substance and drug abuse, to enhance awareness creation activities at the grassroots. Murtala Sule-Garo, the state’s Commissioner for Local Government, stated this in a statement signed by Farouk Masanawa, the Public Relations Officer of the...
A laboratory scientist, Mrs Adaora Anosike, says hand washing will continue to be a major approach in preventing infection from old and emergency diseases globally. Anosike, a staff member of Healing Balm Laboratory Services, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in...
An activist, Mr Jacob Pwakim, has advised Nigerians protesting against the existence of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS), a unit of the Nigerian Police Force, to be civil and peaceful in their protests. Pwakim, who is the Executive Director of an NGO, Youth Initiative Against Violence and Human...
The African Union (AU), Economic Social and Cultural Council ECOSOSCC) signs an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an NGO, Support Our Troops (SOT)to provide a social Housing Scheme for widows of military and security personnel. ECOSOCC is an advisory body of the African Union designed to give civil society...
Sri Lanka has introduced jail terms and fines for those who failing to follow health measures aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19, officials said on Friday. Those failing to wear face masks in public places or maintain social distancing could get a six-month jail term and a fine...
The National Economic Council (NEC) has asked governors to supervise the newly formed police tactical units and other security agencies in their states. NEC made this resolution at the end of its fifth virtual meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The council...
President Macky Sall of Senegal has commended the way and manner Nigeria is supporting the cost of war against insurgency and terrorist activities in all the Lake Chad Basin areas. The Senegalese leader gave the commendation at the end of a dinner meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari and President...
Omituntun Initiative in the Diaspora (OID), a socio-political support group to the Oyo State Government, has commiserated with Gov. Seyi Makinde over the death of his mother, Madam Abigail Makinde. This is contained in a statement, signed by his spokesperson, Ayotomiwa Adebayo, and made available to newsmen on Thursday...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, said “the risks of reopening nightclubs and bars are still high hence, their continued ban”. The PTF National Coordinator, Dr Sani Aliyu, said this during the PTF press briefing on Thursday in Abuja, while reacting to questions on the continued closure of...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 148 new cases of coronavirus in the country, according to its official twitter handle on Thursday. It said that the 148 new cases were from 14 states in the last 24 hours, distributed as follows – Lagos State (66), FCT (25), Oyo (13),...
From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – About 760 internally displaced persons (IDPs) households from Ngoshe, Kirawa and Pulka villages of Gwoza Local Government of Borno state were today Thursday screened, tagged and returned back to their ancestral homes by the Borno State Government to continue with their normal life after ...
The Committee to Protect Journalists has enjoined online publishers in Nigeria to rise against the Cybercrime Act, noting that journalists publishing online are vulnerable to the various challenges confronting the entire Nigerian media community. Senior Researcher, Africa Programme at the CPJ, Jonathan Rozen, who made the call, added that...
Journalists, especially online publishers, have been urged to be citizen-centred as they continue to serve as watchdogs for the good of the country. They were also advised to remain as independent monitors of those in power. This call was made on Thursday by the Consul-General of Nigeria in New...