From GODWIN ATSER, Ibadan – Country Manager of HarvestPlus, Paul Ilona, has been selected as the Chair of the Steering/Advisory Committee of the Building an Economically Sustainable, Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase 2, (BASICS-II). BASICS II aims to transform the cassava seed sector by catalyzing the dissemination of improved...
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 438 new COVID-19 cases in the country as total infections from the virus rise to 39,977. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Saturday. It stated that regrettably 11 deaths were recorded in the country. According...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, said only the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has a product to sell in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State. The governor said this while speaking at the official flagg off of the PDP campaign rally for the reelection of Governor...
*Suspects tortured through mob action – Police *Suspects notorious thieves – Community ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi Prison Inmate Development Initiative (PIDI-Nigeria), a Human Rights Group, has petitioned the Commissioner of Police, Bauchi State, Lawal Jimeta, accusing some officers and men of the state command of allegedly torturing two suspected chicken...
The Federal Government has on Saturday partially closed the Third Mainland Bridge to allow for rehabilitation works after site inspections of traffic architecture assessments. In a report by the News Agency of Nigeria, work began at midnight of July 24 as workmen use crash barriers to barricade the outbound...
Our President’s house is on fire, but he does not seem to know about it. Like Nero who was fiddling while Rome was burning, our President is busy trying to quench the fire raging in another man’s house, but would not attend to the one ravaging his own house....
Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has expressed the willingness of the Ministry to support the Federal Character Commission (FCC) to achieve its mandate. Prince Agba made this pledge when the chairperson of FCC, Dr Muheeba Farida Dankaka, led a delegation on a visit...
By abiodun KOMOLAFE Except we are being economical with the truth, the last is yet to be heard of COVID-19, the pandemic that has continued to severely fracture the global community. With exponential spikes, which have forced “an increase in restrictions” in the United States of America and “racial...
Boeing Co is preparing to delay its all-new 777X jet by several months or up to a year, Reuters reported on Saturday quoting three sources familiar with the matter to had said, as the COVID-19 crisis exacerbates a drop in demand for the industry’s largest jetliners. The company hopes...
The Chinese consulate in the Texas city of Houston was closed down on Friday, a U.S. State Department official confirmed, as Beijing complied with an order from the Trump administration. Local media in Houston reported that U.S. officials entered the premises shortly after a deadline to shut down imposed...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Nigeria has recorded 591 new cases of COVID-19, bringing total infections to 39,539 as of July 24. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which made this known on its official twitter handle on Friday, stated that “regrettably”, 12 deaths were recorded in the...
By Rev. Chris Okotie This article is an excerpt from my broadcast on YouTube concerning the Covid-19 pandemic. It deals with the issue of the vaccine being prepared to fight the virus. You may have to listen to the full broadcast to fully understand what I am talking about...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The newly appointed Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun, said the state police command under his watch would take the battle of crime fighting to the den of criminals, using intelligence based techniques, executed by men of high integrity. According to a release on...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Government is to spend the over N285 million to train 1,000 youths in modern Agriculture expertise and methods particularly in cowpea, sweet potatoes and carrots production in the state. The state governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, disclosed this when he received a delegation...
In the cesspool of corruption and continuous A-grade drama that is Nigeria, only a handful of names have stood out to tell a different story, not only in Nigerian circles but across global scenes, too. One very prominent name to reckon with is the iconic name of Dr Ngozi...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – Director-General/Chief Executive of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Sir Joseph N. Ari has expressed appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari for re-appointing him for a second term of office. In his first reaction since the development, Ari said he viewed his reappointment, which takes effect...
Yakubu Dogara, immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, has again decamped to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the GUARDIAN reported. The former Speaker along with the Governor of Yobe state, Mai Mala Buni, were said to had met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House,...
Ahead of new season, 4-time African Footballer of the Year Yaya Toure has started training with English League Two outfit Leyton Orient. The 37-year-old is however, not looking forward to having an adventure in the fourth tier English side. It is understood Yaya Toure who spent 8 years at...
Former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa has died age 81 at a hospital in Tanzania’s former capital Dar es Salaam, the government announced Friday. He was the country’s third president after independence from Britain in 1962. Ruling the East African country for two terms from 1995 to 2005, he’ll be...