Food System/Nutrition Specialist at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, Mr Ibrahim Ishaka, has revealed that Nigeria loses around 50% of its agricultural products along the food supply chain. Ishaka disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines...
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Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, on Saturday, cast his vote in the Local Government polls and commends the peaceful conduct of the exercise. Governor Soludo arrived at his Polling Unit, 002 located at Ofuiyi Square, Umueze at Isuofia Ward 13, in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra and cast...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said it is partnering with Microfinance Banks (MFBs), to enhance financial inclusion to stimulate growth of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country. Mr Sah Nyashi, CBN Controller, Yola Branch, said this on Saturday at the inauguration of Dabtikir Microfinance...
The Nigerian Technical Aid Corps (NTAC) says four Nigerian professors have been selected to hold key positions in the University of Applied Science, Engineering and Technology (USET) in The Gambia. The Director-General (D-G) of NTAC, Dr Yusuf Yakub, said this on Saturday in Abuja. Yakub spoke when the Minister...
The Borno Flood Relief Distribution Committee on Saturday commenced the verification of more than 7,000 victims of the recent flooding in Limanti Ward, Maiduguri Metropolitan Council. This followed the earlier assessment and distribution launch conducted in Gwange 1 Ward, where Gov. Babagana Zulum, personally inaugurated the relief effort. The...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved the constitution of a committee to review the ban on the activities of metal scavengers in the state. Governor Zulum had imposed a ban on the activities of the metal scavengers in July 2023, primarily to...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – The Vice Chancellor of the Kogi State University (KSU), Kabba, Prof. Kehinde Eniola has disclosed that a total of 101 students of the institution have benefited from the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), under the President Bola Tinubu led administration. The VC, who disclosed...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the death of Pastor Patience Eno, the wife of the Akwa-Ibom governor, as devastating. Abubakar, in a statement by his media aide, Paul Ibe, described late Eno, who died on Friday, as a remarkable woman who gave her best in the service...
The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) said a notorious Boko Haram terrorist, Bochu Abacha, has surrendered to troops deployed in Kukawa Local Government of Borno State. Chief Military Information officer of the MNJTF, Ndjamena, Lt. Col. Olaniyi Osaba, disclosed this in a statement in Maiduguri on Saturday. Osaba said...
The Minister of State for Youth Development, Hon. Ayodele Olawande, has appealed to Nigerian youths to be patient, saying “Rome was not built in a day”. Olawande made the call at a retirement dinner of Hajiya Walida Isa, Director, Corps Mobilisation, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Friday in...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) said on Friday in Abuja that it would recruit 900 health workers for its hospitals. Permanent Secretary, Health and Environment Services Secretariat (HESS), Dr Babagana Adams, said this at a dinner and award night organised by the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, October 1st, as a public holiday to commemorate the nation’s 64th Independence Day Anniversary. The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made this known in a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Dr Magdalene Ajani, on Saturday in Abuja. Tunji-Ojo...
President Bola Tinubu has forwarded the names of members of the inaugural Governing Board of the North West Development Commission (NWDC) to the Senate for confirmation. The step follows President Tinubu’s signing of the North West Development Commission Bill into law on July 24, marking a crucial milestone in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has been honoured with Forbes Magazine Best of Africa Leadership Excellence Award 2024. Forbes is a global media company focused on business, investing, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership, and lifestyle. Forbes Magazine’s “Best of Africa Leadership Excellence Award” is awarded...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has commended a Chieftain of the opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Idris Durkwa for donating the sum of N20 million as contribution in ameliorating the socio economic hardship faced by the victims of the recent Maiduguri and...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Chairman, State Directors of Department of State Services (DSS) in the North-East, Sani Bakori, has declared that though the subregion is faced with a myriad of security challenges, they are not insurmountable with the collaboration, innovation and determination of all stakeholders. He stated...
Youths in the Niger Delta region on Friday disassociated themselves from the Oct. 1 planned nationwide protest. The youths, in their thousands, stormed Effurun to make their position known at a Stakeholders’/Engagement Forum convened by the Office of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission (ANSIEC) and the Police Command have relocated some polling units to six Local Government Areas headquarters for safety ahead of the Saturday Council polls. The bodies said that the actions was to beef up security formations in the six most volatile local government areas...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has appointed seven executive directors for the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). A statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser, Bayo Onanuga, listed the executive directors to include: Mr Ayo Adewuyi who was reappointed Executive Director, News, and Ibrahim Aliyu, Executive Director,...
The Ebonyi Government says the death toll from the cholera outbreak in Ndibokote Village in Ezza-Inyimegu Community has hit 15. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Moses Ekuma, confirmed the number of deaths from the epidemic in the locality to newsmen in Abakiliki on Friday. Ekuma said that three emergency...