By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has disclosed plans to boost food production by providing seedlings, fertilizers, solar water pumps generating sets alongside subsidized fuel to farmers in the state. He added that the move would allow the state government to key in into...
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The Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Food, Beverages and Tobacco Senior Staff Association (FOBTOB) on Tuesday held a peaceful protest against the National Agency Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC)’s directive to shut down companies manufacturing alcoholic sachet drinks. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...
Officials of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Tuesday, began enforcement of ban on sachets of alcoholic drinks in Osun. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NAFDAC officials visited some of the factories where the alcoholic beverages were being produced...
Veteran Nollywood actress, Joke Silva, has called on the Federal Government to ensure filmmakers in the country gain easy access to funds to produce films. Silva made the call while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. “Over the years, filmmakers...
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang has sacked heads of some tertiary institutions in the state. The Secretary to the State (SSG), Mr. Samuel Jatau disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Jos. According to Jatau,the heads of institutions affected include those of Plateau University, Bokkos; Plateau...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nasarawa State Police Command, has distanced itself from the controversy surrounding the formation of the Miyetti Allah Vigilante Group in the state. Commissioner of Police, Nasarawa state command, CP Shehu n Nadada, made the denial on Tuesday in his office at the...
The Minister of Finance, Mr Wale Edun, and the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Atiku Bagudu, have assured Nigerians that the high cost of living being witnessed by Nigerians is currently being addressed. Mr Olayemi Cardoso, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and Mr...
A Labour Party governorship aspirant in the upcoming Edo governorship election, Mr Olumide Akpata, on Tuesday said he joined the party to build it and not to destroy it. Akpata made this known in Benin while debunking allegations that he sponsored a protest at the Labour party secretariat...
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that he is thankful King Charles III’s cancer had been “detected early” as he wished him a full recovery. Charles, 75, is facing regular treatment for cancer after his shock diagnosis was uncovered during his recent hospital stay for a procedure on...
The National Population Commission (NPC) says birth certificates will not be issued to persons older than 18 years of age. The NPC State Director Oyo State, Mr Akin Oyetunde, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Ibadan that this is according to Act 1992 Birth...
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, ordered the remand of a 54-year old man, Michael Uduigwome, in the Ikoyi Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling his eight-month old daughter. Uduigwome, who lives on Rasaq Balogun St., Surulere, Lagos State, is charged with defilement. The Chief Magistrate, O...
The Police Command in Kwara said it had rescued the wife of the late Oba Olusegun Aremu-Cole, the Onikoro of Koro-Ekiti and one other in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that suspected gunmen on Feb. invaded the Oba`s palace, killed...
Retired Major-General Charles Airhiavbere, one of the All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirants for Edo governorship poll, says he has capacity to beat the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the Sept. 21 poll. Airhiavbere said this on Tuesday, when he spoke with newsmen shortly after submitting his Expression...
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday, quashed a criminal charge preferred against a former Chief of Air Staff, Adesola Amosu, and two others over N21. 5 billion money laundering. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had re-arraigned the defendants , on...
A large proportion of the votes cast in the presidential and parliamentary elections in El Salvador must be recounted due to technical issues, the president of the Supreme Electoral Court said. Nearly 30% of the ballot boxes used for the presidential election and all ballot boxes used for...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has assured the party’s nine protesting governorship aspirants in Edo that their protests would not go in vain. This is contained in a statement signed by Chief Dan Orbih, the National Vice Chairman, PDP, South-South, a copy of which was made available to...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A total of 2,811 patients have benefited from the Free Medical Outreach programme by Jennifer Etuh Foundation (JEF) in collaboration with Pro-Health International in Obubra LGA of Cross River state. The Program Manager, Jennifer Etuh Foundation, Mr. Joseph Otu made available to some...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has disbursed one hundred million naira cash and 20,000 prices of wrappers to 20,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) women in Gamboru Ngala town to cushion their sufferings . The governor spoke on Tuesday shortly after the distributing the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has condoled with the family and friends of the iconic actor and playwright Jimi Solanke, who died on Monday, at the age of 81. President Tinubu’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by his Special...
King Charles III has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and has begun treatment, Buckingham Palace said on Monday, just a week after he was discharged from hospital for prostate surgery. Following the announcement, the 75-year-old Charles’s estranged son Prince Harry made it known that he had...