Nigeria and 13 other African countries will benefit from the `Sweet Potato for Profit and Health Initiative,’ being developed by the International Potato Centre based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, yesterday, called on Governor Adams Oshiomhole to explain how he expended over N12 billion security votes in the past three years.

Asaba—THE strike action embarked upon by medical doctors in Delta State, who are kicking against signing the attendance register is already taking its toll, even as the state House of Assembly has thrown its weight behind the state government’s stand to sack the striking doctors.

Dr Kenneth Nwosu,the Executive Director, National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI), Umudike in Abia, has said that the adoption of agricultural biotechnology will boost food production, help achieve national food security and ensure sustainability of the sector.

Shareholders of Niger Insurance plc are set to take up their rights in the company’s current capitalisation bid expected to commence in the next few weeks. They said that they would be ready to increase their equity stake in the company when it eventually hit the capital market for its proposed capital raise.

The bad news of attack on the United Nations Building in Abuja was followed by another worse tale of deadly clashes in Jos.

As if president Goodluck Jonathan has not made enough history, he comes down once again as only Nigerian president living or dead who appointed so many women into his cabinet.

Yet, the women in Jonathan’s cabinet are more of the same: political appointees brought on to fill the quota. Fortunately every last one of them are of no mean accomplishments in their own rights. What chances do they have of proving having women on board will make a significant difference? It’s been a hundred days, so who will hit the ground running?

Amy Jade Winehouse was a talent and a tragic figure. Her entry into the music bloc was a loud drop with a biggish promise. Pundits predicted that Winehouse would be a winner.

NON-REFUND of over N100 million Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, deducted from Dockworkers by Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, eight years after the stoppage of the scheme is causing restiveness in the Ports.

Sports Minister, Alhaji Yussuf Suleiman bared his fangs yesterday on some coaches of Team Nigeria for their ineptitude that has seen some athletes lose medals that ordinarily they would have won.