World Bank has granted an additional $19 million to Forum for Agriculture Research in Africa (FARA) to extend its Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) grant agreement for a further five years.

LAGOS—A mob stopped a supposedly mad woman from kidnapping a two-year-old girl in Igbonla community, Sibiri area of Lagos, yesterday.

EMPHASIS on innovation and human resource development has been the hallmark of the two and half decades of the founding of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC). Also, remarkably, the diversity of NDIC’s organisational structure has faithfully reflected the federal character.

Indian High Commissioner in Nigeria, Mr A. R. Ghanashyam, has called for greater trade ties in the non-oil sector between Nigeria and India. Ghanashyam made the call in Abuja during a courtesy visit to the Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Mr Ekpo Nta.

The Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF, has released a list of 24 players and six officials from the Atlantic and Savannah Conferences of the Dstv Premier League for this weekend’s All Stars game scheduled for the University of Lagos indoor hall in Akoka, Lagos.