AGRIC: IITA, AGRA seek action on climate change
The Director General, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Dr Nteranya Sanginga, has said that there is need to go beyond rhetoric to action in dealing with negative consequences of climate change on agricultural production and productivity.
WEFA: NECO moves exam dates nationwide
The National Examinations Council, NECO, yesterday, shifted its Basic Education Certificate Examination from May 8-10 because of the World Economic Forum Africa, WEFA.
FG to unravel missing $20bn fund in 4 months
Indications emerged, yesterday, at the World Economic Forum Africa that the Federal Government and auditors investigating NNPC accounts will, in the next 16 weeks, make public their findings. This will put paid to the controversy surrounding the alleged missing $20 billion from the Federation Account.
WEF: Rumours, fear and panic rule Abuja
The near empty streets of Abuja and the corresponding free-flow of traffic last Wednesday may mislead a first time visitor to believe that the city is a dream land.
Why Yoruba people in Kogi, Kwara want relocation to Ekiti State — Obayori
A delegate to the National Conference, Dr Femi Obayori, has called for the restructuring of the country along ethno-cultural line, saying such will give minority tribes in some states a sense of belonging.
FG, UNICEF, USAID, others collaborate to produce high energy foods
AS Nigeria press to achieve food security, several international organisations had pledged their collaboration with the federal government to produce high energy nutritious foods for the country and Africa
Chibok: Plateau women protest, seek radical action against terror
Christian and Muslim women of different ethnicities resident in Plateau State, under the aegis of Plateau Women Solidarity Movement, yesterday, came out in their numbers to say a resounding no to terror and protest the “cruel abduction of over 200 girls in Chibok and eight more girls in Yobe State.”
Edo APC decampees desperate over 2016 guber —Party leaders
BENIN—LEADERS of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, yesterday, reacted to the resignation of some members of the party, saying that those who resigned their membership of the party were desperate for power ahead of the 2016 governorship election.
Ebonyi govt, rice millers on war path
EBONYI State government yesterday vowed to eject rice millers by all means over alleged expiration of tenure of the current executive and presumed crisis in the company
How sound Bar makes TV fun
It is becoming increasingly clear that superior picture quality alone does not guarantee an enjoyable TV viewing experience
750,000 cars shipped through port of Baltimore in 2013
The port of Baltimore last year handled a total of 750,000 cars both import and export, the Trade Development officer of Maryland Port Administration, Larry Johnson, has said.
