Eulogies pour in for Agagu at 3rd memorial lecture
Some of the country’s leading personalities in the professions and politics led by former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday eulogised the late Dr. Olusegun Agagu, former governor of Ondo State as a man of courage and vision who worked tirelessly for Nigeria and Ondo State.
Saraki distributes N250m items to indigent Kwarans
THE Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, during Sallah break in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, distributed empowerment materials worth N250 million to select beneficiaries across the state.
Mothers, babies escape death as flood sacks Abeokuta maternity home
ABEOKUTA—No fewer than seven nursing mothers and their new born babies, yesterday, escaped death, as flood ravaged the maternity ward of the hospital they were admitted in, in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Security agencies, host communities, Hausa-Fulani herdsmen search for peaceful co-existence
ENUGU—Three hit-and-run accident victims, Agata Eze, Emilier Ugwu and Roseline Okolo, who were killed last September 2, precisely in front of All Saints Catholic Church,Ibagwa-Nike,Enugu, along T’Junction-Opi-Nsukka expressroad,were last weekend, declared Martyrs of their parish.
400 senior citizens benefit from Anglican Communion’s free medicare in Delta
ASABA—NO fewer than 400 elderly persons have benefited from a one-day free medical care programme of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Asaba Diocese, Delta State.
Agric: Nigeria, 12 others post strong growth
Nigeria is among 12 countries in Africa that have posted higher agriculture productivity and stronger GDP growth as well as sharper declines in malnutrition due to early implementation of the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) goals.
