OER Farms, Unilorin sign 21-year, 10,000 hectares agric deal
OER Farms Limited, a subsidiary of the Oriental Group, has signed a 21-year Land Lease Agreement with University of Ilorin, UNILORIN, to develop a 10,000-hectare mechanised agricultural project aimed at ensuring food security in Nigeria.
Farmer jailed six months for killing herdsman’s cows
A Dutse Grade I Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday, sentenced a 67-year-old farmer, Samson Aku, to three months imprisonment for maiming and killing a herdsman’s cows which strayed into his farm. The presiding officer, Suleiman Mohammed, sentenced Aku after finding the convict guilty of the charges filed against him. The act, according to the […]
Court sentences 2 INEC staff over N362m Diezani Maduekwe’s bribe
Yola High Court presided over by Justice Nathan Musa, has sentenced two officials of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC ) to 21 years imprisonment each for receiving a bribe of N362 million from former Minister of Petroleum, Mrs Diezani Maduekwe, during 2015 general election. The convicts, Ibrahim Mohammed and Sahabo Iya-Hamman were arraigned before the […]
Medical expert says screening, routine check-up will reduce mortality
A Consultant Pathologist at the Isolo General Hospital, Lagos, Dr. Mustapha Adenuga, said on Thursday that early health screening and routine check-up would reduce adult mortality. Adenuga made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. He defined screening as an examination or testing of individuals or a group […]
‘I wanted to shoot myself in the head!’ ― Gabriel Jesus
Gabriel Jesus admits he can put himself under too much pressure to score after coming out of a recent goalscoring drought, revealing he feels like he wants to “shoot himself in the head” when he cannot find the net. The Manchester City striker netted a hat-trick in Wednesday’s 4-1 victory over Dinamo Zagreb in the […]
Salzburg sporting director confirms Liverpool are in talks to sign Minamino
Red Bull Salzburg sporting director Christoph Freund has confirmed that the club are in talks with Liverpool over the sale of Takumi Minamino. As reported by Goal, the Reds are set to sign the Japan international in January, with the club having discovered that his release clause is just £7.25 million ($9.6m). The 24-year-old has […]
