Nigeria has what it takes to be great — Agric Minister
Unveils plans to revive Cotton industry, build value chain As Ecobank Plans Agric Summit 2020 Soni Daniel Nigeria is endowed with vast mineral resources and arable land that can produce enough food to feed the nation and for exports, if well harnessed, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammed Sabo Nanono, has boasted. […]
Adamawa Assembly passes 2020 proposed bill
By Umar Yusuf Yola State House of Assembly Thursday approved the 2020 proposed budget estimate of over one hundred and eighty-three Billion. (#183 billion ) as presented by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri. The approval followed the consideration and adoption of the report presented by the chairman of the House Standing Committee on Finance Budget and Appropriation […]
Malawi Police Officers under probe for sexually harassing female protesters
Malawian police officers raped and sexually assaulted women, some of them in the presence of their children, during a security operation in October, an official state commission responsible for investigating human rights violations has said. In a damning report published on Wednesday, the influential Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) said its investigations revealed that at […]
Border closure is impacting positively on local productions – NLC
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Bayelsa on Thursday applauded the Federal Government for the border closure, saying the policy was yielding positive results in various local products, especially rice. The NLC Chairman in the state, Mr John Ndiomu, told Newsmen in Yenagoa that the border closure was doing more good than harm. According to […]
NJC okays appointment of six court’s heads, 26 new judges
Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja The National Judicial Council (NJC) on Thursday recommended the appointment of six heads of court and 26 judicial officers for various state High Courts in Nigeria The Council, in a statement issued by its Director of Information, Mr. Soji Oye, also recommended the appointment of a Kadi for the Sharia Court […]
John Boyega represents Nigeria at Star Wars premiere
British-Nigerian Actor John Boyega donned an agbada, traditional Yoruba dress, for the London premiere of the eagerly awaited Star Wars film, The Rise of Skywalker. Boyega has starred in the last three of the nine-episode sci-fi adventure. In the first film, his character, Finn, starts off as a soldier for the evil Galactic Empire and […]
Group calls for peace, tolerance among religious bodies in Nigeria
A nongovernmental Organisation, the New Horizon Initiative for Religious Tolerance (NHIRT), has called for peace and unity among religious groups across the federation to help fast track national development
Road Project Fraud: Reps threaten sanctions, As DG BPP Shuns Summons
By Tordue Salem The Director-General of Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Mr. Aliyu Mamman, Thursday turned down invitation from the House of Representatives Committee on Works, to give details on its approval of a third lane for the partly abandoned N50billion Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano road. The Committee threatened to issue the sanctions on Thursday, after the panel’s […]
Pressure grows for another new state in Ethiopia
In what can be seen as yet another test for Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, thousands of people from the Wolayta ethnic group, in the southern part of the country, are staging demonstrations demanding their own regional state. This comes weeks after the Sidama, another ethnic group in the area, voted in a referendum […]
Lawan leads Senate delegation on condolence visit to Uwajumogu’s wife, family
…Says Senate will protect ideals of deceased lawmaker …As Upper Chamber suspends rule, adjourns sitting till Friday, Dec. 20 President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Thursday, led a delegation of the Senate to the Abuja home of Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu, who died on Wednesday. The delegation, which included the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege […]
Man begs court to dissolve marriage over wife’s infidelity
Sunday Udo, a civil servant, on Thursday begged the Jikwoyi Customary Court in Abuja to dissolve his 28-year-old marriage over his wife’s infidelity. The civil servant said dated nine men despite being a married woman. Udo made the allegation in a divorce petition he filed against his wife, Eucharia Udo. He said: “When we got […]
I have always wanted four kids ― Mercy Johnson
By Sylvester Kwentua Legendary Nollywood Diva, Mercy Johnson Okojie has revealed that she and her husband, Prince Odi Okojie, are expecting a fourth child, while excitedly posting on her Instagram page that she had always wanted four children. Breaking the news of her pregnancy on her Instagram page, the talented actress had this to say: […]
UNICEF renovates 34 PHCs in Bauchi state
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it has renovated 34 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) in Bauchi State to ensure child survival and improve the healthcare infrastructure. Bahnu Pathak, the Chief, Bauchi Field Office, UNICEF, disclosed this on Thursday in Disina, Shira Local Government Area(LGA) of the state, during official handing-over of the Disina PHC […]
Police arraign truck dealer for alleged N1.5m fraud
A truck dealer, Olawale Fatai, who allegedly obtained N1.5 million from a lawyer under the guise of buying a truck for him, was on Thursday arraigned at the Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. Fatai, whose residential address was not given, is standing trial on a three-count charge of conspiracy, fraud and stealing preferred against him by […]
2020 Budget: Curious, strange budgetary allocations under Ministries of Agric, Water Resources and Mines
By Gabriel Ewepu Following recent signing of the 2020 Appropriation Bill of N10.594 trillion into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, it has been discovered that there are some curious and strange budgetary items and allocations under the Federal Ministries of Agriculture and Rural Development, Water Resources, and Mines and Steel Development. Some of the line […]
NDDC: I am not amazed at Buhari’s desecration of the law ― Omare
By Emma Amaize Niger Delta activist and lawyer, Mr Eric Omare, on Thursday, said he was not shocked at President Muhammadu Buhari’s endorsement of the Interim Management Committee, IMC, of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, saying, “he (Buhari) is a serial violator of the rule of law and known for his disrespect for other […]
