Ahmed tasks capital market operators on retail investments to boost citizens’ participation
By Obas Esiedesa THE Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has urged Capital Market participants and operators to consider retail investments to give opportunity to the Nigerian citizens to invest within the capital market in an easy and simple way. Mrs. Ahmed spoke on Thursday the Securities and Exchange Commission’s yearly […]
Unicaf Nigeria, African Women in Leadership Organisation celebrate International Women’s Day
The Unicaf Nigeria and the African Women in Leadership Organisation (AWLO) honoured women on March 8, with a joint online event on women, education and leadership, presented via Zoom.
Herders/farmers crises linked to climate change — CAN, Sultan
…Urge govt to make stiffer laws against environmental pollution By Luminous Jannamike THE Nigeria Inter-religious Council, NIREC, under the joint leadership of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, and the President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Ayokunle, said yesterday that herdsmen and farmers crises in the country were linked to climate change. […]
COVID’19: 58% households reduce food consumption in 6 months — NBS
By Elizabeth Adegbesan A National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) survey has shown that 58 percent of households in the country reduced their food consumption between July and December 2020 in order to cope with shocks caused by COVID’19. According to the Bureau, this and other strategies adopted by households to cope with COVID’19 shocks are […]
INSECURITY: FG shoots down talks on mercenaries
…Vows to come out in full force against insurgents …Says negotiating with bandits suggests weakness …Insists govt’ll not be blackmailed …Reveals meeting with Sheikh Gumi …Niger State govt orders closure of schools …Bandits demand N200m to free 19 people abducted in Niger …Bandits kill 7 in Kaduna villages, burn property, rustle cattle …Banditry taking too […]
Diaspora Community to invest in Tomato, Ginger farming in 7 states
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru IN a bid to boost agricultural production, a diaspora group has planned to invest in tomato, chilli/pepper, ginger, leather, and garment in Kano, Kaduna, Plateau, Ogun, Oyo, Lagos, and Abia states. The initiative should target middle-class professionals and high network individuals in the Nigeria Diaspora community. A report by GIZ and Nigeria […]
Makinde demands more troops in Oyo
….At meeting with Service Chiefs By Adeola Badru Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Lucky Irabor, yesterday, noted that there was no difference among security agencies in Nigeria, in the fight against insecurity. Irabor said this when he led other Service Chiefs on a regional security visit to the 2 Division, Nigerian Army, Ibadan. Other […]
2 killed as gunmen rob bank in Osun
By Shina Abubakar TWO of the three persons shot, yesterday, by gunmen making their way out of Okuku community in Odo-Otin Local Government Area of Osun State after robbing a second generation bank in the town have been reported dead. It was gathered that the gunmen wielding different types of weapon shot sporadically to scare […]
We won’t cede land for ranching — S-East govs
By Ikechukwu Odu The South East Governors Forum yesterday, said there was no land for ranching in the region. Speaking through its chairman, Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State, the governors explained that there would be no land for ranching among the states in the region as contained in the National Livestock Transformation Plan, NLTP of […]
N-Delta youth leaders back reforms in PAP
By Davies Iheamnachor Youth leaders in the Niger Delta region have backed the ongoing reforms in the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, under the Interim Administrator, Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (retd). The leaders also urged Dikio to keep resisting the pressure to pay desperate and evil contractors for unverified projects. The leaders in a letter addressed […]
After TMY Digital, expect TV, radio – Ajayi Solomon, TMY boss
The launch of TMY Digital, a digital marketing company, which has grown to become the number one Digital media in Nigeria is the first of a series of developments. This disclosure came from Ajayi Solomon Ovie, CEO, TMY Media, during a recent interview. “We are working hard to move to our permanent site before we […]
