Targets $10m investment As cashew emerges 2nd foreign exchange earner, generates $500m By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Cashew production and export received a boost at the weekend, as the Federal Government and the United States Department of Agriculture, USDA, West Africa PRO-Cashew Project, signed Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, to develop the nation’s cashew industry. This […]

Myanmar’s junta deployed extra troops around the country and choked the internet on Monday as it intensified a crackdown on anti-coup protests, but defiant demonstrators again took to the streets. The military has steadily escalated efforts to quell an uprising against their seizure of power two weeks ago, which saw civilian leader Aung San Suu […]

RB Leipzig head coach Julian Nagelsmann is refusing to read too much into the Liverpool’s poor recent results ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League showdown in Budapest. Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool have won just three of their last 12 games and fly to Budapest for the last 16, first-leg tie against Leipzig on the back of three […]

Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal has condemned the clashes between Hausa and Yoruba communities in Shasha Market in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State. Governor Tambuwal warned that the clashes between the two ethnic groups could degenerate into a bigger conflict if not quickly checked. In a statement signed by the Sokoto State Government, […]

The World Bishops’ Council has charged Christians in Nigeria to register with political parties in the ongoing registration exercise with a view to taking over the political space in the country