Buhari vows to make Nigeria leading Sugar producer, approves US$73m, 10,000 hectares
President Muhammadu Buhari commenced the week under review with the inauguration of a US$ 73 million intervention fund for irrigation, to boost the Sugar backward integration programme aimed at making Nigeria a leading sugar producing country in Africa.
Okorocha, Uzodimma trade words over Uche Nwosu’s arrest
Hope Uzodimma, Imo state governor and his predecessor, Rochas Okorocha, Sunday reacted to the arrest of Uche Nwosu, 2019 governorship candidate of Action Alliance (AA).
Speeding driver kills pedestrian in Anambra
A speeding driver killed a female pedestrian on Sunday at Igbo Ukwu-Oraifite Road in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra. Sector Commander of the FRSC in Anambra, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Awka. Irelewuyi blamed the accident on excessive speeding and loss of control of the car by […]
Kaduna Hunters chase bandits, rescue 9 victims
Hunters in Kaduna state have ambushed a kidnappers den in the Udawa-Birnin Gwari forests and rescued nine persons earlier kidnapped in a convoy.
Next Cash and Carry: FCT launches probe
The Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA said it will launch an investigation into the circumstances surrounding Sunday morning inferno at one of Abuja’s high scale shopping mall, Next Cash and Carry in which goods and property estimated at billions of naira were lost.
APC National Convention: Group gives Feb.5 deadline to Buni, threatens to occupy National Secretariat
A group within the ruling All Progressives Congress APC on the aegis of Progressive Mandate Movement PMM has threatened to occupy the national secretariat of the party should the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC exceed its February 5 deadline to conduct the national convention.
