By Adeola Badru The Federal Ministry of Water Resources (FMWR), has urged women farmers to promote the attainment of quality water for safe crop production through irrigation. Mrs Esther Oluniyi, a Director, Department of Irrigation and Drainage, FMWR, made the plea yesterday at a sensitisation and training workshop on Women/Gender Participation in Water Users’ Association […]

By Ada Osadebe South African comedian and TV show host, Trevor Noah, has officially stepped down as the host of The Daily Show. Trevor had earlier announced that he was exiting the show at the end of the season in September. The 38-year-old gave an emotional farewell speech on Thursday, in which he reflected on […]

By Musa Ubandawaki Sokoto The Comptroller General of Customs, Colonel Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) has pledged to support Nigerian Army to Achieve its constitutional mandate of protecting the territorial integrity of Nigeria as a country. In a statement made available to newsmen in Sokoto, the public relations officer (PRO) of Sokoto command deputy superintendent of […]

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, on Thursday, said there are about 1.4 million super agents (mobile banking operators including POS agents) in the country for Nigerians to patronise for business transactions. Emefiele said this while reiterating the monetary policy of the apex bank would stand for the benefit of the […]

By Emem Idio, Yenagoa THE Strategic Communication Committee ,SCC, of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, has described the new appointment of PAP’s Interim Administrator, Maj.-Gen. Barry Ndiomu, as the head of an 11-man special investigative panel on oil theft as a demonstration of his competence. Speaking in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, the Chairman of SCC and […]