A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) aircraft landed in Zamfara State, northwest Nigeria, for the first time following the opening of the new Gusau International Airport. This marks an important milestone in improving access to communities across the state and strengthening the delivery of healthcare and humanitarian assistance. The new airport is expected to significantly reduce […]

Governor Dauda Lawal distributed more than 120 trucks of fertilisers and essential farm inputs to Zamfara farmers. The Zamfara 2026 wet-season fertiliser programme was launched on Friday at the Trade Fair Complex in Gusau, the state capital. According to a statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, the Zamfara State Government distributed 72,000 bags […]

By Edwin Philip, Lafia Beneficiaries of farm inputs, implements and tricycles distributed under the Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) in Nasarawa State have been urged to put the items to effective use to tackle food insecurity, improve their livelihoods and contribute to the state’s economy. The charge was given by the National Programme Coordinator of […]

By Providence Ayanfeoluwa The flagship initiative of National Social Investment Programme Agency, NSIPA, will equip 18,510 beneficiaries across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT with practical vocational and entrepreneurial skills designed to improve employability and expand opportunities for self-employment. Speaking in a statement issued by the Minister’s Senior Technical Adviser on Information […]

By Steve Oko UMUAHIA — Torrents of tributes flowed on Tuesday as the Abia State House of Assembly held a valedictory session for a former member who represented Bende at the defunct Eastern Nigeria House of Assembly, Elder Ejie Ekekwe Ukaegbu, celebrating him as “an outstanding statesman, fearless advocate of justice”, and one of the […]