Kogi Guber: PDP warns against violence
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned against the use of violence to manipulate the Nov. 16 governorship election in Kogi. The party gave the warning in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan on Thursday in Abuja. Ologbondiyan said that the party was poised to win the election saying there […]
Japanese govt donates 20 rice reapers,20 threshers to Nasarawa farmers
The Japanese government has donated 20 rice reapers and 20 rice threshers to small scale farmers in Awe, Obi and Keana Local Government Areas of Nasarawa State. Speaking in Azara, Awe LGA, the Ambassador of Japan to Nigeria, Yutaka Kikuta, said that the donation was under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project (GGP), […]
UNICEF, EU, supports Kebbi to implement primary healthcare
Kebbi Government with support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the European Union has begun the process of implementing primary healthcare in its environs. The Executive Secretary of the state Primary Health Care Development Agency (SPHCDA), Dr. Abubakar Kaoje, made this known in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday. Kaoje noted that primary healthcare […]
African Geological Surveys’ AGM kicks off in Abuja
…Opine that Poor exploitation, utilization of solid minerals affect socio-economic devt By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The President of Organisation of African Geological Surveys, OAGS, who also doubles as Director-General, Nigerian Geological Survey Agency, NGSA, Engr. Abdulrazaq Garba, yesterday, asserted that poor exploitation and utilization of solid minerals affect Africa’s socio-economic development. Garba who also […]
WACS trains 6 cleft care surgeons yearly
By Sola Ogundipe AS part of moves to improve the care for children born with cleft lip and palate, no less than six surgeons are to specialise in cleft care every year from 2020 across Nigeria and entire West Africa. Cleft lip and cleft palate are openings or split in the upper lip, the roof […]
Don calls for private sector-driven food sufficiency regime
Professor Michael Ngadi, Director, Integrated Food and Bioprocess (IFB) programme, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Ngadi made the assertion on Tuesday at the 20th International Conference and 40th Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Institution of Agricultural Engineering (NIAE) hosted by Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara. Ngadi, a Professor of Food and Bioprocess Engineering, said Nigeria’s […]
