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The BAT Foundation has reiterated its commitment to empowering smallholder farmers and strengthening Nigeria’s agricultural ecosystem. Through its 2025 Agribusiness Dialogue Session, the foundation advocates for innovative financing models, policy frameworks, and market access strategies to unlock the potential of smallholder farmers. The Dialogue Session, held biennially since 2015, has become one of Nigeria’s most […]

If Nigeria maintains its ongoing economic reforms, inflation could reduce to around 14 per cent by the end of 2026, the group chief economist and managing director of Afreximbank, Yemi Kale, has said. Kale, who delivered these insights during a keynote address at ‘The Platform Nigeria’, noted that while inflation eased to 20.12 per cent […]

The managing director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dr Abubakar Dantsoho, has said that Abuja’s centrality, coupled with its rich agro-allied potential, is germane to strengthening NPA’s commitment to supporting the Federal Government’s efforts to grow non-oil revenue continuously. During the NPA Special Day, at Abuja International Trade Fair, Dr Dantsoho said Abuja is connected […]

Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Arch Ahmed Dangiwa, has officially commissioned the Ministry’s Electronic Content Management System (ECMS), marking a significant step toward digital transformation and enhanced service delivery. In his remarks in Abuja, Dangiwa noted that the Ministry has taken a bold step by deploying the ECMS to overcome challenges associated with traditional, […]

Six and a half decades of political freedom have been a blend of sorts for Nigeria, whose independence on October 1 brought hope to a country emerging from the dungeon of British imperialism. Since Nigeria was set free from the chains of colonial Britain, the country has encountered both light and darkness. Out of the […]

Former Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has been laid to rest as friends, family, colleagues, and well-wishers converged in Benin City to pay their final respects to the former police chief. He was interred following a funeral Mass held at St. Paul Catholic Church, during a private ceremony attended by family members and close associates. […]

The Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, has said that President Bola Tinubu is committed to rewriting the history of road construction in Nigeria in fulfillment of his Renewed Hope Agenda. Umahi made this statement during a joint inspection of federal roads across Edo Central and Edo South Senatorial Districts. The inspection tour took the […]

Ogbonnaya Onu Polytechnic, Aba (formerly Abia Poly), has regained accreditation for 33 programmes lost about three years ago, just as it introduced 17 new ones. The Rector, Christopher Okoro, stated this when the new leaders of the Correspondents’ Chapel, Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Abia State Council, paid him a courtesy visit in his office. […]

The Delta State Police Command is investigating the death of a 60-year-old American woman, Jacqueline Bolling Elton, who died mysteriously in Warri, Delta State. She reportedly died in the house of a 39-year-old man, Alawode Olaide, her boyfriend. Elton arrived in Warri on September 15,  to spend time with Olaide, whom she met through social […]

In what could best be described as a strong stand for justice and weeding out unqualified individuals from the legal profession, members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Udu Branch, Delta State, yesterday apprehended a man allegedly posing as a legal practitioner. The incident occurred as the NBA reaffirmed its commitment to upholding professional ethics […]