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There are growing indications of increased demand for agricultural trade and collaboration between Nigeria and Korea. Although indirect, the demand for Korean cuisine and ingredients rose in 2024 with the Korea Culture Centre Nigeria’s (KCCN) introduction of the Hansik Contest. The contest not only afforded young Nigerians who until then had only seen Korean cuisines […]

The minister of state for Agriculture and Food Security, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, has called for greater access to affordable and certified seeds as part of efforts to improve Nigeria’s agricultural productivity and close the country’s widening yield gap. Speaking in Abuja yesterday during a meeting with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) seed […]

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has debunked media reports that it suspended the proposed delineation of wards in the Warri Federal Constituency, which comprises Warri North, Warri South, and Warri South West Local Government Areas of Delta State. In a statement issued to journalists yesterday in Abuja by the national commissioner and chairman of the […]

Following the strike action embarked upon on Monday by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) because of its dispute with Dangote Refinery, the Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria (MMPN) has called for responsible unionism in the country. It said Nigeria needs a responsible union that serves the interests of […]

Kano State governor, Alhaji Abba Yusuf, has urged Nigerians to translate noble ideas into action as the country marks its 65th Independence anniversary, warning that nation-building cannot be left to the government alone. At the 65th Independence and Valedictory Lecture held at the Coronation Hall, Kano State Government House, the governor described the event as […]

Taraba State Independent Electoral Commission (TSIEC) has denied the All Progressives Congress (APC) claim that it deliberately excluded the party from the state’s November 8, 2025, local government election. In a press statement issued to newsmen in Jalingo and signed by the commission’s secretary, Barr Eyamu Yaro, it explained that the party chose not to […]

The Federal Ministry of Environment, through the National Flood Early Warning (FEW) Centre, has issued flood alerts to Delta, Kogi, Bayelsa, and 15 other states. A circular signed by the Director of the Erosion and Flood Coastal Zone Management Department, Usman Abdullahi Bokani, yesterday revealed that the following locations and their environs may experience rainfall […]

The federal government launched the 2025 nationwide mass anti-rabies vaccination campaign in Abuja and called for collective responsibility to end the death of humans from rabies by 2030. At the campaign’s flag-off at the Old Parade Ground in Abuja, the minister of Livestock Development, Idi Mukhtar Maiha, described rabies as one of the deadliest but […]

The Central Working Committee of the 2025 All Nigerian Ethnic Nationalities Youths Conference has commended President Bola Tinubu for conferring a posthumous national honour on the late environmental rights activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa. Tinubu recently conferred the Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) award on the Ogoni-born freedom fighter, nearly three decades after his […]

Members of the Coalition of Geo-Political Youth Associations of Nigeria and Civil Societies have asked the minister of state for Petroleum Resources and the head of the Civil Service of the Federation to investigate alleged misconduct by some members of staff and union leaders in the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources. The groups accused the […]