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Kano State Agro Pastoral Development Project (KSADP) and the Sasakawa African Association (SAA) have launched one of the three agric mechanisation centres at Kadawa. The centre is meant to boost productivity, reduce drudgery in farming, cut farming costs and reduce post-harvest losses. The $95 million project, funded by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the […]

National Orientation Agency (NOA) has launched a nationwide sensitisation campaign focusing on combating unruly graduation ‘sign-out’ practices among students, flood mitigation and disaster preparedness, and other three thematic areas including national security awareness, youth and student values re-orientation, and strengthening respect for Nigeria’s national identity and symbols. At the flag-off yesterday at the Federal Secretariat […]

The commissioner of police in Kebbi State,  CP Bello Sani, has said no arrest has been made over the attack on the convoy of former minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami by suspected political thugs. Sani made the clarification when he addressed journalists after a security meeting with Governor  Nasir Idris at the Government House in […]

A leading stakeholder of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano, Musa Ilyasu Kwankwaso, has accused former governor of Kaduna State, Nasiru El-Rufai, of resorting to blackmail and lies against President Bola Tinubu. Kwankwaso stated this in a statement he issued to newsmen in Kano yesterday. He described the method El-Rufai embarked upon as obsolete. […]

Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, CON, has paid a courtesy visit to the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, in his office in Abuja to strengthen partnership on key healthcare priorities. The two leaders discussed the formal takeover and operationalization of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Kumo, following the […]

Rector of the Kogi State Polytechnic Lokoja, Prof. Salisu Ogbo Usman, has said the introduction of e-result computation in the institution has curbed results falsification, fraudulent practices and time wasting in processing results after examinations. The rector, who stated this in his office during an interactive session with members of the correspondent Chapel of the […]

The Labour Party has  criticised an activist Deji Adeyanju for allegedly blackmailing Peter Obi. The interim national publicity secretary of LP, Prince Tony Akeni, in a statement released to newsmen yesterday in Abuja, accused Adeyanju of pursuing ambition without principle, likening his actions to a vice worse than substance abuse. He alleged that Adeyanju’s attacks […]

A Niger Delta social ethnic group, known as the Niger Delta Ethnic Nationalities Youth Leaders Council (NDENYC), has called for a major reform at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) which would bring fortune to Nigeria. The group, which made the call in Abuja on Tuesday, condemned the incessant distractions surrounding the leadership […]

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has attributed the failure of the home-based squad, Super Eagles B, to advance beyond the group stage of the recently concluded African Nations Championship (CHAN) to the mass exodus of players from the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) to foreign clubs. Nigeria was eliminated from the championship, hosted by Kenya, Tanzania, […]

Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) Legislative Council has rescinded the impeachment of Hon. Mathew Danjuma Yare, the speaker and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) loyalist, a day after removing him from his position. The council’s decision to withdraw the impeachment comes amid calls for unity and peace from various stakeholders, including AMAC chairman, Christopher Zakka Maikalangu. […]