The Nigeria Soybean Stakeholders Coalition has announced the target to increase Nigeria’s protein sufficiency by raising soybean usage in both livestock and human diets up to 80 percent. At the coalition’s inauguration in Lagos, the NSSC Chairman, Dr. Joe Dada, outlined a vision to increase soybean’s presence across various sectors, utilising its potential to fill […]
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A former Deputy Governor of Delta State and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Amos Utuama, has died at the age of 77. It was learned that Utuama, a former Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of the state, died in Warri in the early hours of Saturday after a protracted illness. The deceased was the […]
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has postponed its Third Quarter Capital Market Committee meeting. According to a statement by the SEC on Saturday, the meeting earlier fixed for November 14, 2024, was postponed to allow the commission to attend to urgent regulatory commitments. The CMC is an industry-wide body comprising the SEC, capital market operators, […]
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President Bola Tinubu has reiterated his administration’s commitment to tackling all forms of banditry, kidnapping, and other related criminality in the country. He stated this Saturday in Katsina State at the 9th Convocation ceremony of the Federal University, Dutsinma. The President, however, said tackling insecurity was not the responsibility of the government alone, just as […]
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The Minister of Women’s Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has expressed deep concern over the recent detention of 32 children, reportedly arrested on August 3, 2024, during the #EndBadGovernance protests in Kano and Kaduna states. In a statement on Saturday, the minister acknowledged public concern regarding the treatment, safety, and rights of these detained children, stating, “The […]
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Former British Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch has emerged as the new leader of the Conservative Party, defeating Robert Jenrick in the final round of voting. Badenoch is the first black woman to lead a major political party in the United Kingdom and takes charge of a Conservative Party reeling from its worst-ever election defeat. She […]
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Kemi Badenoch has promised to “renew” the Conservatives after being elected party leader, defeating fellow right winger Robert Jenrick. She takes over from Rishi Sunak, who led the Conservatives to their worst-ever election defeat in July. In her victory speech, she told party members it was “time to get down to business” and “time to […]
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Ondo State Commissioner for Regional and Diaspora Relations, Prince ‘Boye Ologbese has commended the Minister of lnterior, Mr Olubunmi Tunji Ojo for his performance ln office’ In a statement by his ministry’s spokesman, Mr Bisi Agboola, the commissioner attributed his retention in President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet to what he described as his efficiency and credibility. […]
Continue ReadingArraigned #EndBadGovernance protesters. Credit: X Nigerians have expressed outrage over the arraignment of 76 suspects, including 32 minors, before Justice Obiora Egwuatu at the Abuja division of the Federal High Court for participating in the #EndBadGovernance protests in August. Civil society groups and rights activists slammed the police and the government over the matter. The […]
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Some civil society organisations have condemned the N9.8bn contract for the rehabilitation of link roads and other facilities at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. The Executive Council of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, on Friday, awarded the contract to Julius Berger Plc. The Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Development Authority, […]
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