Ekiti State Government has kicked off its planned 1.5 metric tonnes annual rice production as it reinvented the rice pyramid for which the state was once famous. This is thereby signalling the restoration of the state’s lost glory in commercial rice production. In fact, Governor Kayode Fayemi declared on Monday: “We want to increase rice […]
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Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai and NLC President Aliyu Wabba The Federal Government has said that Kaduna and any other state must dialogue with the organised labour as enshrined in the International Labour Organisation Conventions, to which Nigeria is a signatory. Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, stated this while presiding over the ongoing […]
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National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons on Thursday said it has detained a 61-year-old Civil Engineer and Lebanese national, names withheld, for being allegedly involved in the defilement of minors and using them for pornography in Jos, the Plateau State capital. The agency’s Head of Press and Public Relations Unit, Stella Nezan, […]
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US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard Plans are in place by the American government to supply drones to Nigeria as part of her commitment to overcome security challenges in the country. The American ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, stated this in Sokoto at a round table discussion with selected newsmen in the state. […]
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Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has said that his convoy is not responsible for the death of a child that was run over by a car in Ogbomoso on Thursday. He said the incident involved a Toyota Matrix whose owner, who was not part of his convoy, lost control of the vehicle leading to the […]
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Some Nigerians have taken to social media to express shock over the recommendation by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum to place petrol price between N408.5 and N380 per litre. The NGF in a virtual meeting, had called for the immediate removal of fuel subsidy. Reacting to this decision, Nigerians have taken to social media to lament […]
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Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, on Thursday, slammed the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, for saying open grazing ban by Southern governors was unconstitutional. National Coordinator of HURIWA, Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement titled, ‘HURIWA To Malami: Human Rights Aren’t Cow Rights’, said it was […]
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Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki (left); Dapo Abiodun of Ogun; Akwa Ibom Deputy Governor, Moses Ekpo; Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra; Douye Diri of Bayelsa, Ebonyi counterpart David Omahi; Dr. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti; Chairman, Southern Governors Forum and Governor of Ondo, Rotimi Akeredolu; Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta; Nyesom Wike of Rivers; Babajide Sanwo-Olu […]
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This file screenshot taken on May 6, 2017 from a video released by the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram shows the leader of the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau flanked by two fighters at an unidentified location. Photo: The Guardian/Boko Haram/Youtube Nigerian Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has been seriously wounded […]
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Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has come under fire on social media following a leaked memo conveying the approval of N30 million for the construction of a ‘Friday’ mosque with taxpayers’ funds. The memo, dated December 10, 2020, with reference number FMA/PROC/AHS/SIP/2020/7742/1, stated that the Ministerial Tenders Board approved the contract. The ministry […]
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