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The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it is supporting Nigeria with $134 million for the cultivation of rice, maize, cassava and soybeans to boost food production. Akinwumi Adesina, president of the AfDB, disclosed this on Saturday after visiting the Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA) at Bayero University, Kano. Adesina said the bank would support Nigeria in cultivating 300,000 hectares of rice and maize, 150,000 hectares of cassava and 50,000 hectares of soybeans during the 2024 planting season. “This March, the AfDB is supporting Nigeria to cultivate 118,000 hectares of heat-tolerant varieties of wheat and another 150,000 hectares of maize,” Adesina…
Veteran Nollywood Actor and Comedian, Mr John Okafor, popularly known as Mr Ibu dies at 62. Mr Ibu died of cardiac arrest. He struggled with blood clots on his leg, which resulted to amputation of his leg. On Saturday, March 2, the actor died at Evercare hospital in Lagos state. This was disclosed by his manager, Mr Don Single Nwuzor.
The Minister for Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye has advised women in the country not to argue or fight back when having arguments with their husbands at home The minister said this during a Conference of Commissioners of State Ministries of Women Affairs in Nigeria on Wednesday I am equally begging my women not to look for trouble not even at home. Maintain peace in your home because if a home is peaceful, the woman has 80% to contribute to that. If you need peace, you can equally achieve it Keep your mouth shut. Talking back does not yield fruit, rather…
The Vice President of Nigeria, Senator Kashim Shettima, has commended the commitment of Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State towards his initiative in reshaping and strengthening education in the state. The VP, who spoke at the South East Business Roundtable and flag-off of the Light Up Nigeria Programme organised by the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) held in Enugu, yesterday, expressed delight at the reforms in the education sector undertaken by Governor Mbah. Promising to return to Enugu State to commission the ultra-modern, experiential smart schools and other projects, Senator Shettima underscored the importance of education in the nation’s…
…“We are bold to support the government of President Bola Tinubu; we will also back him for a second tenure in office. We stand on his mandate.” South East Development Peace Initiative (SPDI) has advised Ndigbo nationwide against joining the much talked about mass protest against the administration of President Bola Tinubu. There have been a nationwide outrage against the current administration with flashes of protests in different parts of the country due to rising inflation, hunger and general hardship. In particular, former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf, while expressing surprise against the…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC), on Monday, approved the adoption of the Orosanye Report, aimed at the reduction of cost of governance, for implementation. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the FEC meeting, presided over by President Bola Tinubu, at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The minister explained that with the adoption of the report, it means that some agencies, commissions and departments of government have been scrapped, some merged, some subsumed under some others and others moved under new ministries where they are supposed to…
Governor Seyi Makinde tackles Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, denies that states got additional N30 billion each outside of their statutory revenue allocations, to address the current hardships in their respective states, wonders why Akpabio who’s the number three citizen chose to play politics by spreading an unverified report. According to Makinde, the only fund that Oyo State got from the Federal Government outside of statutory allocation was N2 billion out of the N5 billion promised to all states in the wake of the removal of fuel subsidy, adding that the Federal Government had even been asking for the refund of…
The address by the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman , at the ceremony for the presentation of provisional licences to two (2) newly approved private universities on 22nd February, 2024. On behalf of the Government, I am pleased to welcome you all to the presentation of Provisional Licences to two (2) new private universities which were approved by the Federal Executive Council at its 23 meeting on 13 December, 2023. I am delighted that you are here to witness the continued partnership between Government and the Private Sector for the widening of access to quality education in the Nigerian…
President Tinubu meets Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha at the presidential Villa, receives update on the 16 point agreement signed on October 2nd with NLC Details below: – On the payment of wage award of N35,000 for Six Months, Government has so far paid for four months up to 31st December, 2023. The remaining two months of January and February, 2024 are being processed. – On the Minimum Wage Committee, Government has on 30th January, 2024, inaugurated a 37 Member Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage to review and come up with an acceptable and sustainable minimum…
The management, staff, students and the entire campus of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, have been thrown into mourning following the untimely death of Mr. Olabode Olawuyi. A release by the Public Relations Officer of the University, Abiodun Olarewaju, stated that Mr Olawuyi, a Veterinary Technologist, who has been in charge of the Zoological garden for over a decade, was attacked this afternoon, Monday, 19th February, 2024, by a 9 – year old male lion when he was feeding them in their den at the Zoological garden of the University. The other members of staff who were at…
