BENIN — The Federal Government says it will soon roll out plans to scale up the contributions of livestock sub-sector to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Abubakar, made the disclosure in Benin on Tuesday at the 57th annual congress of the Nigeria Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA). Represented by Dr. Maimuna Habib, the Minister, noted that the Veterinarians have a role to play in this, noting...
CALABAR — The Eastern Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy has solicited a special intervention fund from the House of Representatives with a view to establishing more jetties within the Command’s area of responsibility. Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Naval Command, Rear Adm. Sanusi Ibrahim, made the appeal on Monday in Calabar when the House of Representatives Committee on Navy visited the command on an oversight function. Ibrahim said that the Command was faced with the...
The coup in Sudan shows that the military members of the transitional government were never truly committed to implementing democracy in the manner sought by protesters who forced Omar al-Bashir from power in 2019. By Michelle Gavin, Guest columnist and blogger Monday’s coup in Sudan represents an attempt by forces who were never interested reform or democracy to derail the country’s transition and protect their own interests at the expense of the rest of the country....
Last week, a 23-year-old physiology student, Chidiume Kenneth Ekene, committed suicide right in the corner of his hostel at Uli, Anambra State. Usually, common suicidal methods prevalent amongst victims are poisoning, suffocation, jumping into the lagoon (drowning), and sometimes, firearms, but Chidiume’s case was through self-immolation (deliberately setting oneself on fire). It was hard to imagine the torture and gradual melting of his body in the presence of breath. The news was shocking at first,...
“In a way, Nigeria is fascist in disposition considering that the government posturing often suggests that whatever the government does on behalf of the state is best for the people” —Ebuka Onyekwelu One year after the end SARS campaign which started in Ikeja Lagos as a protest against police brutality in Nigeria, the level of citizens’ awareness remarkably appears to be on a steady increase. There are now efforts by some people to look...
ENUGU — Enugu State Structure for Signage Advertisement Agency (ENSSAA) says it is now illegal for any person or group to erect billboards and structure for signage in the state without approval from the agency. The General Manager of ENSSAA, Mr. Ike Ezugwu, stated this on Sunday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu. Ezugwu said the law establishing the agency said licences and permits must be issued to individuals...
ABUJA — Operatives of the NDLEA have intercepted more than 2,060 kilograms of heroin and other assorted drugs in six states. The Director, Media, and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr. Femi Babafemi said this in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday. Babafemi said that the drugs were intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, and in Ondo, Edo, Kano, Kaduna, and Plateau states. He added that drugs seized included heroin, methamphetamine, Indian hemp, tramadol and...
KADUNA — Barely 24 hours after resumption of train services by the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) following Thursday’s explosion on the Abuja-Kaduna rail line, the Kaduna terminal station at Rigasa, has witnessed low passenger turnout. The NRC on Saturday resumed services on the Abuja-Kaduna route two days after it suspended operations on the route following the explosion, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The Corporation had last Thursday announced the suspension of all operations on...
KAMPALA — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday said the perpetrators of the bomb attack in the capital Kampala on Saturday night will be arrested. “It seems to be a terrorist act but we shall get the perpetrators. The public should not fear, we shall defeat this criminality like we have defeated all the other criminality,’’ Museveni tweeted. The president said the Police were at the scene in Komamboga, a Kampala suburb, and will provide...
ABUJA — The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) says plans have been concluded with the US Embassy in Nigeria to train journalists on Media Freedom and to open the civic space across the six geopolitical zones of the country. Mr. Mustapha Isah, President of NGE disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja. Isah said for many years, the Guild had never had this kind of collaboration, adding...
