The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a loan facility of 1.2 billion dollars to finance the mechanisation of agriculture in the country. Mr. Sabo Nanono, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing State House correspondents after the virtual FEC meeting anchored from the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The virtual meeting was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. The online FEC was in line with Nigeria...
The Federal Government through the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 had warned against the unhealthy practice of some Nigerians who pick disposed face masks from dumpsites, wash and sell them. The Chairman of the PTF and Secretary to the Government of Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, gave the warning at the PTF Press Briefing in Abuja on Tuesday. He warned that such a practice would worsen the spread of the coronavirus in the country. Mustapha disclosed...
The Federal Government on Tuesday urged the Northern Governors to suspend the interstate movement of Almajiri children. It added that the decision of the Northern Governor will frustrate the efforts of the FG to combat the pandemic. This was disclosed on Tuesday through the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, during the media briefing of the PTF. The SGF concern was as a...
Since its first edition in Dallas, Texas, 2015, The African Film Festival (TAFF) has grown to become a veritable cultural, education, and entertainment event to showcase African independent films. This fifth Anniversary edition will be hosted entirely online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 4-day festival will kick off on Tuesday, June 2nd through Saturday, June 6th with film screenings, online workshops, and training sessions, and TAFF Awards ceremony. Kelechi Eke, TAFF founder, and Executive...
A mild drama had ensued in Jalingo, Taraba state capital when some disenchanted youths were reported to have attacked and disrupted sitting of a mobile court for motorists that violate the lockdown orders in Taraba state. Reports say that the mobile court which sat at the Dobeli bridge along Wukari-Jalingo road at Tella town in Gassol local government area of the state was disrupted a situation that forced presiding judges to scamper for their lives....
Arrangements have been finalised for the take-off of the Ekiti State’s COVID-19 Testing Centre, Gov. Kayode Fayemi disclosed on Monday. He said that testing for Coronavirus would commence at the centre before the end of the week, thereby put an end to what hitherto obtained when past blood samples of suspected victims had to be sent to Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor made the disclosure during an on-the-spot assessment...
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Sunday announced the death of his Commissioner for Lands and Housing, Alhaji Surajo Marafa-Gatawa. A statement by Tambuwal’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Relations, Malam Muhammad Bello, said late Mafara-Gatawa passed away on Sunday (today) after a brief illness. Bello said the late commissioner, born on Sept. 15, 1957, was an astute politician. He said that the deceased had been a Councillor in Sabon Birni Local Government...
Troops of Operations Thunder Strike and Whirl Punch in conjunction with the Air Component of Operation Gama Aiki have killed 17 bandits in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. This was disclosed on Monday in Abuja by the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche. Enenche also disclosed that several other bandits escape with gunshots wounds in the joint operation that was conducted on May 7 at the hideout of suspected bandits around Mashigi...
The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed the Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Corps Agency Law (amendment) 2019 bill. The bill which made provision for the creation of am Amotekun corps into Law was amended on Monday. However, Section 20 (1) of the bill which subjects the appointment of the Lagos Amotekun Corps Commander to the confirmation of the House was retained. This is in accordance with the practice and procedures of the House that...
A total of N40.2 trillion was spent by Nigerians on food and non-food items in 2019, a report just released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed. The report which details findings on the consumption expenditure pattern in Nigeria is based on the Nigeria Living Standard Survey (NLSS) which was last conducted in 2009. It classifies household consumption expenditure types by food and non-food items at the national, zonal level, state level, and the...
