Enugu State Government Plans to Establish Ranch Not RUGA

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEnugu State Government Plans to Establish Ranch Not RUGA

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)February 12, 2024

To curb open grazing and its attendant disadvantages, the Enugu State Government has resolved to establish a ranch in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area. The government’s decision however generated public outcry accusing them of cunningly pandering to RUGA policy instead of utilizing such lands for other agricultural purposes. “Establishing a ranch and handing it over to Fulani herders amounts to setting up a Fulani colony in your state. This is RUGA v2. You can paint it...

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Nigerian Bloggers Commiserate with Access Bank, Wigwe’s Family

NewsNigeriaNigerian Bloggers Commiserate with Access Bank, Wigwe’s Family

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)February 12, 2024

The Guild of Professional Bloggers of Nigeria has expressed shock over the death of the Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank, Dr. Herbert Wigwe, along with his wife and son, in the United States, during an air mishap on Friday evening, at the early age of 57 years. The tragedy described by several people as one too many, also claimed the life of the former Chairman of Nigeria Exchange Group, Abimbola Ogunbanjo. In a statement...

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Anambra Police Arrest Ihiala Cultist Killers

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaAnambra Police Arrest Ihiala Cultist Killers

PilotnewsFebruary 12, 2024

Officers of Anambra State Police Command have arrested two ring leaders of a cult group responsible for killings in Ihiala. A press release by the state police command’s spokesperson, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga stated that the cultists were arrested during a Special Operation spearheaded by the Police Crack Squad deployed to Ihiala by the Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye. Ikenga said, the operation was coordinated to provide security for the people of Ihiala during and...

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Arewa New Agenda Rolls Out Plans To Create 10 Million Jobs For Youths

BusinessNewsNigeriaArewa New Agenda Rolls Out Plans To Create 10 Million Jobs For Youths

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 12, 2024

As part of an effort to empower youths, the Arewa New Agenda (ANA) at the weekend rolled out plans for the creation of 10 million jobs for youths across the 19 Northern States of Nigeria. Through its farming and agricultural initiative, ANA is expected to increase the current 35 percent of arable land across the country to 65 percent in the next four years, through different interventions such as agro-allied industry, food security by up to...

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Côte d’Ivoire breaks the hearts of Nigerians with AFCON final win

NewsNigeriaSoccerCôte d’Ivoire breaks the hearts of Nigerians with AFCON final win

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 12, 2024

…President Tinubu hails the Super Eagles The Elephants of Côte d’Ivoire clinched the continent’s crown for the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) for the third time in history. Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire faced off in the final of the 2023 AFCON at Abidjan’s Ebimpé Olympic Stadium. The Super Eagles’ captain, William Troost-Ekong, opened the scoring with a goal in the 38th minute. The hosts pushed forward and levelled the score with a goal from Franck...

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Former Deputy Governor Embraces Abattoir Business

BusinessNewsNigeriaFormer Deputy Governor Embraces Abattoir Business

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 11, 2024

Former Deputy Governor of Osun state, Mr Benedict Alabi says he embarked on abattoir and farm investment to help in producing premium and hygienic meat for public consumption. Alabi who served as deputy governor of Osun from 2018 to 2022, during former Gov. Adegboyega Oyetola’s tenure disclosed this in an interview on Friday in Osogbo. “Kire Modernized Abattoir was unique in supplying hygienic meat to hotels, multinational catering clients, distributors, and direct sales via personal...

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Emir Presents Hippopotamus As Gift To Governor

LifestyleNewsNigeriaEmir Presents Hippopotamus As Gift To Governor

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 11, 2024

A local fisherman, Alhaji Kasabo Gungun-Sakaci, from Gungun-Sakaci village in Kebbi State has caught a hippopotamus. The Emir of Yauri, Dr. Muhammad Zayyanu-Abdullahi, then offered the live hippopotamus as a donation to Governor Dr. Nasir Idris of Kebbi State during the ‘Yauri Annual Regatta and Cultural Festival 2024’ in Yauri town. Impressed by the fisherman’s bravery, Bello Ka’oje, the representative of Suru/Baguio Federal Constituency, expressed his admiration and donated a new car to the fisherman. The...

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Anti-Corruption Agency Seals 10 Warehouses For Hoarding Grains In Kano

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAnti-Corruption Agency Seals 10 Warehouses For Hoarding Grains In Kano

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 11, 2024

The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission has confiscated ten warehouses containing assorted foodstuffs in the Dawanau area of Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State have been confiscated by the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission for alleged hoarding of grains to maximize profits. Mr Muhyi Magaji, the commission’s Chairman, disclosed this to newsmen shortly after confiscating the warehouses in Dawanau International Grains Market, Singer Market, and Kwari Textiles Market on...

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Access Holdings CEO, Herbert Wigwe killed in US helicopter crash

NewsNigeriaAccess Holdings CEO, Herbert Wigwe killed in US helicopter crash

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 10, 2024

Herbert Wigwe, the immediate past Managing Director of Access Bank and current Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, was among six people killed in a helicopter crash in California on Friday. Wigwe, his wife, son, and Abimbola Ogunbanjo, a former chair of the Nigerian stock exchange, were all killed in the crash. Six passengers were aboard the chartered helicopter which took off from Palm Springs and was headed to Boulder City in Nevada. The helicopter...

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Reflections about Governor Soludo’s Early Re-election Bid

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionPoliticsReflections about Governor Soludo’s Early Re-election Bid

PilotnewsFebruary 10, 2024

“Many people still complain that since his election, Soludo has reverted to his old self in which many allege that he claims to know everything” —Ebuka Onyekwelu Sworn in exactly one year and ten months ago, after his successful election on the strength of his predecessor’s political mobilization and his own pedigree as a public intellectual and former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo emerged easily as one with the...

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