Federal Government in its bid to help cushion the effect of Coronavirus (COVID-19) has supported smallholder farmers in Imo State with 20,000 Cocoa seedlings and other improved seeds. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, in a statement issued by the Director of Information, Mr. Theodore Ogaziechi, said this on Sunday in Abuja. The minister said the Federal Government was committed to improving agriculture. Nanono said this during the official rollout ceremony of...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it is considering new date for the commencement of the 2020 admission processes from the earlier announced date of Aug. 22. The board disclosed this in its bulletin made available to newsmen in Abuja on Sunday. According to the Board, it will be meeting all the tertiary institutions on Aug. 10 to brainstorm on the possibility of shifting the commencement of admissions to a date that would...
“We cannot, as Igbos, truly break away from this monster with her fangs wedged deeply into the functioning muscles in our body,” ―Don Okolo I understand the clamor, and I do understand the reasoning behind the push to carve out our own niche in a corner of the south and call it ours. Every single aspect of the maltreatment, and the vicious cruelty iced on the bedlam heaped on us, it seems that we have...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), FCT Command, says it seized 3,546.632 kilograms of hard drugs from January to July. The NDLEA, FCT Commander, Mr Lawan Hamisu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja that the drugs seized comprised Cannabis sativa, Cocaine, Tramadol, Exol, Rophynol and Diazepam in a coordinated operation across the Territory. He said that the operatives of the command within the period also arrested 205 suspects comprising...
As Edo State governorship election approaches, prominent Edo citizen, Captain Hosa Okunbo, has warned the youth to desist from allowing any politician to use them to carry out violence act in the state. There has been strong tension in the political atmosphere in the state with the major actors from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP), who have been engaging each other in verbal attack and character assassination. The incumbent governor,...
Due to the failure of the state government to address grievances, the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has directed tanker drivers to suspend their services beginning from Monday. Williams Akporeha, the National President of NUPENG, said in a statement that the appeal to Lagos and the Federal governments to decongest the Apapa Port has not been addressed. “The entire rank and file members of the union are deeply pained, frustrated and...
The governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has said he would not give his support to any northern candidate for 2023 presidency. The Kaduna State governor disclosed this on Saturday in an interview the BBC Hausa Service as published by The Cable. In his view, the idea of zoning the presidency is necessarily not constitutional, but as a result of the country’s political arrangement which is said should be respected. He said the current...
Eleven governors under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), stormed Benin, the capital of Edo State, for the flag-off of the party’s campaign on Saturday. It was in preparation ahead of the September 19 governorship election in the state. During the ceremony which was held at the University of Benin Sports Complex, the governors were led by the Chairman, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Committee of the PAC, Mai Mala Buni. The event was also attended...
Angola says it will maintain closed borders to fight and prevent a spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country. According to a Presidential Decree, which updates the measures adopted during the prevailing ‘State of Calamity’, only nationals and foreign residents can return to the national territory. The decree also stated that foreign citizens may exit, seeking to return to their respective countries. Official trips are also permitted. The measure, to become effective on Aug. 10...
A key security member of the Obiano administration has been assassinated. Mr. Azubuike Ekwegbalu was the Special Assistant to Anambra State Governor on Security. The Special Assistant to Anambra State Governor on Security Mr. Azubuike Ekwegbalu has been killed by suspected hired assassins. This is a statement issued by Anambra State Government on the incident The Death of Mr. Azubuike Ekwegbalu, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Obiano on Security. The Anambra State Government announces with...
