Former President Goodluck Jonathan has charged African governments to implement policies that ensure farmers’ access to affordable credit, aiming to enhance food production and security across the continent. Jonathan stressed the imperative of derisking lending in agriculture, noting that the challenge of providing the collateral often demanded of farmers by lending institutions is negatively impacting the growth of the sector. A press statement on Wednesday by media aide to the former President, Ikechukwu Eze, stated...

The Federal Government has demanded immediate ratification of the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement and a significant increase in funding for blue economy initiatives to ensure the protection and sustainable use of the world’s oceans. This was contained in a national statement on behalf of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu by the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, during the ongoing United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice emphasised that urgent and collective global...

Afenifere, the apex Yoruba socio-cultural and political organisation, has used the occasion of the commemoration of the June 12, anniversary, to call the attention of the Federal and State Governments, demanding the establishment of state and community policing as well as the restructuring of the country. The Afenifere leader, Chief Reuben Famuyide Fasoranti, in a Democracy Day message on Wednesday, noted that while citizens celebrate sustained democratic rule in Nigeria on this auspicious occasion, they’re...

The Kogi State Government has mourned the demise of former executive chairman of Yagba East Local Government Area (LGA), Alhaji Funsho Ganiyu  Ibrahim. The Government in a condolence message on Tuesday signed by the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Femi Fanwo, lamented that the state has lost a national asset. The message reads, “The Government and people of Kogi State have received with deep sadness the news of the passing of a distinguished son...

Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has officially renamed the Abuja International Conference Centre (ICC) as the Bola Tinubu International Conference Centre, in honour of President Bola Tinubu. The minister announced the renaming during the inauguration of the newly rehabilitated centre on Tuesday in Abuja. He stated that several halls within the facility have been named after Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, House of Representatives Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, and...