The Director-General, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA, Nteranya Sanginga, on Sunday said the Federal Government would launch N59.7 billion Youth-In-Agriculture Scheme in September. Mr. Sanginga, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Ibadan, said the scheme would be sponsored by the federal government and the African Development Bank, […]
Continue ReadingThe military has confirmed the recent arrest of Khalid al-Barnawi, the leader of Ansaru terrorist group in Lokoja, Kogi State, stating that more terrorists have been arrested while other Boko Haram members have also surrendered to the security agencies. The Director Defence information, Brigadier Rabe Abubakar who confirmed this development to PRNigeria, disclosed that: “With ongoing […]
Continue ReadingBello Rabiu-Babura, Upstream Chief Operating Officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, says the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company, KRPC, will resume production in two weeks. Mr. Rabiu-Babura gave the indication while fielding questions from Energy Correspondents, shortly after he inspected facilities at the KRPC on Saturday in Kaduna. He said that all the three Refineries, […]
Continue ReadingTwo men who are suspected ritualists, were apprehended in the early hours of today, with body parts of some dead humans at Iyana Ilogbo, near Lagos-Ogun border. Angry mob vented their anger on the suspected ritualists, by stripping them naked and administering a thorough beaten. They were paraded unclad with the dead body inside a […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Army, in a statement signed by Colonel SK Usman, the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, has denied reports that soldiers blocked GOC in protest over food and water shortage. The statement read:The attention of the Nigerian Army was drawn to a news story on the online page of Daily Trust newspaper titled “Angry […]
Continue ReadingWhile speaking on President Buhari’s failure to visit Agatu communities after the massacre by herdsmen, Femi Adesina, special adviser on media and publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, said, the president does not have to visit victims of Boko Haram onslaught or herdsmen massacre. “A section of this country wants a talkative president and it doesn’t […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) withheld 12 percent more money in six months under President Muhammadu Buhari than it did with his predecessor from 2013 to 2014. According to a report by the National Resource Governance Institute (NGRI), an international non-profit policy institute with focus on oil, gas and minerals, NNPC withheld more in the last six […]
Continue ReadingBY REUBEN ABATI This commentary is inspired by Olusegun Adeniyi’s “Of wailers, counterwailers and Buharideens” (ThisDay, March 31). In that piece, the ace journalist and public affairs commentator successfully defines the tri-polarities governing public responses to the Muhammadu Buhari administration. The take-away is that the biggest challenge that Nigeria faces at the moment is political […]
Continue ReadingGuaranty Trust Bank plc, in collaboration with the Cycology Club, Patricks Speech and Languages Centre, The Centre for Children Development, Parents of children living with Autism and other non-governmental organizations, are organizing a walk and cycling campaign around the Lagos metropolis on Saturday, April 2, to mark the 2016 World Autism Awareness Day. The Walk […]
Continue ReadingTransnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp), Nigeria’s foremost investment conglomerate has announced its audited 2015 Financial Results. The Group posted a profit before tax of N3.3bn for the period under review. Transcorp Group Operating Profit went up by 11% from N14bn in 2014 FY to N15bn. Its posted turnover of N40.8bn and profit before tax of N3.3bn in 2015 […]
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