The Federal Government has initiated moves to resuscitate the moribund facilities at the Omor-Adani Staple Crop Processing Zone to increase rice production under phase one of the Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Programme (ATASP–1). This followed resolution of the challenges between ...

Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has said activities will soon begin at the Kwale Industrial Park (KIP) in Ndokwa West Council Area, as methanol and transmission tower manufacturing firms have indicated readiness to set up their plants in the state. ...

The simmering political crisis in Edo State may have assumed another dimension as Governor Godwin Obaseki said it has become imperative to probe the Benin Specialist Hospital built by former Governor Adams Oshiomhole. Obaseki stressed that it has become imperative ...

Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the North, Reverend Yakubu Pam, has said Leah Sharibu remains a worthy ambassador of Jesus Christ even in the midst persecution by Boko Haram terrorists on account of her faith. He ...

Prices of banking stocks tumbled at the close of trading, as the impact of the recent Cash Reserve Requirement (CRR) adjustment by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting continued to hit hard on ...

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has condemned the plan by the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to review the remuneration of political officeholders. The move, TUC said, was a conspiracy that must not be allowed to ...

Director-General, National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP), Dr. DanAzumi Ibrahim, has described lack of institutional framework by the Federal Government as a major challenge in the production of typhoid fever vaccine in the country. Ibrahim disclosed this during ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm Dr. Kingsley Obiora as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Prof. Adeola Akande as chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Both requests were contained in a ...

Against speculations, the Senate has expressed its intention not to sweep the allegations of forgery and perjury against its number two officer, Ovie Omo-Agege, but to investigate him. At a media briefing in the National Assembly, Senate spokesman, Godiya Akwashiki, ...

Absence of prosecution witnesses in court stalled the continuation of hearing in the April 5, 2018 bloody Offa banks robbery case in Ilorin, Kwara State. Prosecution counsel, Bola Gold, told the court that police officers who were the prosecution witnesses ...