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The National Sugar Institute (NSI), Kanpur, India and the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Abuja, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the establishment of a Sugar Institute in Nigeria. Executive Secretary of NSDC, Dr. Lateef Busari and Director ...

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. ...

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 ...

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, ...

Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has re-opened the Maiduguri/Damboa/Biu road in Borno State for motorists. The army closed the 187-kilometre road in November 2018 due to insecurity to lives and property. Opening the road yesterday, Buratai said ...

Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has disclosed that the Federal Government is ready to construct the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri lail line. He said President Muhammadu Buhari has also approved the building of two new seaports in Bonny, Rivers State and ...