The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) and other civil society groups (CSOs) have demanded a ban on genetically modified organisms (GMO) foods in the country and repeal of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) Act. The groups, which comprised farmers, ...
Read More »Vision to take 100m Nigerians out of poverty by 2030 still intact, says Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has declared that the Federal Government’s vision of taking 10 million Nigerians out of poverty every year for the next 10 years is on course and actualise owing to the “quantum leap in human capacity development ...
Read More »CUPP asks court to stop presidency’s $22.7b loan request as HURIWA flays S’East, Edo’s exclusion
The Coalition of United Political Party (CUPP), through one of its members, Action Peoples Party (APP) has sued the Federal Government and four others at the Federal High Court, Abuja over the $22.7 billion loan request granted President Muhammadu Buhari ...
Read More »Firm, state govt differ on safety of Edo for investments
Okomu Oil Palm Company has alleged that the “illegal acts by some local communities” which ‘prevented’ its workers from undertaking the planned clearing of the company’s Extension 1 boundaries in anticipation of the arrival of Edo State Geographic Information Service ...
Read More »Why NDDC is being manipulated, by Rivers State Governor, Wike
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has lamented that the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is being manipulated to deny the region key projects it deserves. He also decried the way and manner in which management of the Presidential Amnesty Programme ...
Read More »WaterAid urges sustained hand washing amid global pandemic
WaterAid Nigeria has restated that handwashing with soap and water can reduce the risk of people contracting Coronavirus, now recognised as a public health emergency of global concern. But the organisation raised concern that figures from the WHO/UNICEF 2019 Joint ...
Read More »Threat of virus not over, says Vice President Osinbajo as scourge stigmatises corona junction in Plateau
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has warned that the threat of coronavirus is not over yet saying the Federal Government is examining the readiness of Nigeria’s health facilities in the event of any eventualities. Osinbajo who spoke at the Flag-Off of ...
Read More »Embrace agriculture to check ‘impending’ economic meltdown, Akwa Ibom youths urged
Youths in Akwa Ibom State have been implored to embrace agriculture for food sufficiency amid an imminent global economic meltdown occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Governor Udom Emmanuel on Marketing and Brand Management, Ime ...
Read More »Delta monarchs canvass vigilance, fresh strategy to contain insecurity
The Delta State Council of Traditional Rulers has urged Nigerians to be more vigilance in the face of the pervasive insecurity in the country. It also implored security agencies to be proactive in protecting the lives and property of citizens. ...
Read More »President Buhari tasks science ministry on solutions to insecurity, poverty, others
President Muhammadu Buhari has charged the Ministry of Science and Technology to create a friendly environment for Nigerian scientists to provide lasting solutions to the challenges of insecurity unemployment, poverty, healthcare delivery, epileptic power supply and others. The president, who ...
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