The Netherlands Ambassador to Nigeria, Marion Kappeyne, has promised her country’s support for the development of agriculture in Ogidi Community of Kogi State. Kappenye, who gave the hint during the 2019 Ogidi Day celebrations, said the Netherlands being a specialist ...
Read More »Labour leader urges support for Buhari’s anti-poverty move
Vice President of the IndustrialALL Global Union, Comrade Issa Aremu at the weekend advocated partnership for national development among relevant stakeholders for sustainable democracy in Nigeria. He urged states and the private sector to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s call for ...
Read More »Community tasks Ogun gov on journalists’ estate bad road as Abiodun assures of health sector overhaul
Communities bordering Lagos and Ogun states have charged Governor Dapo Abiodun to address the plight of those whose only access road to the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway has become impassable due to years of abandonment. President of Arepo Central Community Development Association ...
Read More »Experts urge reduction of air pollution through Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Experts have charged members of the public to reduce air pollution by using Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and avoid using biomass fuels, which pollute the air. Speaking at the commemoration of this year’s World Environment Day with the theme: Beat ...
Read More »It’s time to rise against Islamic State terrorists, SHAC tells world leaders
The Save Humanity Advocacy Centre (SHAC) has urged the international community to rise against the killings of innocent Nigerians by Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) around the Lake Chad Basin region. SHAC, which made the call at the ...
Read More »Shell ends outreach programme in Imo
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC/ JV) has concluded its five-day health outreach programme tagged Community Care Programme. It held the programme in five communities in the Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of the state, disclosing that it had ...
Read More »Cross River farmers’ delay in repaying anchor borrowers’ loan worries CBN
Delay by rice formers in Cross River State to repay their anchor borrowers loan is causing the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) some concern. Although some farmers denied benefiting from the loan, alleging that politicians hijacked it, state controller of ...
Read More »Women are not subordinates, Vice President Osinbajo tells men, urges love
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has advised men to always love and honour women and their wives, saying they were not subordinates but created by God as co-equals. Celebrating this year’s Fathers’ Day at the Aso Villa Chapel, State House, Abuja ...
Read More »SOKAPU, el-Rufai disagree over casualty figure in Kajuru as ACF condemns killings in Kaduna, Borno
Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has visited Kajuru where 66 people were reportedly killed on Friday and warned against politicising the issue. Spokesperson to the governor, Samuel Aruwan, stated that his principal was accompanied on the trip by the GOC ...
Read More »Africa needs $98 million to contain Ebola in July, says World Health Organisation
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that $98 million or N35.28 billion is needed to contain the ravaging Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda as well as other susceptible nations in Africa ...
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