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The Federal Government through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has ordered N3 billion worth of rice seedlings to states in the southern part of the country from Cross River State. This gives ...
Read More »F-SARS brutalises, threatens to kill journalist in Rivers, officers appear before CP
The six officers of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (F-SARS) who brutalised and almost killed a journalist, Kofi Bartels in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, are to appear before the Commissioner of Police (CP), Usman Belel, today. Bartels, an employee of Nigeria ...
Read More »Activists seek declaration of Nigeria as environmental disaster nation
· Air pollution kills seven million yearly Environmental activists have urged the Federal Government to urgently declare a state of emergency on the environment to check climate change, environmental degradation, diseases and deaths. They made the call on the sidelines ...
Read More »Anglican Church tasks President Buhari on better security architecture
The Gombe Diocese of the Anglican Communion has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to overhaul the nation’s security architecture to effectively tackle the precarious situation at hand. In a communiqué issued after the Second Session of its Seventh Synod with the ...
Read More »IGP Adamu seeks stronger laws against kidnapping, banditry, others
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has called for stiffer laws against kidnapping, banditry and other heinous crimes, including possible seizure of questionable assets and proceeds. This, he believes, would act as a strong disincentive to potential kidnappers ...
Read More »Financial expert tasks governors to reduce cost of governance
A Financial expert and Managing Director of Cyber1 Systems Network International, Momoh Aliyu, has urged state governors to cut down cost of governance by engaging only a few aides. He made the call yesterday in a chat with the News ...
Read More »Fire razes internally displaced persons materials in Maiduguri
An early morning inferno has destroyed relief materials worth millions of naira at the Presidential Committee on Northeast Initiative’s (PCNI) warehouse in Maiduguri. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fire which, started at about 6.00a.m, consumed about ...
Read More »PDP Reps caucus denies endorsing Gbajabiamila’s speakership bid, lawmaker refutes U.S. conviction claims, threatens legal action
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caucus in the House of Representatives has denied media reports that it had endorsed Femi Gbajabiamila for speakership of the Ninth assembly. In a statement issued by House Minority Leader, Leo Ogor, the lawmakers stated ...
Read More »Four feared killed in Taraba, Bauchi clashes as troops neutralise terrorists in Borno State
No fewer than three fresh persons have been feared dead in the raging war between the Jukun and Tiv ethnic groups of Taraba State. Chairman of Wukari Local Council, Adi Daniel, confirmed that the deceased were of Jukun extraction and ...
Read More »‘Diseases associated with poverty, poor environment leading causes of children’s deaths’
A university teacher, Professor Dominic Osaghae, has identified pre-term birth complications, Acute Respiratory Tract Infection (ARI), Intra-partum related complications, congenital Anomalies and Diarrhoea, as the leading causes of deaths among children. He listed Malaria, VPD and Environmental Hazards, as well ...
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