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Farmers in Rivers receive boost from Foundation on new approach to food production
By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Farmers in Rivers State have received a boost from a non-profit making organization, Skills Outside School Foundation, SOSF, on a new approach to food production.
Senate begins screening of Buratai, others behind closed door
By Henry Umoru THE Senate has begun the screening of the immediate past Service Chiefs behind closed door The former Service Chiefs appeared today for screening as non-career ambassadorial nominees,
Contractors responsible for failure of PAP ― Ijaw leaders lament
By Davies Iheamnachor Ijaw leaders have lamented that contractors to the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, were responsible for the failure of the programme to deliver on its mandates. The leaders
4 dead as truck rams into bus in Asaba
No fewer than four persons, including an infant, died on Thursday in an accident involving a mini truck and a bus on Asaba-Ibusa -Warri road, Delta. Mr Uchechukwu Wihioka, the
Man, 40, in court for allegedly setting ablaze property worth N16m
A 40-year -old man, Hassan Adewale, was, on Thursday, arraigned before an Osogbo Chief Magistrates ‘ Court for allegedly setting ablaze property worth N16 million in Osun. Adewale, however, pleaded
NUC approves Law, 13 other programmes for Atiba varsity
National Universities Commission NUC) The National Universities Commission, NUC, has granted approval to Atiba University, Oyo, Oyo State for the establishment of a full time mode of Law programme and
Agribusiness: IITA, NASC, NRCRI to meet farmers’ demand of over N10bn on cassava stems
By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja As Nigeria remains the largest producer of cassava in the world, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA, National Agricultural Seed Council, NASC, and National
CNG mourns Junaid Mohammed, Dikko
By Victor Ajihromanus The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has mourned the passage of Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed and a former Comptroller General of Customs, Alhaji Abdullahi Inde
Uganda Jails Seven Soldiers For Assaulting Journalists
Seven soldiers have been given jail sentences by a disciplinary committee for beating up journalists outside the United Nations Human rights office on Wednesday, the Ugandan military has said. They
Zanzibar’s Vice-president Sharif Buried
Zanzibar’s Vice President Seif Sharif Hamad has been buried in his home village in Tanzania’s Pemba Island, following his death on Wednesday at the age of 77. His cause of
