archiveNovember 2023

  The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) have tasked the Federal Government to establish policies and regulations to drive high food safety standards. Experts at the third workshop on ‘Food and Feed Expertise Coordination’ held this week in Abuja stressed the need...

  The president of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has advised Imo citizens to vote for any candidate of their choice in the Saturday 11, governorship election. Speaking to newsmen in Owerri, Chief Iwuanyanwu said that Ohanaeze Ndigbo is non-partisan and therefore has no preferred candidate. He said: “I,...

To improve food production in Nigeria, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), has set out to support effective dry-season farming across the country. The Minister for Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, made this known on in Lagos, when he undertook a tour of the Apapa...

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development Festus Keyamo has faulted the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) protest at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. Labour had early this morning blockaded the airport owing to its faceoff with the Imo State government after the president...

  The Department of State Services (DSS) has warned against comments that could run against public peace and harmony ahead of the Nov. 11 governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states. This is contained in a statement issued by the Director of Public Relations and Strategic Communications of the...

The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has tasked the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) to do more in capacity building for personnel across public and private sectors for the good of the country. He gave this charge on Thursday when members of the Governing Council of the Institute...

The Minister of Power, Mr. Adebayo Adelabu, has ordered an investigation into the five-year extension of license for electricity distribution companies after the elapse of their initial ten-year license from 2013 to 2023. Adelabu disclosed this during aninteraction session with journalists in Abuja. He said, “When I came in, the...

  The Federal Government has urged the candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, to refrain from misrepresentation of facts for political gains and be informed and balanced in the exercise of his right to differing opinions. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed...

  Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State is to submit the 2024 budget proposals to the State House of Assembly this Thursday by 10am. The Governor had earlier written the House Speaker, Hon Adewale Egbedun on the proposed submission as statutorily stipulated by extant laws. In a step that cleared...

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has provided insight into how the lingering conflict between Russia and Ukraine has impacted Nigerian crude oil inflows in the international oil market, leading to a dip in demand from the once-dependable Asian market at the onset of hostilities in the...