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Nigeria is making steady, remarkable progress in agriculture – Buhari

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari has said the agricultural sector has witnessed steady and remarkable progress in the last two years, significantly…

Pope Francis marries couple during flight

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Pope Francis has made history by performing a wedding ceremony for two flight attendants on board a plane travelling between…

Erosion Project: Kano govt. to spend N500m as counterpart funding

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Kano State Government said it would spend N500 million in 2018 as counterpart funding for the World Bank’s Nigeria…

204 killed in road accidents in Niger

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger said that no fewer than 204 persons were killed in road accidents…

President Zuma urged to facilitate probe into “state capture”

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

South African opposition on Thursday urged President Jacob Zuma to release the terms of reference to facilitate the probe into…

Gov. Ortom dismiss rumours of owning any militia group

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue says the state does not own any militia group.

Kwara’s Gov. Ahmed dissolves cabinet

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara on Thursday dissolved the state’s executive council with immediate effect, the Secretary to the State…

Climate Change: Nigerian Govt urged to outlaw importation of gasoline generators

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Some secondary school students in Edo have called on the Federal Government to ban the importation of gasoline generators so…

Army calls on Boko Harm insurgents to lay down arms

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Maj.-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, the Theater Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, has called on Boko Haram insurgents to lay down their arms…

Lassa Fever: Nasarawa Govt. takes measure to check outbreak

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Dr Ibrahim Adamu, Director of Public Health at the Nasarawa State Ministry of Health has said that the state government…

5,253 Anambra rural farmers benefit from FADAMA intervention

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Mr Chucks Egbueh, the Project Coordinator of FADAMA in Anambra, says 5, 253 farmers benefitted from the various interventions of…

Zimbabwe’s ruling party confident of landslide victory in general election

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Zimbabwe’s ruling African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU PF) party is confident that the 2018 general election will give it landslide…

FCT Task Force arrests 4,627 offenders in 2017

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Federal Capital Territory Ministerial Joint Task Force on Thursday said that it arrested 4,627 offenders for various offences in…

New Zealand increases testing for cattle disease spread

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A testing and tracing regime for the bacterial infection Mycoplasma bovis found in New Zealand’s cattle, Officials said.

Army seeks community cooperation to crush insurgency

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Maj.-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, has called on people to support the military to fast track…

Trump insists on border wall, says Mexico will pay ‘directly or indirectly’

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday insisted that his position on the border wall with Mexico has not changed, and…

Sokoto govt. procures 833 trucks of fertilizer for dry season farming

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Alhaji Umaru Nagwari, the Sokoto State Commissioner for Agriculture says that the state government has procured 833 trucks of fertilizer…

Kano Varsity to establish Faculties of Medicine, Pharmaceutical, Veterinary Sciences

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Prof. Shehu Alhaji-Musa, Vice Chancellor, Kano State University of Science and Technology (KUST), Wudil, said on Thursday that the institution…

Libya returnees appeal to Obaseki to fulfill pledge of N100m

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Some returnees from Libya have appealed to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo to fulfill his pledge and release the grant…

Kaduna bans child fostering, adoption

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Kaduna State Government has banned fostering and adoption of children due to abuses by orphanage homes in the state, the…

President Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe ‘open for business’, safe for foreign investment

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Zimbabwe is “open for business” and foreign investment in the southern African country is safe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on…

Nasarawa records 3 suspected cases of Lassa fever

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Dr Giyan Joshua-Ndom, the Medical Director of Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Keffi, Nasarawa State, says the hospital is currently handling…

Zimbabwe ‘open for business’ – President Mnangagwa

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Zimbabwe is “open for business” and foreign investment in the southern African country is safe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on…

Nigeria needs to invest in innovation for economy development, stability – Don

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Prof. James Fabunmi, the Chief Executive Officer, American Heritage Defence Corporation, USA, says there is need for governments to allocate…

Gunmen kill mother, daughter anti-polio team in Pakistan

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Gunmen shot and killed a mother and her daughter who were part of an anti-polio campaign in Pakistan, the latest…

Amnesty office empowers 21,805 Niger Delta ex-militants

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Presidential Amnesty Office, on Wednesday, said it has empowered 21,805 ex-militants out of the 30,000 granted amnesty by the…

14-year-old girl abducted in Katsina

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Unknown gunmen have abducted a 14-year-old girl in Kankia Local Government Area of Katsina State.

Research shows toothpaste ingredient could fight malaria

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Research carried out in part by an Artificially-Intelligent (AI)‘robot scientist’ has found that a common ingredient of toothpaste could be…

Ban on Bollywood movie Padmaavat overturned

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

India’s Supreme Court Thursday overturned a ban on a Bollywood film imposed by four states ahead of its country-wide release…

Russia rejects U.S attempts of pressure to improve bilateral dialogue

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Russia rejects the efforts by the United States to exert pressure and responds to unfriendly actions, but is willing to…

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