Nigerians have been advised to not only look up to the federal government to solve the problems of the country but also make their governors accountable. In doing that they have been asked to engage the governors and ask them for the palliatives that the federal government has been sending to the states to be…
The objective of the decision by the federal government to suspend duties and taxes on food items is to force down the prices of food items. This was made known by the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adeniyi on Monday. According to him, the policy was intended to make essential food items…
On the eve of the planned protest against hardship in Nigeria, the governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke decided to embark on another phase of distribution of food items to the needy in the state. His administration decided to commence the distribution of the food palliative starting from today, Tuesday. The food palliative include…
The Enugu State Government has announced December this year as the deadline for mineral title holders to commence coal mining operations in the state. The government announced this at the end of a meeting between the state’s Mineral Resources and Environmental Management Committee led by its Chairperson, Samuel Okoro, and mineral title holders in the…
Concerns resonating from the ten-day protest planned for August has the Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprises (CPPE), Muda Yusuf, warning that the fundamental actions are most likely to be attended by a great cost. He said that the economy stands to lose a whopping sum of N4trn. In…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Saturday decried the surge in malnourishment amongst children below five years, stating that out of over 3.4 million children in Kano State, 2 million, which represents 56.9 per cent are affected by stunting, due to malnutrition. This was disclosed by UNICEF Chief of Field Office, Kano, Mr Rahama…
It was a difficult moment for the military and police authorities as they had to defend an allegation of complicity in illegal mining, thus denying the government the needed income and collaborating with the people who are appropriating the wealth of the country. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa and the Inspector…
A National Biofortification Steering Committee to serve as a high-level advocacy group for biofortification in Nigeria has been inaugurated. Staple crop biofortification is a practical, proven and demand-led response to hidden hunger—particularly amongst the hundreds of millions of smallholder farming families who eat mostly what they grow themselves and cannot afford nutritionally diverse diets. This…
About 2,040 people will benefit from the N2 billion being given out by Governor Francis Nwifuru in Ebonyi State. The amount is to be distributed to people in 100 rural communities to assist them in boosting their vocations. Majority of the beneficiaries would be farmers of crops or livestock being majorly an agrarian environment. The…
The times call for diplomatic engagement in matters of state administration and development. That is why otherwise tough talking leaders now adopt the approach of preachers and prophets. Mr. Nyesom Wike, the fiery minister of the federal capital territory, FCT must have surprised his audience on Thursday when he practically begged them to shun the…
