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Jega: Tinubu has political will to end farmers-herders crises Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Livestock Reforms, Professor Attahiru Jega, has declared that the President possesses the political will to resolve Nigeria’s long-standing farmers-herders crisis if the right reforms are implemented with support from relevant stakeholders. Professor Jega,…
Amidst the growing efforts towards coalescence by the opposition parties against the incumbent President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu ahead of the 2027 presidential election, a fresh pressure has come upon former President Goodluck Jonathan to throw his hat in the ring. Curiously, this pressure comes barely two weeks after the Samuel Ogbuku-led Niger Delta Development…
The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has said that about 2,000,000 households in unserved and underserved areas across Nigeria will soon enjoy electricity access. It stated that this will be possible through its recent strategic collaboration and agreement with First City Monument Bank (FCMB) at the bank’s head-quarters in Marina, Lagos, to provide a ₦100…
Calm restored in Lafiagi as security commanders visit community Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin A high-powered government’s security delegation has visited Lafiagi in Edu local government area of Kwara State following early morning tensions that culminated in an attack on the office of the NDLEA and a foiled attempt to torch the Emir’s palace. It would…
The resignation of Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has created a significant vacuum at the nerve center of Nigeria’s ruling party. While speculation mounts regarding who will ascend the coveted seat, particularly amid reports that the position is zoned to the North Central, one name stands…
Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Apoti-Uduaghan was on Monday docked at the Federal High Court in Abuja on alleged Cybercrime against the President of the Senate, Godswill Obot Akpabio and former governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Adosa Bello. The suspended Senator was put on trial by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation…
A special appeal has been made to Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State to convert the campus of the defunct OgoriMagongo College of Education, Akpafa,created in 1983 by the government of Senator Cornelius Olatunji Adebayo in the old kwara State to a Faculty of Vocational and Entrepreneurial Studies of the Confluence University of Science…
Over 30 Host Communities to Dangote Cement Ibese Plant as well as those in Itori in Yewa North, Ewekoro local government aeras of Ogun State respectively were thrown into excitement as the Aliko Dangote Foundation, (ADF) extended its National Food Intervention programme to the people distributing over 3000 bags of rice to the…
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has invested over N720 billion to implement its landmark initiative of deploying 4,000 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)-powered trucks for the nationwide distribution of petroleum products, which is expected to save Nigerians over N1.7 trillion annually. This bold step will see the privately-owned refinery absorb over N1.07 trillion annually in fuel distribution costs….
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tantita Security Services Limited, High Chief Government Ekpemuokpolo has showered glowing encomiums on the Nigeria media in its strategic role in the fight against oil theft. High Chief Government Ekpemuokpolo popularly known as Tompolo, who received the National, Zonal and State leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists…
