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The Minister of Agriculture, MOHAMMED ABUBAKAR, has said today that in spite of the protracted security challenge in the country, food production has not dropped. Speaking during the weekly ministerial briefing at the State House in Abuja, the minister acknowledged that the insurgency, inhibiting farmers from accessing their farms, particularly in the North-West, North-East, and North-Central, is a concern for the Federal Government...

The federal executive council has approved the sum of 2.59billion dollars for the Badagry Deep Seaport Project which will run under a Public-Private Partnership. The Minister of Transportation MU’AZU SAMBO said the project will be concessioned to a private firm for a period of 45 years before reverting to the Federal government. The Minister said the investment will help create jobs and ...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the procurement of utility vehicles, security gadgets, and accessories to support security agencies operating within the FCT at the sum of 1.835 billion naira. Giving details of the purchase after the FEC meeting, the FCT minister, MOHAMMED BELLO, disclosed that 60 utility vehicles with communication gadgets will be bought at that amount and delivered within two months....

The Board of Trustees of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have set up a committee of the whole to reconcile the presidential candidate of the party, ATIKU ABUBAKAR and Rivers state Governor NYESOM WIKE. The committee will involve all the members of the board, with the mandate to resolve the differences between both men who have been on loggerheads since the party’s presidential primaries. ...

Nobel laureate, Professor WOLE SOYINKA has supported the planned impeachment of President MUHAMMADU BUHARI, by opposition lawmakers in the National Assembly, if the nation’s security crisis is not solved in a 6-week ultimatum.Professor SOYINKA backed the move, while speaking during an interactive session organized to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Abeokuta Club.Professor SOYINKA, said the President should be impeached because he had breached th...

The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has suspended the train services on the Lagos, Abuja, and Ajaokuta routes over safety concerns.The Managing Director of the NRC FIDET OKHIRIA confirmed this to newsmen adding that this followed a report of an attempted kidnapping of passengers that left the Ajaokuta Station by road on their way to Abuja.According to him, the passengers and their vehicles...

5 passengers who were abducted on March 28 aboard an Abuja-Kaduna train have been freed by their abductors.A member of the negotiating team, TUKUR MAMU confirmed the release of the victims.With the release of the 5 additional hostages, a total of 27 victims have now regained their freedom, while 35 people are still in captivity....

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has blamed the security situation in the country on the political instability in Libya, which he says has continued to fuel terrorism in the Sahel, West and Central African regions.President BUHARI stated this while receiving the letters of credence from the new Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, JAMES KINGSTON and the new Ambassador of Mexico to Nigeria, ALFRED MIRANDA.President MUHAMMADU BUHARI however said that the federal ...

It appears that the spate of industrial actions and strikes rocking the education sector might soon spill over to the Health sector. This is as the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have threatened to embark on strike if the federal and state governments fail to meet their demands within a 2-week ultimatum. The resident doctors reached the resolution after its Nation...

After several months of continuous registration, the registration exercise for the Permanent Voters’ Card has finally come to a close yesterday. Across the nation, and here in Ogun state, crowds of people trooped to various registration centers to ensure they have their franchise ahead of the 2023 elections. Despite the deadline being extended from June 30 till July 31, many...