By Precious Akutamadu The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has released N10 billion to the Niger Delta Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Trade, Mines and Agriculture (NDCCITMA) to stimulate entrepreneurship and economic growth in the region. The Managing Director of NDDC, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, announced this at the inauguration of theContinue Reading
By Stanley Nwanosike No fewer than 100 farmers from the 17 Local Government Areas in Enugu State have received training on Climate Smart Agriculture to mitigate agricultural losses. The workshop is aimed to enlighten farmers on best agronomy, seedlings and planting/harvest periods as well as protection of crops and theContinue Reading
By Ginika Okoye United Capital Plc, a pan-African financial and investment services group, has declared N30 billion as Profit Before Tax (PBT) for the 2024 financial year ended December 31, 2024. The shareholders also approved a total dividend payout of N14.4 billion for the 2024 financial year. The shareholders alsoContinue Reading
By Doris Esa The International Centre for Environmental Health and Development (ICEHD), in partnership with Rose of Sharon Foundation (ROSF), has empowered no fewer than 100 rural women farmers in the FCT and its environs. The women were empowered with solar powered irrigation pumping machines, knapsack sprayers, sprinklers, bio-fertiliser, amongContinue Reading
By Fortune Abang The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, has extolled the government and people of Senegal on the occasion of the country’s 65th Independence Day anniversary. Tuggar also congratulated his counterpart, the Minister of African Integration and Foreign Affairs of Senegal, Mrs Yassine Fall. “As Senegal marksContinue Reading
By Ibrahim Kado Adamawa Government has unveiled the distribution of teaching and learning materials to public primary schools across the state for the 2024/2025 academic session. Speaking at the distribution in Yola, Hajiya Lami Fintiri, wife of the state governor, said the distribution marked the commencement of Phase II ofContinue Reading
By Joy Mbachi Clean Nigeria, Use the Toilet Campaign Conference, says only 142 Local Government Areas out of the 744 Local Government Areas, (LGAs) in Nigeria have been certified open defecation free by the Federal Government. Mrs Chizoma Opara, the National Coordinator of the conference, disclosed this at a one-dayContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Nigerian Navy says it apprehended some vessels carrying illicit arms and stolen crude oil and destroyed several illegal refining sites through its Operation Delta Sanity II in the month of March. The Director of Naval Information, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, made this known on Saturday in Abuja.Continue Reading
By Muftau Ogunyemi The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ondo State Sector Command, has handed over goods worth N10 million recovered from an accident scene to the family of the victim. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Akure, while handing over the goods, Dr SamuelContinue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi The Centre for Pension Rights Advocacy has commended the Federal Government’s planned N758 billion bond to close the pension funding gap in the country. It described the move as a step toward long-term sector stability and a means to address long-standing pension issues affecting federal civil servants.Continue Reading
