By Salif Atojoko The Presidential Committee on Implementation of Livestock Reforms, proposed that a combination of ranching and open grazing could be the most viable solution to the farmer-herder crisis in Nigeria. The Chairman of the committee, Prof. Attahiru Jega, made this known on Thursday, after the 23-member committee submittedContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu has reiterated his administration’s commitment to creating a robust financial system and a business-friendly economy that would attract more foreign direct investments. The President made the commitment on Thursday in Abuja, as the Coca-Cola Company announced plans to accelerate its investments in NigeriaContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu will not attend the 79th United Nations General Assembly session in New York this year. The President has thus directed Vice President Kashim Shettima to lead Nigeria’s delegation, Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser, Information and Strategy, said in a statement on Thursday. “PresidentContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, Governor of Benue, on Thursday that his state is experiencing relative peace, enabling farmers to return to previously abandoned farms due to farmers/herders clashes. He made this statement while briefing State House correspondents after meeting with President Bola Tinubu. Alia visited theContinue Reading
By Joan Nwagwu The Federal Government says it is making efforts to curtail irregular migration by Nigerians through policies and programmes that will boost the economy and create employment. Sen. Abubakar Bagudu, Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, said this during an Anti-Migration Summit organised by the Blacks Ancestral NativeContinue Reading
By Okeoghene Akubuike The Federal Government, through the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) is set to audit all Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects to ascertain their performance. Mr Ifeanyi Nwoko, Acting Head of Media and Publicity, ICRC, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Dr Jobson Ewalefoh, Director-General,Continue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Federal Capital Territory Civil Service Commission has begun the regularisation of staff appointments in the FCT Administration and the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA). The Head of the FCT Civil Service, Dr Udo Atang, said at the commencement of the exercise in Abuja on Wednesday,Continue Reading
By Rukayat Moisemhe An author, Mrs Margaret Olele, says extended family life has a lot of benefits for knowledge and culture and not a burden as people think of it these days. Olele, also Chief Executive Officer, American Business Council, made the assertion at the launch of “Corals ofContinue Reading
By Yakubu Uba The people of Borno South Senatorial District have donated N200 million to the state government to support victims of Maiduguri flood disaster. The representatives of the zone comprising nine local government areas led by Sen. Ali Ndume and the state deputy governor, Umar Kadafur, announced the donationContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko Mrs Olu Verheijen, Special Adviser to the President on Energy, said reforms introduced by the President Bola Tinubu administration to improve the viability of the gas-to-power value chain had started yielding results. Verheijen said this at a luncheon organised as part of the inaugural US-NigeriaContinue Reading
