By Hussaina Yakubu President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has disclosed that Kaduna State is leading the way as the first to launch the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ) in Nigeria. Speaking when he paid a courtesy call at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House on Tuesday, AdesinaContinue Reading
By Ehigimetor Igbaugba The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has announced the interception of controlled drugs valued at over N18 million at the Mfum Border in Cross River. The Customs Area Controller for Cross River/Calabar Free Trade Zone/Akwa Ibom Area Command, Comptroller Chukwudi Ogbonna, made this known during a news conferenceContinue Reading
In a groundbreaking development, a woman in Britain has given birth following a womb transplant, marking a significant milestone in reproductive medicine. Grace Davidson, 36, from southern England, who was born without a functioning womb, became the first woman in the UK to receive a womb transplant in early 2023.Continue Reading
By Justina Auta, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Mrs Joy Timothy, a 36-year-old mother of four, stared gloomily at her nearly empty restaurant. She pondered what to do with the leftover food in the flask. It would likely spoil by day’s end due to the erratic power supply that hadContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has enroled 198,810 residents of the territory into its Health Insurance Scheme (FHIS) in one year. Mr Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the FCT Minister, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday.Continue Reading
By Nathan Nwakamma The Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Foundation has begun free cataract treatments for no fewer than 1,000 residents of Bayelsa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the foundation has earlier carried out a screening exercise during which people were diagnosed with cataract and profiled forContinue Reading
By Ijeoma Olorunfemi A research and advisory firm, Veriv Africa, has urged Nigeria to embrace new farming technologies, overhaul its agricultural credit system and address farmer-herder clashes to boost its food security aspirations. This is contained in Veriv Africa, a data-driven and intelligence analysis firm’s food price baseline survey report,Continue Reading
By Martha Agas The Federal Government has ordered illegal miners to immediately vacate all mining sites in Zamfara following the confirmation of an outbreak of lead poisoning in Bungudu Local Government Area. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, gave the warning in a statement by his SpecialContinue Reading
By Ismail Abdulaziz, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Many countries across the world have continued to use the blooming youth population in Africa and the inherent skill to develop. Africa is, indeed, giving a lot to the world in terms of resources, manpower and wealth; just as it wasContinue Reading
Eyasu Elias, Ethiopia’s Minister of State for Agriculture, has described its adoption of a step-by-step soil restoration strategy as a critical approach to a broader commitment to sustainable development and climate resilience. This is according to Fana Media Corporation (FMC), a partner of TV BRICS. Fana quoted the the ministerContinue Reading
