Except something dramatic happens, no fewer than 94.5 Nigerians will face insufficient food consumption as the estimated 88.5 million already experiencing the pangs of hunger would be joined by six million others by the end of this month. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Agribusinesses and Productivity Enhancement (SSAP), Kingsley ...
•Akeredolu An Ondo State High Court, sitting in Akure, has stopped Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu from inaugurating newly appointed members of the interim management committee for the 18 local government areas and the 33 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs). The appointed Interim Management Committee for the council and the LCDAs have been ...
•Shaibu and Obaseki The political impasse in Edo State took another turn yesterday when Governor Godwin Obaseki said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will determine his deputy Philip Shaibu’s fate following the latter’s governorship ambition. Shaibu on Monday threw himself into the race for Dennis Osadebay House, ending months of speculation...
•Ladi Adebutu Days after losing at the appeal court, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ogun State, Ladi Adebutu, insists his party won the March 18 poll with over 50,000 votes. Governor Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was declared winner of the poll after polling 276,298. Adebutu scored 262,383 wh...
The Anambra State Aids Control Agency, ANSACA, has said no fewer than 98,960 people are living with HIV/AIDS in Anambra. Dr Afam Obidike, Commissioner for Health in Anambra, gave the statistics today in Awka. It was during a media briefing ahead of 2023 World AIDS Day, observed every December 1 since 1988, reports NAN. World […]
The President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Ibrahim Gusau, has promised the introduction of the Video Assistant Referee to the Nigeria Football League. VAR is a system that helps referees to decide better about players’ fouls, if a goal was valid, red card decisions, in football matches. Gusau gave the assurance during the maiden retreat...
•Adejumo Isaac A Finance and Investment Analyst, Adejumo Isaac, has made some suggestions on the short run win for the naira exchange rate This is as he called on the Tinubu-led federal government through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to declare cashless policy on forex, reports Daily Trust. This, according to the finance expert, […...
Senators in the Committee on Gas Resources today expressed disaffection over the blame game between the Ministry of Petroleum Resources and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over disbursement of N135Billion for the Nigeria Gas Expansion Programme. The Senate Committee had last week asked the beneficiary oil and gas companies to appear before i...
The Lagos State Government took enforcement action today against street hawkers and handcart pushers in different areas of the state. The Lagos State Commissioner of the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, confirmed this in a statement, with some of those arrested being interrogated and prosecuted. “As I instructed, Special Squad O...
•Hyacinth Alia The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), in Benue state has condemned the appointment of Caretaker Committees for 23 Local Government Council by Governor Hyacinth Alia saying it was in total disregard of a subsisting court order restraining the government from doing so. The party said Governor Alia’s constitution of caretaker commit...

