By Olayinka Olawale The Lagos State Government(LASG) has called for private sector’s investment and collaboration in its agriculture sector particularly in the Red Meat , Artisanal Fisheries and Livestock Feed Mills value chains. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, stated this in a press statement she issued to newsmen in Lagos on Sunday. […]
By Ebere Agozie The Head of Agriculture Division, ECOWAS Commission, Abuja, Mr Ernest Aubee, has said that Nigeria was leading in the promotion of Organic Agriculture in the West Africa region. Aubee said this in his closing remarks at the cocktail event on `Reporting Back Achievements of Ecological Organic Agriculture (EOA) Initiative’ activities in Nigeria […]
A problem with the electrical distribution grid of Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility caused an incident at the site on Sunday, Iranian Press TV reported. The incidence occurred a day after Tehran launched new advanced uranium enrichment centrifuges at the site. The Natanz facility, which is located in the desert in the central province of Isfahan, […]
By Sani Idris The Emir of Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State, Malam Zubairu Maigwari, has urged traders not to hike the cost of their commodities as the Ramadan fasting approaches. Maigwari made the call in an interview with journalists on Sunday in Kaduna. “Marketers should reason with the common man and reduce the cost of […]
US President Joe Biden on Sunday welcomed a last-minute agreement ending a trade dispute between two South Korean electric-vehicle battery makers that he said represented “a win for American workers and the American auto industry.” The deal between industrial giants SK Innovation and LG Energy Solution was also seen as a victory for Biden as […]
By Alex Enebeli A fertility expert, Dr Uchenna Ayogu, has urged couples who find it difficult in making their own babies to try In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF). Ayogu, Chief Medical Director, St. Stephen Specialist Hospital, Achara Layout, Enugu, made the call on Friday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu. […]
By Justina Auta The Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, says the Federal Government is working towards opening micro gas distribution channels across all local governments areas in the country. Sylva, disclosed this at the inauguration of the Nigerian Women for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) project, organised by the National Centre for Women’s Development […]
By AbdulFatai Beki Workers of the Michael Imoudu National Institute of Labour Studies (MINILS) on Friday in Ilorin staged a peaceful protest demanding for the appointment of a new director-general. They made the demand over alleged five-year maladministration by management of the institute. The placard-carrying workers, who are members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of […]
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Defence Headquarters has dismissed the report of alleged massacre by the military in Konshisha area of Benue, following the killing of 11 troops by bandits in the area. The Acting Director, Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, described the report as spurious and misleading. Nwachukwu […]
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