South Africa’s RCL Foods (RCLJ.J) on Thursday said its poultry unit has culled 410,000 chickens due to the country’s worst outbreak of avian flu, heightening fears of chicken meat and egg shortages. The outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), a bird flu which spreads rapidly in an infected flock causing a high death […]
By Stanley Nwanosike Enugu, Sept. 28, 2023 (NAN) Chief Hycienth Ngwu, former South-East Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), says Nigeria has the capacity to be the pride of the human race. Ngwu, a founding member of the APC, said this on Thursday in Enugu to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
By Aisha Gambo Kaduna Electric announced that it had since started refunding customers who bought meters under the Meter Asset Provider (MAP) scheme. The company disclosed this in a statement issued in Kaduna and signed by Head of Corporate Communication, Abdulazeez Abdullahi. “Management is delighted to inform its esteemed customers that it has since commenced […]
By Yetunde Fatungase The Police Command in Ogun on Tuesday arraigned the impeached Chairman of Ijebu-East Local Government in the state, Mr Wale Adedayo, at a Magistrate Court sitting in Abeokuta. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adedayo had accused the state governor, Mr Dapo Abiodun, of diverting statutory Federal allocations of local […]
By Stellamaris Ashinze The Google for Startups Growth Academy: AI for Health on Tuesday announced that two Nigerian startups, mDoc Nigeria and Pharmarun Nigeria, are among 30 startups chosen for the programme. Yuval Passov, the Head, Google for Startups and progamme lead, said in a statement that three other African startups were chosen for the […]
By Ikenna Uwadileke The Special Adviser to the President on Economic Affairs, Dr Tope Fasua, has called for a structural reform of Nigeria’s foreign exchange market. Fasua made the call at a roundtable organised by the National Policy Advocacy Centre (NPAC) of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) on Tuesday in Abuja. […]
Abduction By Deborah Coker Abuja, Sept. 26, 2023 (NAN) The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has described as misleading, allegation that the Federal Government was negotiating with the Zamfara terrorists to secure the release of the abducted students of Federal University, Gusau. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, by Mr Hope […]
U.S.-based pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has restarted most of its manufacturing lines at its factory in North Carolina following severe tornado damage, it announced on Monday. The Rocky Mount facility was struck by a tornado on July 19. The company expected operations to fully resume by the end of this year, but said some medicines […]
By Cecilia Ologunagba The Minister of State for Environment, Kunle Salako, says the courageous decision by Bola Tinubu’s administration to remove fuel subsidy has reduced the country’s consumption rate by about 33 per cent. Salako told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly […]
By Muhyideen Jimoh The Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Owan-Enoh is set to present Nigeria’s bid to host the 2027 AFCON at the CAF Executive Committee meeting in Cairo on Wednesday. The Minister and the leadership of Nigeria Football Federation, (NFF) will be attending the meeting as representatives of the Federal Government of Nigeria. During the […]