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The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) on Friday in Yenagoa, concluded an environmental monitoring training workshop for Niger Delta oil communities. HOMEF is an ecological think-tank and environmental rights advocacy group. It was reported that the capacity building programme drew participants across the Niger Delta region from Cross River,...

Businessman and philanthropist Idris HK on Thursday crisscrossed Dekina Local Government Area in Kogi State, commissioning completed projects and flagging off new ones through the Idris HK Foundation in a day-long outreach that drew massive crowds and royal blessings. The tour began at Ogbabo Junction where hundreds of excited villagers...

Governor Abdullahi Sule has pledged to give his younger brother and the Executive Chairman of the Nasarawa State Universal Basic Education Board (NSUBEB), Dr. Kassim Muhammad, all the support needed for him to succeed. He made this known on Thursday during a one-day Nasarawa State Basic Education Summit at the...

No fewer than 14,000 Bauchi farmers are to benefit from a climate resilient agriculture intervention to encourage productivity and enhance food security. The three-year smart agriculture programme is being implemented by the Heineken Africa Foundation through the Nigerian Breweries Plc.. Mr Chukwuemeka Aniukwu, Head of Public, External and Government Affairs,...

…Commends Trump for stepping in where Nigerian leaders failed Nigerian political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Friday, accused the Nigerian government of deliberately shielding financiers of terrorism while the country sinks deeper into violence and mass killings....

*Laud Tinubu The ongoing reforms and “Nigeria First’ policy recently introduced by the new leadership of the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) will help Nigeria save over N100 billion by 2027,, public procurement experts have predicted. The experts thanked President Bola Tinubu for approving the policy which was championed by...

The Speaker of the Katsina State House of Assembly, Nasir Yahya-Daura, has disbursed scholarships worth ₦106 million to some indigent students across his Daura constituency. The disbursement of the scholarship in Daura on Thursday, was held under the Nasiriyya Educational Programme Special Scholarship Scheme. Gov. Dikko Radda, who inaugurated the...

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has vowed a tougher border security control following the killing of its three officers by suspected bandits in Kebbi. The Comptroller-General of the NIS, Mrs Kemi Nandap, made this known during a condolence visit to the state government in Birnin Kebbi. She said the service...

Mr Godwin Akandu, the Vice Chairman, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) has urged the Federal government to ensure timely distribution of agro inputs during the dry season farming. Akandu who made the call in an interview on Thursday in Port Harcourt, said that government’s support was critical to the...

A citizens-led advocacy group, the Coalition for Truth and National Interest (CTNI), has urged Nigerians to ignore what it described as “selective outrage” over an old video of Bello Matawalle, Minister of State for Defence. In a statement issued on Wednesday in Lagos, the group, led by its national president,...