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Expert urges Nigerians to show interest in agriculture

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Lack of interest has been identified as the bane of agricultural development in Nigeria. Benard Onuegbu, a former Rivers State Commissioner for Agriculture said this on Tuesday in Port Harcourt. “Many persons are tempted to accuse government of not evolving the right policies and programmes, I think that the right policies are there but the interest is not. In this…

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Kidnapped electricity worker dies after freedom

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The Warri Business District of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) was on Monday thrown into mourning following the death of a District Business Manager, Celestine Nwadinobi, an engineer. It was gathered that Mr Nwadinobi had earlier been kidnapped on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 in his hometown, Orlu in Imo State. According to our source, he was later released by…

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Akwa Ibom farmers accuse state of neglect

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Farmers in Akwa Ibom State have lamented the continuous neglect by the state government in the area of food production. They observed that their inability to gain access to fertiliser at the beginning of this year's farming season may affect food production. The farmers under the aegis of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) explained that government's attitude towards…

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Retired judges sue Oyo governor over gratuities

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For failing to pay their severance packages after months of retirement, some retired judges of Oyo State have dragged the state governor, Adebayo Alao-Akala, to court for redress. Comprising three chief judges, two acting chief judges, and six other retired judges, who served in the state's judiciary before retirement, the claimants are Justices N.O. Adekola, M.O. Adio, R. G. Oyetunde,…

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Oshiomhole flags off Benin City erosion control project

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The much awaited construction work on the Benin City storm water project finally took off yesterday as Governor Adams Oshiomhole flagged off phase 1 of the project at the Ogba River end of the 7.5 kilometer canal. By this, the problem of flooding which had plagued Benin City, the Edo State capital for so many years, may soon be a…

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Government finalises policy on oral health

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The Federal Government yesterday commenced the finalisation of the national oral health policy at a three-day stakeholder's workshop in Abuja. This is to popularise and develop oral health in the country. Oral health is a state of well being of the oral cavity including the teeth as well as the supporting structures and tissues. It is a state of absence…

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ENVIRONMENT FOCUS: Sanitation, hygiene, and Nigerians

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A recent UNICEF paper castigating Nigeria for the lack of safe water and improved sanitation facilities which have remained one of the major reasons for mortality and morbidity among children, reminded me of a more mundane incident in Lagos. Despite the common ‘Do not urinate here’ graffiti, that sub-specie of policeman unkindly nicknamed ‘Yellow Fever’, was busy on a hot…

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Federal government mobilises youth for April elections

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The Minister of Youth Development, Akinlabi Olasunkanmi, has said the zonal sensitisation programme meant to mobilise youth for active participation in the April polls will be launched in Osogbo, the Osun State capital on Wednesday, March 3, 2011. Other zonal workshops for the same purpose, he said, would run through the month of March with direct participation of Nigerian youth…

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Nasarawa community endorses state governor

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The Eggon people have endorsed the candidacy of the Nasarawa State Governor, Aliyu Akwe Doma as he seeks re-election. They made this declaration in a meeting which took place at Akpata, Agidi development area of the state. According to them, Mr Doma has “succeeded in laying a concrete foundation for the socio-economic transformation of the state for the three and…

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‘I’ll change Warri Federal Constituency’

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Omasan Agbajoh, the Democratic People’s Party candidate for the Warri Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, is a Lagos-based lawyer with 25 years’ experience at the bar. She was born in Warri and had her primary and secondary education there, before attending the University of Benin, graduating in 1985. She says she is now back in Warri because she…

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Group urges Bauchi communities to set up sanitation teams

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The Network for Civil Organisation on Water and Sanitation (NEWSAN), a non-governmental organisation, has embarked on an awareness campaign to avert a recurrence of the cholera epidemic which devastated communities in Bauchi State last year. The organisation has produced eight pairs of latrine seats, specially designed for the comfort of the elderly and the physically challenged, for distribution to its…

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Campaign organisation accuses minister of anti-party activities

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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Bala Mohammed has been accused of anti-party activities aimed at frustrating the presidential ambition of Goodluck Jonathan. The Bauchi State Director, Media and Publicity, of Goodluck/Sambo Campaign Organisation, Garba Bello, made the allegation while speaking to newsmen in Bauchi. He said: “We frown at the unhealthy political development emanating from some influential indigenes of…

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Majority will not vote in Bakassi

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About 95 percent of the people of Bakassi will not participate in the April polls because they were not registered, Chairman of Bakassi Local Government Area, Ekpo Ekpo Bassey has said. Mr Bassey who described the development as unacceptable, said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) failed to make adequate provisions as well as extend the deadline for the conduct…

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Journalists brainstorm on election reporting

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Journalists across the South West of the country yesterday converged on Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to discuss ways of handling the challenges of reporting during the forthcoming elections and how to overcome them. The four-day workshop taking place at D-Rovans Hotel, is jointly organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) and…

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Utomi accuses Nigerian youth of docility

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Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party(SDP), Pat Utomi has lamented the docility of Nigerian youth in the face of corruption, avarice and the ceaseless show of wealth by public officials. He said this to journalists in Lagos at an anti-corruption crusade held by the National Anti-Corruption Volunteer Corps, (NAVC), a Non-Governmental Organisation. Mr Utomi advised youth to rise up…

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