The Federal Government says it has reserved 3,000 hectares for dry season farming under the Jibia irrigation project in Katsina State. It said the development was geared towards enhancing agricultural production and food security in the country. Vice P...
Gov. Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State has approved the release of N1 billion loan to irrigation farmers in the state. Yakowa said this on Saturday in Kaduna during the presentation of flags to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates in the December loc...
The Emir of Ningi, Alhaji Yunusa Danyaya, on Saturday suggested that Polio Immunisation Plus Days should be continuous to achieve positive results in the polio eradication campaign. Danyaya made the suggestion at the launch of the November rounds...
The FCT Minister, Sen. Bala Mohammed, on Saturday urged the six area councils in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to build primary health care institutions to support secondary healthcare in the area. Mohammed gave the advice at the launch of the ``...
Dr Lois Obiekezie, a paediatrician in Alaba Ojo, Lagos State, said on Saturday that premature babies were not medically disadvantaged. Obiekezie told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that premature babies were only under-weight with weights rangi...
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will on Monday commence the release of 40,000 tonnes of assorted foodstuffs as part of Federal Government’s relief package to flood victims, a statement said in Abuja on Friday. The Ministry of Ag...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday extolled the selfless qualities of Nigeria’s first President, the late Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, and urged Nigerians to emulate him in order to move the country forward. Jonathan made the commendation in Nsukka duri...
Chief Olabode George, a former Vice-Chairman (South West) of PDP, has described Nigeria’s former President, Dr Nnamdi Azikwe, as a ``nationalist that represented the unity of the country``. George made the statement in Lagos on Friday...
The North Central Senate Sub-committee on the review of the 1999 constitution received 100 memoranda during its public sitting in Makurdi, the chairman of the committee, Sen. Barnabas Gemade, said. Gemade, who gave the information at the closing of the...
Some mobile phone users on Saturday expressed satisfaction with the ban on sales promotions by telecommunication networks in the country, saying it would enhance quality service. The stakeholders made the commendation in interviews with the News Agency...
President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Mr Xi Jinping, on his emergence as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, Chairman of the country’s Central Military Commission and President-Designate. The President's message is cont...
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, the Rt. Rev Hassan Kukah, on Friday advised school children to take to creativity, reading, dancing, music and other ventures that would help them develop their talents. Kukah, author of "Witness to Justice," ma...
The Special Adviser to the President on Social Development and Special Duties, Mrs Sarah Pane, has identified intolerance as a major threat to social harmony in Nigeria. Pane expressed the view in Abuja on Friday on the occasion of the celebration of t...
Two Nigerian superstars, Osaze Odemwingie of West Brom and Victor Moses of Chelsea will put patriotism aside for the meantime and confront each other in the English Premiership for the respective clubs. This is coming as both will also meet again in th...
Action continues this weekend in the English Premier League with embattled Arsenal hosting Tottenham Hotspur in a London derby at the Emirate Stadium. Arsenal and the Andre Villa Boas’ side are coming into this match on the back of disappointment...