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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has welcomed the strategic partnership of FrieslandCampina WAMCO, URUS, Barenbrug and Agrifirm tagged Value4Dairy Consortium in their commitment to increase self-sufficiency in Nigeria’s dairy sector. Osinbajo made this known at the virtual launch of the consortium on Tuesday April 20, 2021 represented by the Minister of …

Chad’s President Idriss Deby Itno has died on the battlefield after three decades in power, the army announced on state television on Tuesday. The shock announcement came only the day after the 68-year-old was proclaimed the winner of a presidential election that had given him a sixth term in office. …

The General Overseer said that the repentant militants and kidnappers turned over a new leaf after a divine encounter through evangelism organised for some of them in their various camps. “I preached to them and many of them hearkened to salvation call and gave their lives to Jesus Christ. “Before …

NNPC GMD, Mele Kyai The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, on Monday announced that there would be no increase in the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, in May. NNPC has maintained an ex-depot price of N148/litre since February despite …

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Monday admitted that Nigeria’s economy was facing a difficult time, saying states must improve their internally generated revenues. Ahmed, who stated this in an interview on a daily breakfast show on the Nigerian Television Authority, Good Morning Nigeria, stated …

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has urged the Minister of Communications and Digital Planning, Dr. Isa Pantami, to ignore calls by some people that he should resign. There have been calls for Pantami to resign over his alleged ties to terrorists sects. Pantanmi, who described the campaign for him to …

Madonna University Alumni Association (MUAA) has communicated its shock and remorse at the demise of Mrs. Adaeze Destiny Ikpeama, a member of the association who passed away on 10th April 2021 at a hospital in Lagos State. Speaking through its National President, Peter Nwachukwu, the Alumni body posited that the …

The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) has signed a memorandum of understanding with national assembly management on the increase of salaries and allowances. The workers have been demanding the full implementation of the new national minimum wage. The failure of the implementation of the new wage has led to …

The motive behind the extension of service for Ms. Abimbola Alale in 2019 as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NIGCOMSAT for another 4-year term may be gradually unfolding, as it is now obvious that though she is the only African on the board of Space Generation Advisory …

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday said it got orders from the Federal High Court, Abuja division, to freeze 194 bank accounts belonging to firms and Bureaux de Change to enable it to conduct investigations into suspicious activities. It disclosed this on Thursday in three separate documents on its …