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Determined to boost food production across the three senatorial districts of the state, Edo Governor, Monday Okpebholo has launched the back-to-farm initiative. He disclosed this on Monday, while meeting with farmers at the Iguoriakhi Farm Settlement, in Ovia South West Local Government Area. According to him, the back-to-farm initiative is …

Energy expert Dan Kunle has warned that the continued importation of petrol and diesel by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited and certain marketers, despite the Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s capacity to meet domestic demand, is a disservice to the country. Recent reports indicate that NNPC, Oil Marketers Spent N5.5tn …

Rite Foods Limited, a leading indigenous manufacturer in the Food & Beverages sector, has partnered the Noble Association of Social and Resourceful Editors(NASRE) Foundation to provide support for ailing journalists and widows of deceased media practitioners in the country . This collaboration comes as part of NASRE’s ongoing efforts to …

  Insists Egbetokun’s tenure extension legal A socio-political group, the Citizens for Ethical Leadership & Law (CELL), has expressed support for the Police Service Commission’s (PSC) recent decision to retire senior police officers who have spent over 35 years in service or are above 60 years old, describing the move …

The Naira further appreciated in the official market on Friday, trading at N1,474.78 to the Dollar. Data from the FMDQ Securities Exchange official forex trading platform revealed that the Naira gained N11.17. This represents a 0.7 per cent increase compared to the previous day’s trading figure on Thursday, when the …

Dominion City Church is increasingly engaging in initiatives to equip members for exponential growth and foster sustainable socio-economic advancement, as it has budgeted N1billion to empower entrepreneurs in the country. These were part of the outcomes at the just-concluded 2025 Lagos Executive Leadership Retreat for Entrepreneurs & Career Professionals, held …

Adedolapo Osuntuyi, Executive Director of the Dolly Children Foundation, earned the African Humanitarian Award in the “Education Champion” category on January 26, 2025, at the Sheraton Hotel in Lagos. The award celebrates her unrelenting commitment to empowering poor children in Africa via education. The African Humanitarian Awards, hosted on January …

The Nigeria Customs Service, Kirikiri Lighter Terminal, Lagos announced that it collected the sum of N107.1bn as revenue in 2024. In a statement on Wednesday, the Customs Area Controller in charge of the command, Joy Edeldouk, added that the figure represented a 101 per cent increase when compared to N53.4bn …

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, on Wednesday, announced that the Federal Government has cleared the outstanding $7bn foreign exchange following a successful verification exercise by forensic auditors. Cardoso disclosed this at the launch of Nigeria’s Regulatory Policy Framework organised by the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council. …

Aba Cemetery Market in Abia State notorious for sale of fake bottles of wines and beverages has been shutdown again by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) The shutdown of the the cemetery market regarded as the most dreaded and hitherto safe haven for the …