The Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Abuja has made available bank accounts for humanitarian assistance to victims of the February 6 earthquake that hit the country.
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
A staff of the Bingham University, Jos campus, has emerged the 2023 winner of the Besrour Centre Fellowship programme.
On Tuesday, the Department of State Services (DSS) confirmed inviting the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Femi Fani-Kayode, for questioning over his tweets on matters of national security.
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has said that the African yam-bean contains more than 30 percent protein, higher than other plants and crops, and has the ability to survive different ecological systems in Nigeria.
The Nigeria’s Supreme Court has adjourned the suites filled by some state governors against the Federal Government over the cashless policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in old Naira note withdrawal to February 22 for the hearing.
The National Programme Manager of the Flour Milling Association of Nigeria (FMAN), Dr. Aliyu Samaila, has said that Nigerian wheat farmers have cultivated a total of 114,000 hectares in 16 states.
ASHENEWS reports that the Presidency has that the Federal Government or the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had not disobeyed the ruling of the Supreme Court by refusing to recognise old N200, N500 and N1,000 notes as legal tender.
A few years ago, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) rated eighty-six countries as low-income and food-deficient nations, thus, considered to be food insecure (http://www.fao.org/docrep/w9290e/w9290e01.htm). Forty-three out of these food-deficient countries are located in the African continent, which has a total of 58 countries. The most affected among the forty-three countries are in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where chronic hunger, squalor, and abject poverty are widespread. This is despite overall gains recorded in food production and food security over a decade on a global scale.
The Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Taraba state, Mr. Anthony Nzoka has warned corps members against meddling in local politics in their places of primary assignments.
The Kebbi state governorship, and deputy governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Atiku Mai-Ahu and Barrister Nafi’u Abubakar, have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).