The National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC), with support from Feed the Future Nigeria Integrated Agriculture Activity (NIAA), has inaugurated 43 Community-Based Seed Entrepreneur (CBSE) cooperatives in Adamawa State. These cooperatives have been certified to produce quality seeds for farmers in the region. Speaking at the certificate presentation ceremony in Yola on Tuesday, Chief of Party NIAA, Prakash Silwa, emphasized the importance of the certification process. Silwa, represented by his deputy, Kayode Faleti, stated that this initiative is part of ongoing efforts to transform agriculture in the North-East. He noted that a total of 122 cooperatives across the implementing states of…
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The Federal Government has approved the first phase of Sokoto-Badagary super highway and 63 dam projects. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, who disclosed this at the inauguration of a two-day Sectorial Retreat of the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation and its agencies, on Tuesday in Abuja, further said the government also approved the construction of 63 dams to boost power generation in the country. The retreat with the theme: “Delivering on the Renewed Hope Agenda: The Role of Ministry of Information and National Orientation and her Agencies’’ was organised by the Ministry. According to…
Former Presidents Yakubu Gowon, Abdulsalam Abubakar, Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari are attending the inaugural Council of State meeting under the administration of President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. ASHENEWS reports that the Council of State meeting is the first being held under President Tinubu administration. While Gowon and Abubakar attended the meeting virtually, alongside the governors of Abia, Adamawa and Akwa Ibom States, Jonathan and Buhari attended physically. The composition of the council is the president as chairman and vice president as deputy chairman, all living former Heads of State and Presidents, all former Chief Justices of…
President Bola Tinubu has officially signed the Judicial Office Holders Salaries and Allowances Bill into law, a significant development in the nation’s legal system. The announcement was made by Senator Basheer Lado, the Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, in Abuja on Tuesday. The bill, approved by the National Assembly in June, grants a 300 percent salary increase for judicial officers at both federal and state levels. This legislative action follows the President’s transmission of an executive bill titled “A Bill for an Act to Prescribe the Salaries, Allowances and Fringe Benefits of Judicial Office Holders in Nigeria…
Under thenew directive by NERC, DisCos are now required to establish direct contracts with power Generation Companies GenCos, bypassing the government-owned Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company (NBET).
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has commended the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for investigating allegations of the misappropriation of N90 billion in Hajj subsidies. Auwal Musa, the Executive Director of CISLAC, gave the commendation in a statement in Lagos on Tuesday. Musa described the alleged widespread looting during the recently concluded Hajj exercise as alarming, particularly given the religious significance of the event. According to him, reports indicate that despite substantial payments and the allocation of federal government subsidies, many pilgrims received substandard treatment. He stated that the situation raised serious concerns about…
The current cost of living crisis and the resulting agitations have highlighted the need to scale up the agriculture budget. Policy analysts argue that the N362.9 billion allocated to the agriculture sector in the 2024 budget falls short of the 2014 Malabo Declaration, which calls for African countries to allocate at least 10 percent of their national budgets to agriculture. Stakeholders in the agriculture sector are now taking proactive measures to increase the agriculture budget for 2025 to bolster food production. These stakeholders recently convened in Lagos under the aegis of the National Stakeholders Consultative Meeting on the 2025 agriculture…
World-leading health organizations sound alarm on endemic cases of the virus in DRC; Contipharma’s rapid in vitro LAMP Mpox test provides critical results within 20 minutes Contipharma, a pharmaceutical company specializing in the development and marketing of targeted medical solutions, today announces the launch of a LAMP (Loop-mediated isothermal AMPlification) test for Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox). Mpox is a viral disease caused by the monkeypox virus, a species of the genus Orhopoxvirus with two clades (clade I and clade II). It is endemic in Central and West Africa. The disease can be transmitted through physical contact with an infected person, animal…
ASHENEWS reports that a tragic boat mishap has claimed the lives of four people in the Dundaye community of Wamakko Local Government Area, Sokoto State. The incident, which occurred on Sunday evening, has left the community in mourning as rescue operations continue. Aliyu Kafindangi, the Head of the Sokoto Field Operation Office of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), confirmed the mishap to newsmen on Tuesday in Sokoto. He detailed the collaborative efforts of various agencies in the search and rescue operations, including NEMA, the Nigerian Red Cross, the Sokoto State Fire Services, the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), and…
President Bola Tinubu will preside over his first Council of State meeting today, Tuesday, marking a significant moment in his administration. The meeting, set to take place at noon in the executive council chamber of the presidential villa, will bring together key figures in Nigerian governance to discuss the nation’s most pressing issues. The Council of State is a crucial advisory body in the Nigerian federal government, tasked with guiding policymaking to the executive branch. The council is chaired by the sitting president, with the vice president serving as the deputy chair. Its members include former presidents or heads of…