The Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Barau Jibrin, has distributed 47 vehicles and 287 motorcycles to members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano North Senatorial District to boost grassroots empowerment. Jibrin, represented by the State Coordinator of the Renewed Hope Agenda, Salihu Sagir-Takai, said the gesture, carried out on Wednesday in Kano, aligns with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. He explained that the items aim to ease economic hardship and improve the livelihoods of beneficiaries, including APC Local Government Chairmen, Secretaries, and other party stakeholders in the district. READ ALSO: Ondo govt cracks down on…
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The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, says the agriculture sector contributes between 23 and 24 percent to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Kyari made the statement at the 2026 Vanguard Economic Discourse on Wednesday in Lagos. He was represented by his Technical Advisor on Partnership and Collaboration, Mr. Maruf Ajenifuye. The event, themed “Food Security and Socio-Economic Stability: Options for Nigeria’s Agriculture Sector,” highlighted the sector’s rebound, progress, and milestone achievements. According to Kyari, agriculture employs over 60–70 percent of Nigeria’s labor force, making it a powerful engine for growth and poverty reduction. “This event comes…
The Federal Government says Nigeria leads global root and tuber crop production, with over 60 million tonnes of cassava and yam, representing 68–76 percent of world output. The Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abdullahi Aliyu, said this at the 2026 Post Harvest Connect and Root, Tuber, and Banana Conference on Wednesday in Abuja. The conference, convened by the Nigerian Stored Produce Research Institute (NSPRI) in collaboration with other stakeholders, is themed “Scaling Post-harvest Technologies for Enhanced Productivity and Competitiveness.” The minister noted that despite Nigeria’s global production capacity, significant amounts of produce are lost due to…
Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State says his administration maintains a zero-tolerance stance against the possession, trafficking, and consumption of hard drugs. Aiyedatiwa made the statement on Wednesday in Akure during the public destruction of drug exhibits by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Represented by his Deputy, Olayide Adelami, the governor said his administration had intensified advocacy and awareness campaigns to curb the rising trend of drug abuse among young people. He warned that offenders would face the full weight of the law. “This administration is taking proactive steps to tackle the menace through sustained sensitization programs and…
The Oyo State Government, in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has called for firm, multisectoral commitments to high-impact nutrition interventions for children across the South-West region. The call was made at a one-day meeting on Integrated Multisectoral Nutrition Programming held on Tuesday in Ibadan. The meeting, which brought together key policymakers from the six South-West states, aimed to secure concrete political commitments to accelerate coordinated nutrition actions to improve child wellbeing and protect child rights across the region. In his remarks, the Oyo State Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Mr. Seun Asamu, said malnutrition is not…
The Oyo State Government has approved N5.8 billion in compensation for over 900 landowners affected by the construction of the Ibadan Circular Road. A statement issued in Ibadan on Wednesday by the state Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mr. Dotun Oyelade, said the money was approved by the state executive council during its weekly meeting on Tuesday. The council noted that over N800 million had already been paid in the past 18 months during the first phase of compensation for displaced persons. The commissioner said the compensation would curb agitations and misinformation about the Circular Road project, accelerate planning…
The Chairperson of First Ladies Against Cancer (FLAC), Mrs. Chioma Uzodimma, has urged stronger awareness, early detection, and collaborative action to tackle the rising burden of cancer in Nigeria and worldwide. Uzodimma, wife of Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, made the call during the University of Abuja Women’s Association (UAWA) cancer awareness programme themed: “United by Unique: Know it, Check it, Act Early” on Wednesday in Abuja. She highlighted that cancer remains one of the leading causes of death globally, with nearly 20 million new cases and 10 million deaths reported each year. “In Nigeria, over 120,000 new cases occur…
Nigeria’s debt servicing bill climbed to about N16 trillion in 2025, underscoring mounting fiscal pressure driven largely by rising domestic borrowing costs and sustained external obligations. The figure, based on data from the Debt Management Office (DMO), represents a N2.98 trillion increase or 22.9 per cent compared to the N13.02 trillion recorded in 2024. A breakdown of the data shows that domestic debt servicing emerged as the primary driver of the increase, rising sharply to N8.61 trillion in 2025 from N5.87 trillion in the previous year — a jump of 46.6 per cent. This accounts for about 53.8 per cent…
Forex traders have attributed the worsening volatility of the naira at the parallel market to fiscal indiscipline and overlapping budget cycles by the Federal Government. This is according to insights from currency traders and market operators who spoke to Nairametrics. They said that the lack of fiscal discipline weakens the naira through excessive spending and overlapping budget cycles, which create excessive naira liquidity in the system, not backed by a corresponding increase in productivity or forex inflow. They said this surplus eventually finds its way into the foreign exchange market as people and businesses convert it into dollars, a preferred…
The Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Chapter, has disassociated itself from the indefinite strike declared by the FCT Wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT). The chairman, Mr. Julius Ogundiran, told journalists in Abuja on Tuesday that ASUSS is not part of NUT and should not be involved in the ongoing strike. The NUT had on Friday directed primary and secondary school teachers in the FCT to begin an indefinite strike on Monday over unresolved welfare concerns. The union cited issues including non-implementation and payment of 25% and 35% salary increments, and non-implementation…