Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has approved the appointment of acting board members for the Oyo State Electricity Regulatory Commission (OYSERC). This is contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Dr Suleimon Olanrewaju, and made available to newsmen on Friday in Ibadan. According to the statement, the board, which will facilitate the oversight functions of the commission, will be chaired by the Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Prof. Dahud Sangodoyin. The governor also appointed Mr Taiwo Ayanniyi as secretary, while Mr Solomon Oyekunle and Mr Abiodun Adedoja will serve as technical…
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The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)-assisted Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) has urged women in Ebonyi State to support their families and contribute to the overall development of society. The State Programme Coordinator (SPC) of VCDP, Chief Sunday Ituma, made the call on Friday in Abakaliki during the celebration of International Women’s Day organized for women networks participating in the programme. Ituma urged the women to intensify efforts toward building a better society by engaging in economic activities and supporting their husbands at home. “You should also play active roles in promoting women’s rights, justice and empowerment for the…
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has approved the immediate recruitment of 473 medical personnel to strengthen healthcare delivery across the state. Prof. Abubakar Kullima, Chief Medical Director of the Borno State Hospitals Management Board, made this known in a statement issued in Maiduguri. Kullima said the recruitment was aimed at improving access to quality healthcare services and addressing manpower gaps in hospitals and primary healthcare centres across the state. He said the recruitment covers a broad range of health professionals, including medical doctors, nurses, pharmacists, laboratory scientists, Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs), and other critical health workers. The chief medical…
During MWC Barcelona 2026, Huawei and MTN Group signed a 2026 Strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The two parties will deepen cooperation around AI-driven intelligent network evolution, digital inclusion, home broadband development, data monetization, digital infrastructure, and ESG initiatives. With Autonomous Networks (AN) L4 as a shared evolution target, the partnership aims to accelerate Africa’s digital and intelligent transformation into a new phase. The MoU signing ceremony, referenced as 260305-10, formalized the strategic cooperation between MTN Group and Huawei. To address the growing demand for digitalization and intelligence across Africa, both parties will leverage AI as the core driving force to upgrade network planning,…
Across the drylands of Africa, millions of smallholder farmers grow food in some of the most punishing conditions on earth. Erratic rainfall, punishing heat and increasingly unpredictable growing seasons make every harvest a gamble. Now, two of the world’s leading agricultural research institutions are joining forces to change that. The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and The University of Queensland (UQ) in Australia have formalised a strategic partnership aimed at bringing the latest predictive breeding technologies directly into crop improvement programmes serving dryland farming communities. A Memorandum of Understanding signed between ICRISAT and UQ’s ARC Training…
Saai and AfriForum, through their agricultural development incubator, Resilient Regenerative Agricultural Initiative NPC (RRAIN), boosted the next phase of Kgosi Gaboilelwe’s agricultural development strategy for the Barolong Boo Seleka nation of Thaba’Nchu by funding the training of the first 20 participants of the backyard vegetable garden programme and by handing over vegetable seed donated by Rijk Zwaan. The training will be conducted by Thabo Olivier from Let’s Grow Food. This announcement follows on the Ke Nako Launch Event held at Barolong Hall in Thaba’Nchu on Thursday 12 March. The event was attended by various stakeholders, who are collaborating on the…
Akwa Ibom State Government has said it will soon inaugurate its Agric Equipment Leasing Company as part of efforts to promote large-scale mechanised farming in the state. Governor Umo Eno disclosed this while fielding questions from Government House correspondents shortly after inspecting the progress of work at the company’s facility located at Ekpri Nsukara in Uyo on Thursday. In a statement obtained from the Government House Press Unit on Friday, the governor commended the contractor for the progress recorded at the project site. “There is a lot of improvement in the work done here to get the company kick-started in…
The World Bank on Friday announced the approval of an 800 million dollar loan to help the Philippines strengthen its fiscal resilience, attract higher-quality private investment. The loan will also equip its workforce with skills needed for better and more productive jobs. The new operation, called the Philippines Growth and Jobs Development Policy Loan, focuses on reforms in three key areas. The key areas are strengthening fiscal management through revenue and expenditure reforms; expanding opportunities for private investment and innovation by lowering the cost of doing business and promoting competition. The World Bank said building labor-force capabilities through improvements in…
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has confirmed the development and release of more than 200 improved climate-resilient maize varieties across Sub-Saharan Africa through global research partnerships under the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) system. The improved varieties have already been released in 13 countries across Sub-Saharan Africa, helping farmers better withstand the growing impacts of climate change, including drought, erratic rainfall and other environmental stresses that threaten maize production in the region. According to IITA, the varieties were developed through collaborative research programmes aimed at strengthening the resilience and productivity of maize, a staple crop for…
A Consultant Family and Lifestyle Medicine Physician, Dr Moyosore Makinde, has advised adults aged 18 and above to get seven to nine hours of restorative sleep daily for optimal health. Ashenews gathered that Makinde, also President of the Society of Lifestyle Medicine of Nigeria (SOLONg), gave the recommendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos. She spoke while commemorating World Sleep Day, observed annually on March 13, emphasising the importance of adequate sleep in maintaining overall wellbeing, productivity, and long-term physical and mental health. The 2026 World Sleep Day, themed “Sleep Well, Live…