The Lagos State Government on Saturday refuted an online media report claiming that the state had resumed the monthly environmental sanitation exercise. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, said no categorical statement had been made regarding the date of commencement of the exercise. Wahab explained that what he told newsmen after a project inspection tour last Sunday was that engagements with relevant stakeholders were still ongoing. He said the state government had planned to begin with a sensitization programme last week but was constrained by logistics issues. “The truth is, we were meant to start…
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An agricultural expert, Dr. Joel Ibiyemi, has cautioned farmers against planting based on the recent rains, stressing that the rainfall experienced so far does not signal the onset of the rainy season. Ibiyemi, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of Ibis Agro-Biz Consults in Ibadan, gave the warning in an interview with reporters in Ibadan on Saturday. He advised farmers to wait for the actual onset of the planting season, expected to begin in late March. According to him, the recent rains are misleading, as the true rainy season has not yet commenced. Premature planting could lead to crop…
In a bid to improve media coverage of health issues, health writers’ associations in Lagos State have formed a coalition to promote more coordinated activities and achieve better health outcomes. The coalition focuses on areas including maternal and child health, primary healthcare, immunization, nutrition, and health financing. The four associations that agreed to work together and signed the agreement in Lagos are: Health Writers Association of Nigeria (HEWAN), led by its President, Vivian Ihechu; Network of Reproductive Health Journalists of Nigeria (NRHJN), led by its President, Yinka Shokunbi; Knowledge Management & Communication Sub-committee (KMCS) of the Lagos State Accountability Mechanism…
The Federal Government says it will validate a technical committee report geared toward transiting Nigeria from observer status to full membership of the Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) in April. Sen. Abubakar Kyari, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, stated this when the council’s mission visited him on Saturday in Abuja. He said the ministry had constituted a technical committee to consider how the country could seamlessly transition from observer to full member of CPOPC, given its strategic importance in palm oil production. “We are conscious of the fact that the palm oil value chain is very strategic…
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) says it has engaged its members in food crop production to promote food sufficiency and supply across the country. Speaking on behalf of the Regional Farm Project Committee on Saturday in Akure, Pastor S.O. Ojo (JP) explained that the initiative aims to alleviate poverty and unemployment, which remain major concerns for RCCG globally. The engagement, tagged “RCCG Ondo Region 39 On Farm Project,” includes a massive cassava plantation launched in early 2025 in Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo State. Ojo told reporters that harvesting alone has created job opportunities for many…
Governor Ahmed Aliyu has called on the newly elected APC local government executives to work diligently to ensure the party’s success in the 2027 elections in Sokoto State. The governor gave the charge in Bodinga Local Government Area while rounding off his monitoring of the party congresses in Sokoto South, Wamakko, and Bodinga LGAs. He assured the newly elected officials of the state government’s full support to enable them to succeed in their assignments. “I am satisfied with the arrangements made in all the areas I visited, as well as the maturity exhibited by the delegates,” the governor said. “I…
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) has recorded remarkable gains in rice and cassava production in Niger. Ashenews reports in Katcha on Saturday that this followed the rollout of the its Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP) grant. A field tour by VCDP officials to intervention sites in Katcha and Bids Local Government Areas showcased expanded farm sizes, bumper harvests and thriving waste-to-wealth enterprises among beneficiaries of the climate-resilient initiative. The tour, which included visits to the Bangi Farmers Cooperative and Emiworo community in Katcha and Dabarako Cassava Processing Centre in Bida aimed to…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Christopher Maikalangu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the elected chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). The Collation Officer for AMAC, Prof. Andrew Abue, said that Maikalangu, who is the incumbent AMAC chairman, was returned elected having scored the highest number of votes cast, 40,295 out of the total number of Valid Votes of 62,861 in the election. Ashenews gathered through NAN reports that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) came second with 12,109 votes, while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 3,398 votes. According to Abue, the rejected votes…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede on Friday, February 20, 2026, charged the newly admitted students of Yakubu Gowon University, Abuja, (formerly University of Abuja) to embrace integrity and position themselves as builders of a corruption-free Nigeria. Speaking on integrity and nation-building, the EFCC boss who was represented by the Head of Enlightenment and Reorientation Unit of the Commission, Assistant Commander of the EFCC II, Aisha Mohammed urged the students to shun corruption in all of its forms, noting that corruption undermines national development and erodes public trust. “Corruption is the use of…
NNPC Limited’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Bashir Bayo Ojulari, on Saturday, led a management delegation from the company to the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Complex in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, to achieve energy security and prosperity. The meeting was for high-level discussions that culminated in a renewed commitment to strategic collaboration between the two companies. The visit, which included a facility tour, focused on strengthening operational and commercial relationship between NNPC Limited and the Dangote Refinery, with both organisations reaffirming their shared vision for Nigeria’s energy future. NNPCL Chief Corporate Communications Officer Mr. Andy Odeh made this known in a press statement yesterday.…