The Founder of Hope Risers Global Foundation (HRGF), Mrs. Angonimi David-Imeh, has described the Foundation’s Project Christmas With Hope (CWH) 2025 as a success, noting its positive impact on communities across Nigeria during the festive season. David-Imeh made the disclosure during an interview at the flagship nationwide humanitarian intervention held at the IDP Camp in Durumi, Area 1, Abuja, on Wednesday, highlighting the project’s reach and transformative effect. The initiative, themed “Lighting Up Lives: A Christmas of Hope and Unity,” was organized by HRGF in partnership with Enitan Growth Hub, Tech Herfrica, Ivyline Care Foundation, Abila Foundation, Pregnancy Care Support,…
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The Hadejia Jama’are River Basin Development Authority (HJRBDA) has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the Federal Government’s food security agenda through backyard farming, in line with the First Lady’s pet project, Everyone Has a Garden. The Managing Director of the authority, Mr Rabiu Bichi, disclosed this shortly after inspecting a pilot Irish potato farm within the HJRBDA premises. Bichi said the initiative was designed to sensitize and train young men and women on innovative farming practices that make effective use of limited space. According to him, the project aims to enhance food availability and reduce dependence on external sources. He…
The Managing Director of the Hadejia Jama’are River Basin Development Authority (HJRBDA), Mr Rabiu Bichi, has commended the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) for donating 100 tree seedlings to the authority. Bichi described the gesture as a major boost to ongoing efforts to address climate change, land degradation and soil erosion in the region. He made the remark on Wednesday while receiving the seedlings from APWEN for onward distribution to farmers within the authority’s operational areas. The managing director praised the association for what he described as a timely and thoughtful intervention that aligned with the agency’s…
The Integrity Advocacy for Development Initiative (IADI), a civil society organization, has condemned the planned ban on alcohol sold in sachets and PET bottles below 200 millilitres, describing the policy as misguided and ineffective in addressing alcohol abuse. In a statement issued on Wednesday, IADI Executive Director, Mr Christopher Ofomhi, said focusing on packaging sizes failed to tackle the root causes of substance abuse in the country. He warned that the ban could have unintended consequences, including pushing consumers toward larger bottles, encouraging excessive drinking, threatening the livelihoods of small-scale traders, and increasing the circulation of unregulated and counterfeit alcohol,…
The Kwara State Government has announced plans to establish a solar farm aimed at boosting socio-economic development across all 16 local government areas of the state through improved renewable energy generation. The Commissioner for Energy, Mr AbdulAzeez AbdulGaniy, disclosed this on Wednesday in Erin-Ile, Oyun Local Government Area, during a technical inspection of the proposed site for the solar farm. The inspection visit also included a courtesy call on the Elerin of Erin-Ile, Oba Jimoh Adebowale Adesoye Adetona I, as part of stakeholder engagement efforts to foster community support and project acceptance. AbdulGaniy said the state government remained committed to…
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has reaffirmed his commitment to the Labour Party, saying he will not defect but will remain to help the party address its internal challenges. Otti made the statement on Wednesday at the Government House in Umuahia during the December edition of his Monthly Media Chat with journalists, titled “Gov. Otti Speaks with Abia People.” The governor said he joined the Labour Party before Mr Peter Obi and emphasized that his political future remained firmly rooted in the party, irrespective of any decisions taken by Obi. “I am not leaving the Labour Party. My responsibility…
Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola has pocketed roughly N896.5 billion from the sale of his controlling stake in Geregu Power Plc. This marks one of the largest private exits in the country’s power sector in recent years. The divestment, executed through the sale of his indirect holdings in Amperion Power Distribution Company Limited, represents a 5.7x return on his initial investment made at the company’s 2022 listing. According to company filings, Otedola and his affiliated entities held 1,909,709,273 shares, representing 76.388% of the company’s issued capital as of September 30, 2025. He reportedly sold 95% of this stake, or about 1.814 billion shares, in a $750 million transaction to MA’AM Energy Limited, which now becomes the controlling shareholder. Geregu Power…
Prices of sweet potatoes have crashed amid market glut in Bauchi. A check by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at Wunti Market in Bauchi metropolis showed that prices had dropped by over 100 per cent in the past weeks. The market plummeted further by poor patronage amid increased supply of the produce. A medium size bag of sweet potatoes was sold at N5,000, and a basket goes for N500, as against its old prices of N15,000 and N2,000, respectively. Some of the traders attributed the trend to the persistent crash in prices of cereal crops and perishables this harvesting…
The Kaduna State Contributory Health Management Authority (KADCHMA), on Wednesday announced concluding the year with successful enrolment and biometric capture of 2,500 informal sector beneficiaries statewide during December exercise successfully completed. The Director-General of KADCHMA, Abubakar Hassan, disclosed this during an interview with journalists in Kaduna, highlighting operational achievements and collaborative support that strengthened the state’s health insurance programme across the year. Hassan commended Gov. Uba Sani’s leadership and administrative approach for revitalising healthcare facilities statewide, saying reforms significantly improved service delivery, efficiency, and patient confidence among residents across Kaduna State generally. He noted remarkable progress in advocacy, sensitisation, and…
The introduction, propagation and dissemination of new varieties known as “Superior Banana Varieties” (SBVs), including FHIA hybrids and exotic landraces has significantly boosted banana production and household incomes among smallholder farmers in the Kagera region of Tanzania, revitalising a crop long plagued by pests, diseases and low yields. According to a recent report by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), nearly two decades after SBVs were first introduced, about 48 per cent of households in Kagera have adopted these improved varieties, with FHIA 17 accounting for 25 per cent of adopters, FHIA 23 for 7 per cent and FHIA 25 for…