As part of efforts to further boost Agricultural production and improve food security and empower farmers across the State, Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji has inaugurated the State Working Committee for the National Agricultural Growth And Agro Pocket (NAGS – AP). Performing the inauguration in Ado-Ekiti, Governor Oyebanji said that the Committee will work out modalities to ensure thatsubsidized farm inputs, including high yield cassava stems, rice, maize seeds as well as fertilizers, herbicides pesticides and other agricultural inputs get to the real farmers in order for the programme to have the expected multiplier effect on agricultural output and food…
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Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has called for a greater level of collaboration between media organisations and the state government in the drive to ensure adequate information dissemination to the people of the state, especially the grassroots. Governor Oyebanji, who spoke on Monday during a meeting with members of the Forum of General Managers of radio and television stations in the state, said the essence of such synergy is to create situation the people are effectively informed on the various developmental strides of the government as well as their roles, as citizens, in the development efforts. At the meeting…
Youths under the aegis of the Yoruba Youth Socio-cultural Association (YYSA), have vowed to defend the Southwestern part of the country against all external forces that may threaten its peace, unity and development. YYSA gave assurance following the planned protest against hardship in the country by some groups that were scheduled to be held in August. National President of YYSA, Olalekan Hammed and the National Secretary, Olawale Ajao in a statement on Friday, said it had uncovered secret plans by some unscrupulous elements to take advantage of the intending nationwide protest against hardship to set major economic development facilities ablaze…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has acquitted Abubakar Mustapha Danraka, a pharmacist previously sentenced to life imprisonment for rape by the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The appellate court, led by Justice Joseph Oyewole, overturned the lower court’s decision, citing insufficient investigation and lack of credible evidence. Justice Oyewole, delivering the lead judgment, highlighted several flaws in the prosecution’s case. He pointed out that the prosecution failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt, and criticized the lower court for relying on inadmissible evidence. The judgment, dated July 15, was in response to the appeal…
The Nigerian Inter-faith Network has demanded the immediate closure of the Goethe Institute in Lagos, citing violations of Nigeria’s laws on same-sex relationships. In a statement issued in Abuja, the group’s convener, Barrister George Nwadike, called on the federal government to address what he described as the “consistent moral degradation of Nigeria’s socio-cultural and religious values” by the Goethe Institute. The controversy centers around two films, “Everything Will Be Fine” by Angelina Maccarone and “No Hard Feelings” by Faraz Shariat, screened as part of the institute’s community outreach series. According to Nwadike, these films feature “heavy LGBTQ themes” that contradict…
Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, has raised the alarm over a criminal hacking his telephone number, 07078369363, and using it to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. This was made known in a statement issued on Friday and signed by the Special Adviser to the Minister of Solid Minerals Development on Communities and Communications, Kehinde Bamigbetan The statement reads, “The attention of the Honourable Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Oladele Alake has been drawn to a criminal communication by an unknown hacker using his line, 07078369363 to defraud.
I, along with millions of other Africans, find it strange that African Americans think that a man whose mother was a White American and father was a Kenyan from East Africa, who grew up in Hawaii with his white grandparents, is their great Black hero. This being Barack Obama, who up till his entrance into politics did not identify as Black. I also find it staggering that a woman whose mother was born and bred in India and whose father in Jamaica is also claimed by the Black community as someone descended from slaves in America. It doesn’t make sense;…
Promasidor Nigeria Limited is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Eno Udoma-Eniang as its Corporate Affairs & IDF Director, effective July 8th, 2024. Eno joins Promasidor Nigeria from Emerging Markets Telecommunications Services Limited (9Mobile), where she held several leadership roles, the last of which was Head of Government and Legislative Affairs, promoting a favourable positioning and protection for the organization’s corporate, regulatory, and policy interests. She brings over three decades of extensive multinational and multi-jurisdictional experience, in broad multi-functional roles spanning legal practice, social responsibility, corporate and regulatory affairs, and commercial legal management, to the Promasidor team. Her career cuts…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). The President has also approved the appointment of Senator Adedayo Adeyeye as Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Dr. Dantsoho holds a Doctorate degree in Maritime Technology from Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, and a Master’s degree in International Transport from Cardiff University of Wales, United Kingdom. Before his appointment, he had served in various roles in the Nigerian Ports Authority as Assistant General Manager; Technical Assistant to the Managing Director; Port Manager, Onne…
