The sleepy town of Ilare-Ijesha in Osun State on Friday, came alive and agog as it played host to prominent Politicians, business moguls and associates across the country, as they joined in the 10th year memorial Mass in honour of late Prince Joseph Adeboyejo Famojuro. Leading the roll call of the distinguished Nigerians is the…
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has said that Nigeria is realising its goal of a digital economy as Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is leading the country’s revenue generation . Director-General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa, stated this in Kaduna at a One Day Stakeholder’s engagement program organised to create understanding between the Agency…
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT), Senator Walid Jibrin, has urged all its presidential aspirants to maintain decorum over their presidential aspirations. His appeal was because of the recent proxy war among presidential aspirants. The latest was the attack by Rivers State Governor Nyesome Wike on the leader of…
The Federal Government of Nigeria says it’s working out modalities to rebuild some of the Agricultural processing centers in Nasarawa state. The Market Enterprise Development Adviser of Value Chain Development Program (VCDP), Mrs. Fatima Buhari, stated this during a three-day working visit to inspect the implementation of the program in the Doma Local Government Area of the state….
The Federal Government in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), have restated their commitment to improving the productivity of at least 50 per cent of 135,000 smallholder farmers by 25 per cent. According to them, this would be achieved through the Value Chain Development programme of the Federal government and IFAD, tagged:…
The USAID-funded Feed the Future Nigeria Rural Resilience activity, through Mercy Corps Nigeria, has signed partnership agreements with 14 private sector and civil society organisations to facilitate the recovery of the Northeast Nigeria business environment. The initiative aims to improve the resilience and livelihood of smallholder farmers and microenterprise owners. Market structures in parts of…
By Rasheed Alani The above piece by an agent of five out of the six governorship aspirants of Osun PDP demonstrated the frustration and the evil-mindedness of those afraid of democracy, of those who wants an aspirant, Ademola Adeleke stripped of his right to be voted for in contravention of party and Nigerian constitution. The…
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development & Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi K. Wabote has urged the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) to help the nation in weeding out bad eggs in the journalism profession. Speaking at a breakfast meeting with GOCOP members at Lagos Sheraton, Ikeja, Engr. Wabote noted that GOCOP as a professional…
Nigeria’s 2008 Olympics long jump silver medalist Blessing Okagbare has been banned for 10 years for doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Friday. The 33-year-old, who is also a sprinter, was expelled from the Tokyo Olympics last year before the women’s 100m semi-finals after testing positive for human growth hormone at an out-of-competition…
He is unassuming and urbane. He is also sedate but highly fecund. His mien anywhere he goes is writ-large as it bears his trademark sartorial elegance. Yet, he is characteristically unobtrusive. His gait and speech mannerism combine to paint a composite picture of a rare politician, not as much of the jesters, pretenders, carpet baggers,…
