Category: News Update

Stakeholders hail Sterling Bank, call for more inclusion of farmers

Some stakeholders at the Agriculture Summit Africa organised by Sterling Bank in  Abuja have commended the organisers of the summit but called for more inclusion of...

Kwara to sack unqualified teachers December

 Plans are underway to sack unqualified teachers in the Kwara State Teaching Service by December. Mr Olumide Awolola, Deputy Chairman, Kwara House of Assembly Committee...

OBJ says Mugabe was indomitable fighter for liberation of Zimbabwe

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the late former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, as an indomitable fighter, who contributed to the liberation of...

Customs seize 386 kg of dried snakes

Guangzhou Customs officials in southern China’s Guangdong Province, on Friday reported that they have seized a total of 386 kg of smuggled dried snakes. The captured...

Nigeria’s dependent on oil, a big disaster—World Bank

  The Senior Agriculture Economist, World Bank, Dr. Adetunji Oredipe, on Thursday said the neglect of the agriculture sector when Nigeria’s economy became...

At last: former Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, dies at 95

  Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe has finally succumbed to the cold hand of death in far away Singapore hospital aged 95, Zimbabwe media reports. ALSO...

Ihedioha launches construction of 81-km urban roads in Imo

Gov. Emeka Ihedioha of Imo on Thursday launched the construction of 16 urban roads in the state, totalling 81 kilometers and estimated to cost N23.4 billion. ALSO READ:...

Imo police parades 72 suspects, rescues 22 victims from kidnappers den

The  Imo  Police Command on Thursday paraded 72 suspects which it said were allegedly believed to be behind  the recent waves of criminalities across the state....

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Why TCN trains journalists reporting power sector

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it decided to  train journalists covering the power sector to give them better knowledge and equip them to perform...