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Chief Executive Officer (CEO), African Union Development Agency-New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD) Nigeria, Gloria Akobundu, says the AU agency is backing the food systems priorities of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Akobundu said this on the sidelines of High Level Meeting on “Attracting investments in Land Restoration, Food Systems, and Rural Transformation in Africa” organised by AUDA-NEPAD on margins of …

The duo of the embattled Labour Party national chairman, Julius Abure and the party’s factional leader, Lamidi Apapa, on Thursday pushed the party into further crisis after they both laid claim to the chairmanship seat. The Court of Appeal, Owerri, had earlier on Thursday affirmed Apapa as the LP authentic chairman. The court also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum on Tuesday commended President Bola Tinubu for intervening in the political crisis in Rivers State. The president had earlier on Tuesday held talks with the Rivers State Governor, Siminalaye Fubara, and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, in a bid to resolve the crisis. The meeting followed moves by the …

The naira exchanged at N771.69 for a dollar at the Investors and Exporters window on Thursday. The Nigerian currency rebounded by 0.22 percent compared to the N773.42 it traded for the dollar on Wednesday. The open indicative rate closed at N777.82 to the dollar on Thursday. READ ALSO: Naira depreciates, closes N773/$ at I&E window A spot exchange rate of …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has decided to intervene in the political crisis in Rivers state, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state, has said. The governor said this while addressing State House correspondents at the end of the Police Council meeting in Abuja. He aid the President’s decision was timely and would bring succour to the people of Rivers state. “We …

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has rescued 14 children trafficked from Plateau to Lagos State. The NAPTIP Commandant in Plateau State, Mr. Adole Agada, who handed over the children to the state government on Tuesday in Jos, said they were rescued by its Zonal Command in Ikeja, Lagos. He added that the children, who …

The Lagos State government has shut down 34 companies for failing to remit taxes worth N356.12 million in the state. The Director of Legal Services in the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), Mr. Seyi Alade, disclosed this in a statement issued by the agency’s Head of Corporate Communications, Mrs. Monsurat Amasa-Oyelude, on Tuesday. He said the affected companies failed …

President Bola Tinubu has requested the Senate for confirmation of 10 Resident Electoral Commissioners for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Tinubu made the request in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and read at plenary on Tuesday. The president on October 25 nominated RECS for Lagos, Kwara, and eight other states. However, the list has generated …

Dr Naik with the Sultan of Sokoto ● Meets Sultan, Air Force, Immigration personnel Controversial Islamic cleric, who was declared wanted by Indian government for terrorism financing, hate speech, and money laundering, Dr Zakir Naik, has visited Nigeria. He arrived in the country on Monday. On arrival, he took pictures with Immigration and Air Force officials at one of Nigeria’s …

The Abia State government has concluded plans to revitalise moribund farm estates in different parts of the state. The state’s Commissioner for Agriculture, Mrs. Monica Ironkwe, stated this at a meeting with stakeholders from Ndi-Oji Abam, Arochukwu local government area of the state on Thursday. She said the government was prepared to partner with genuine investors to revamp all the …