The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Monday said it had destroyed expired and substandard goods worth N7 million in Bauchi State. The SON Zonal Director, Northeast Zone, Mr Adamu A…
France has announced the initiation of the withdrawal of its troops from Niger, following a deteriorating relationship with the military junta that took power in a late July coup. The withdr…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in collaboration with the Commodity Allied Farmers Association of Nigeria (COMAFAS), has commenced the training of 75 youth on fisheries in B…
The National Bureau of Statistics(NBS)says prices of beef, tomatoes, beans, garri, yam and otherfood items increasedin August. It made the declaration in its Selected Food Prices Watch repor…
Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau says his administration would do its best to clear the backlog of N20 billon pension it inherited from his predecessor. Mutfwang stated this during a cerem…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has supported the validation and registration of 20,800 Almajiri children to the social register in Katsina State. Hajiya Rabi Mohammed, the Head…
Zambia’s former President Edgar Lungu has been warned against jogging in public, as police describe his weekly workouts as “political activism”. His Saturday runs with ordinary members of th…
The Green Sahara Farms (GSF) on Wednesday announced that it had planted 386,000 trees in some communities to manage the impact of climate change in the country. The Managing Director of the …
UN economists have said the cost of achieving ambitioussustainable developmenttargets is estimated at between 5.4 billion dollars and 6.4 billion dollars per year between now and 2030. Accor…
Nigerian rapper and songwriter, Folarin Falana, popularly known as “Falz”, has bagged the Social Media Awards (SMA) for ‘fellow with the best use of social media in a crisis’. Also, Nollywoo…
President Bola Tinubu says the African Union (AU) is strategically positioned to secure consensus positions for the continent on economic and socio-political relations with the world. The pr…
A heated dispute has erupted in Ondo State, Nigeria, following the distribution of palliatives aimed at mitigating the impact of the government’s removal of fuel subsidies. The tension escal…
