The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has projected that Nigeria will be the world second largest rice buyer in 2019. China is predicted to be the world’s largest buyer. “On an annual basis, consumption and residual use is projected higher in 2018/19 in Angola, Benin, Burkina-Faso, Cambodia, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Kenya,
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the endorsement of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), by some south-east leaders is an affront to Igbo people. Abubakar and some PDP leaders met with some south-east were leaders in Enugu on Wednesday. Ben Nwabueze, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN),who was among those
The Hope Democratic Party (HDP) has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to court over the short period given to parties to campaign in preparation for the 2019 general election. Presidential candidate of Hope Party Ambrose Owuru told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the party approached a Federal High Court sitting in
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned that electronic fraud losses in the banking system would reach N6.1 trillion by 2021. Mr Sunday Salam-Alada, Director, Consumer Protection Department of CBN, said in Benin City at the ongoing workshop for Business Editors and Finance Correspondents, organised by Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC). According to him,
The chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has threatened to sue Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki over his unwarranted attack and call for Oshiomhole’s resignation. Oshiomhole described Saraki’s attack as pathetic and an irresponsible resort to petty politics. Oshiomhole said Saraki, an usurper and pretender to the position of senate president,
Kano state Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has sued an online platform, Daily Nigerian and its publisher, Jafaar Jafaar, for defamation. He is claiming N3billion in damages. Counsel to Ganduje, Nuradeen A. Ayagi in a writ of summons tendered before the High Court demanded the defendants to file an appearance before 14 days. The writ was
The Home Grown School Feeding Programme, one of the packages under the Federal Government’s Social Intervention Programme (SIP) has created wealth for over 250,000 farmers, cooks and others involved in the scheme. According to statistics made available during a joint press briefing on the progress of the Scheme, a total of N651million is being earned
NIGERIA needs additional 155,000 doctors at the ratio of one doctor to 1000 people to achieve the Universal Health Coverage (UHC), Professor Usman Ahmed, Provost, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Federal University Dutse has said. According to World Health Organisation (WHO), Universal Health Coverage aims to ensure that all people have access to the
THE much-anticipated clean-up of Ogoni land may soon begin as the federal government has been able to mobilise about $180 million for the exercise. Consequently, 21 successful companies have been shortlisted to move to a site in the coming weeks. This is according to the Minister of Environment, Ibrahim Jibrin, who disclosed while briefing State
A new research has uncovered novel ways in which marijuana or cannabis affects the developing brain, with the surprising conclusion that using alcohol can damage the brain more than using marijuana. According to the researchers, alcohol alters the structure of gray and white matter in the brain. The findings came from a number of studies