Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday visited the Nigerian Farmers Group and Cooperative Society (NFGCS) farm centre located in Gaa’te village, Kokona Local Government Area, Nasarawa State.

Nasarawa State Gov. Abdullahi Sule says Nigerian leaders have the responsibility to set the pace and create enabling environment for the youth to get involved in agriculture. The governor said this at the Seminar and Exhibition of the 2019 National Agriculture Show and Exhibition, organised by the National Agricultural Foundation in Tudunwada, Nasarawa, on Thursday. He said in view of youths’ attraction to other sectors such as entertainment and sports it was important to make agriculture attractive to them adding that the future of agriculture in Nigeria was dependent on the youth. Continue reading Nasarawa gov seeks enabling environment to make agriculture attractive to youths at Vanguard News.

By Temple Oraeki A visit to some of the public schools in the suburbs of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory revealed the decadence and stark reality of children without access to a toilet. In most of the schools visited, the unsafe structure that served as the toilet was either under lock because there is no water […]

The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Mahamat, on Thursday congratulated Kais Saied for winning the second round of presidential election held on Sunday. Mahamat also congratulated the people of Tunisia and its authorities for the successful conduct of the second round of the presidential election. Tunisia’s Independent High Authority for Election (ISIE), […] The post AU Chief Congratulates Tunisia For Successful 2nd Round Presidential Election appeared first on Independent Newspapers Nigeria.

The ex-commissioners said the reports were a misrepresentation of the proceedings on October 15. The post Alleged 820 Bus Fraud: Ambode’s commissioners deny indicting him appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

Positive reactions from segments of the society have continued to trail President Muhammadu Buhari’s pronouncement on Thursday for a forensic audit to be undertaken on the operations of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

Following the appointments of six aides for the office of the first lady, the Peoples Democratic Party has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to explain how it will be funded.

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Thursday said there are debts owed by states and government enterprises that have not been captured in the N25.7 trillion recently declared as total national debt.

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Thursday said there are debts owed by states and government enterprises that have not been captured in the N25.7 trillion recently declared as total national debt.

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) on Thursday in Abuja, shared a total of N693.529 billion to the three tiers of government for the month of September, 2019.

Police in the United Kingdom have released the e-fit image of an African man who is believed to have fallen from the landing gear compartment of a Heathrow-bound Kenyan Airways flight, which originated from Nairobi, Kenya.

The Federal Government is considering introducing excise duties on carbonated drinks (like soft drinks), according to the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed. Ahmed gave the indication in an interview with newsmen on Thursday on the sidelines of the ongoing World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings in Washington DC, United States. She said the idea was one of other areas, besides the proposed increase in VAT, that the government was looking at to broaden its revenue base. Continue reading FG considers excise duty on soft drinks at Vanguard News.

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of the sum of N10billion Special Intervention Fund for immediate repairs and upgrade of the Akanu Ibiam International airport, Enugu.

Immediate past Lagos State Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Olawale Oluwo says he never indicted former Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode when he appeared before the Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday.

The main area of contention is the percentage salary increase for certain categories of workers. The post Minimum Wage: FG, Labour restart talks appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) on Thursday shared a total of N693.529billion to the three

By Amosu Adeboye Nigeria forward Victor Osimhen has been named French Ligue 1 player of the month for September. Osimhen

Timipre Silva, Nigeria's minister of state for petroleum, on Thursday, October 17, noted that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is not planning to remove subsidy from fuel.

Edo state governor, Mr Godwin and the Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Mr Sunday Dare will on Friday kick