The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has departed Abuja for Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, to represent Nigeria at the second United Nations (UN) Food Systems Summit being held from July 27 to 29, 2025.
Senator Shettima will join other global leaders at the high-level event on advancing the transformation...
The Senate is considering a bill that will create a database for cows and goats. The bill for an act to provide for National Livestock Bureau which scaled second reading during plenary Tuesday, April 20, was sponsored by Muhammad Enagi (APC Niger south).
The agency, if created, will be in...
President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, in Berlin, Germany, told international investors that beyond Nigeria's natural resources, the people of Nigeria, who are highly educated, highly skilled, and naturally industrious, are the primary asset and advantage the country wields over other nations in the global race for new investments.
The President...
A protest unfolded at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, as disengaged staff voiced their grievances over looming job losses due to alleged recruitment irregularities. More than 1,500 workers faced termination following accusations of improper hiring procedures by the federal government.
The demonstration arose in response to...
Vice President Kashim Shettima has restated the Federal Government’s commitment to improving healthcare delivery in Nigeria, especially in rural areas.
He specifically recognised the critical role of medical professionals in Nigeria's healthcare ecosystem, assuring of the government's commitment to supporting and retaining healthcare talent in the country.
Speaking during a visit...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has signed into law the 2021 Appropriation Bill and promised that it will be implemented in providing basic infrastructure for the good of the State.
Signing the 2021 Budget at the Banquet Hall of Government House, Port Harcourt on Thursday, Governor Wike said his...
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has sacked the chairmen of the 14 Local Government Areas in the state and re-appointed eight of them as sole administrators.
The House of Assembly on Thursday dissolved local government councils in the state over financial recklessness and improper record-keeping by the council members.
The...
Ibrahim Shekarau, has emerged as the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, candidate for the Kano Central senate seat at the 2023 general election.
He won the party’s ticket unopposed at the primaries in Gezawa, headquarters of Gezawa Local Government Area, LGA, of Kano state.
Mr Shekarau, a former governor of Kano...
The visit of Plateau State Governor Simon Bako Lalong to President Muhammadu Buhari in search of Federal Government intervention following the recent attacks in some parts of the State has continued to pay off with the delivery of relief materials for the victims.
Minister Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social...
The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the convictions of two serial internet fraudsters before Justice Adenike Akinpelu and Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, the state capital.
One of the convicts, Hammed Tope, 27 was prosecuted on two-count...
