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A bill seeking to create a database for cows in the country has elicited a flurry of reactions. The Nation learnt the bill for an act to provide for National Livestock Bureau scaled second reading at Tuesday’s plenary session. According to the proposed law sponsored by Senator Muhammad Enagi (Niger …

A move to cut the skyrocketing costs of cement began yesterday at the National Assembly. The Senate urged the Federal Government to introduce liberal policies to stimulate more investment in the manufacturing of the product. The upper chamber said such policies should include provision of industrial and larger tax incentives …

Some of the senators also frowned on a vote of N2 billion for retirement incentives. The Senate on Wednesday questioned allocations by the Nigeria Customs Service for 2021, where N1.6 billion was voted for “borehole and other water facilities” and N180 milion was earmarked for cleaning. Some of the senators …

On his twitter page, he warned both Living Faith Church and Theological School, Kaduna to be extra vigilant in light of the recent attack on Greenfield University. My unsolicited advice to the Staff and Management of the Theological School and the Living faith Camp,located at the Outskirts of Kaduna;be extra …

Chairman of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Governing Council, Ambassador Fatimah Abubakar, has described Ogun State Orientation Camp as, “a five star hotel”, due to the quality of facilities available at the camp. Speaking when she led members of the Council on a courtesy call to the Governor, Dapo …

SANWO-OLU LAUNCHES $20 MILLION ‘LAGOS CARES’ PROGRAMME FOR YOUTHS, WOMEN •MSMEs, Farmers among Top Beneficiaries of Economic Stimulus Programme •Project Funded Through World Bank Facility Lagos State Government has rolled out a $20 million Coronavirus (COVID-19) Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (Lagos CARES) Programme to support livelihood for poor and …

Nigerian Union of Pensioners will embark on a nationwide protest on Friday over Federal Government’s continuous refusal to implement consequential adjustment on pensions as was done for workers’ salary.

President Muhammadu Buhari government is suffocating in many ways: One is the unjust manner in which it relieves many Nigerians of their rights to farming, thereby causing an acute shortage of food in the country. The tyrannical regime of General Sani Abacha between 1993 and 1998 would indicate a fluid …

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says it wants a referendum on self-determination for the south-east of Nigeria not asylum. A referendum is a vote on which the citizens of a country give their opinion or decide an important political question. Territorial referendum could lead to breakaway of a region …

No Single Fulani Leader Questioned By El-Rufai’s Government Despite Killings – Southern Kaduna People’s Union The Southern Kaduna People’s Union has alleged that the government of Nasir El-Rufai in the state shields murderers and kidnappers, saying no Fulani leader has been invited over the incessant killings and insecurity in the state. …