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Officials of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development have sealed up four illegal fertiliser blending plants operating without registration in Kano state. The officials also confiscated a truckload of adulterated fertiliser. The sealed plants are Albarka Agor-Allied and Chemical Fertiliser and Nagarta Agro Fertiliser, both in Zara community …

Barr. Ugo Agballah, the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State, has been expelled from the party. Agballah was expelled by his Udi/Agbudu ward following a disciplinary committee’s report to investigate allegations against him. A notice signed by Aduma Ferdinand and Onyia Francis, the Chairman and the …

Pastor Tunde Bakare, the Senior Pastor of the Citadel Global Community Church on Friday disclosed that although he lost his presidential bid at the All Progressives Congress convention, he was not depressed by the loss. According to Bakare, God’s plans for the country would be unveiled after May 29, 2023. “I …

The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has implored the public to disregard the list of members of the council being circulated on social media and published by some online news platforms. According to the Director of Media and Publicity of the Campaign, Mr Bayo Onanuga, the list was not …

The Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, has expressed worry over the shutting down of over 50 broadcast stations by the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, for allegedly failing to pay their renewal licence fees. NGE in a statement by its President, Mustapha Isah and General Secretary, Iyobosa Uwugiaren, said that the action, …

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has disclosed that any act of criminality aimed at destabilising the state will not be allowed. He vowed that any hotel or event centre where cultists gather to hold meetings or for any sinister motive will be demolished. The governor stressed that his administration has …

Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi, says the federal government could have channelled the money expended on COVID-19 response to addressing the demands of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU has been on strike since February 14 over the federal government’s failure to meet its demands bordering on the funding …

Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi, says Nigeria is not ripe enough for state governments to have control of the police. In recent years, there’s been perennial agitation, especially from governors and key stakeholders, for state policing. Reacting to this, Bello said governors can be “ruthless and reckless” if given such power. …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday acknowledged the imperative nature of a general salary review for federal civil servants due to rising worldwide inflation, noting however that revenue constraints have become a hindrance to the ability of the government to meet obligations to all sectors. The President, was responding to a request …

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday reserved judgment in a suit filed by Sheriff Oborevwori, the PDP governorship candidate in Delta challenging a lower court judgment disqualifying him. During the PDP governorship primary in May, Oborevwori, speaker of the Delta house of assembly, polled 590 votes to beat …