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Ripening fruits with carbide life-threatening, toxic NAFDAC warns traders

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says its officials are currently on surveillance...

Fire destroys Nigerian Ports Authority hqts in Lagos

  Fire has gutted the corporate headquarters of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Lagos. The fire which disrupted business activities at the office...

Anambra, Bayelsa, Benue, Imo, Nasarawa roads to gulp N38.4bn — FEC

  The Federal Government has announced that N38.4 billion has been approved for the completion of some road projects in Anambra, Bayelsa, Benue,...

Another former Information Minister dies

  A one-time Minister of Information and Culture in the retired Gen. Ibrahim Babangida military administration has passed on. Retired Brig.-Gen. Stephen Anthony...

Breaking: Pres. Buhari fires two ministers, announces minor cabinet reshuffle

    Bowing to growing agitation for a rejig of his cabinet, President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday announced the sack of two ministers....

COVID-19: 177,600 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccines delivered to Nigeria, confirms Shuaib

      By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Barely seven days after Nigeria received about 4 million doses of Moderna vaccines, donated by the...

NIRSAL maps over 4,000 hectares of rice, cassava, maize farms in three states

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh To achieve its target of structuring and financing four million hectares of farmland nationwide, the Nigeria Incentive-based Risk...

Water projects: FG says it’s no more father Christmas to states

  The Federal Government says it will cease being a father Christmas by just executing water projects and handing them over to the...

Students kidnappings: Ransom payments escalating insecurity, says FG

    The Federal Government says ransom payment is escalating insecurity in the country as kidnappers use the ransom to equip and rearm...

FEC approves $11.17 bn rail projects to connect Nigeria’s coastal cities in six years

    The Federal Executive Council (FEC) at its Wednesday meeting in Abuja approved $11.17 billion rail projects to connect Nigeria’s coastal cities...

FG to invest $200m on COVID-19 vaccines production, other pharmaceuticals

  The Federal Government, through the National Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) in collaboration with other partners, intends to raise $200 million for pharmaceuticals...

Insecurity: Nigeria takes delivery of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft from U.S.

  The first batch of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft from the United States has been delivered to Nigeria as part of military...

Dangote gets FG’s nod to construct N309.9bn road contracts in Ogun, Lagos, Borno others

A major policy shift in road Infrastructure has been achieved by the Federal Government with the approval given to Dangote Industries to construct...

FG okays 2022-2024 MTEF/FSP with projected N9.16trn revenue

  The Federal Goverment says it has approved the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP) as required by the...

Just in: Transport Minister, Amaechi, wants railway vandals tried for manslaughter

  Worried by vandalism of railway infrastructure across the country, the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has suggested manslaughter charge for suspected...

Nigeria, With Over 10m Out-of-School Children, Highest ln Africa — Minister

Nigeria has the highest number of Out-of-School Children in sub-Saharan Africa with an estimated 10. 1 million Out-of-School children, so declared the Minister...