The federal government has said that it expects every Nigerian undergraduate to own a farm while on university campus. Speaking in Abuja at the launch of the Agriculture Promotion Policy (2016 – 2020), the minister of agriculture and rural development…
An early morning fire on Tuesday gutted around 10 shops in Bariga, Lagos. Shops at 43 and 45 Shogbamu Street were affected. No life was however lost. Mr Michael Akindele, the General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEPA), who…
SunTrust Bank formally open for business today as it seeks to reshape the Nigerian banking space and the way consumers interface with their banks. At its headquarters on Oladele Olashore street in Victoria Island Lagos, there is minimal security presence,…
…experts proffer solution Franka Osakwe Numerous flaws have been discovered in the nation’s polio vaccination program that contributed to the recent outbreak in Borno State after more than two years without a case of wild polio virus in Nigeria. One…
The minister of agriculture and rural development Audu Ogbeh said Nigeria is in need of practical farmer who will help steer the country dependence away from oil. “Whether you are in the police or the military or whatever you are…
The Nigerian Stock Exchange with the support of Bloomberg will host the second edition of the annual NSE Bloomberg CEO Roundtable. The topic for discussion CEO Roundtable – “Navigating The Changing Business Landscape In Nigeria and it will focus on…
Enyimba have been eliminated from the CAF Champions League, after they were beaten 1-0 by Zamalek, at the Petro Sport Stadium in Cairo on Monday. The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) champions, needed an outright win, to put themselves in…
An official of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Segun Enikuemehin, is currently at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) with one of his eyes totally damaged. According to Sahara Reporters, the incident happened on Sunday August 14th when…
The Lagos State Police Command has begun investigation into the death of two newborn babies, whose corpses were recovered from a canal beside a filling station in the Ajangbadi area of the state. Punch reports that the two boys, suspected…
Three civil society groups, Procurement Observation and Advocacy Initiative, PRADIN, Civil Society Legislative and Advocacy Centre, CISLAC and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC have sent a joint to the House of Representatives Committee on Public Procurement, warning of the…
