The National Sugar Development Council, NSDC, has commended BUA Foods Plc for the progress it has made at its subsidiary, LASUCO Sugar Company Limited. LASCO is situated on 20,000 hectares of farmland in Lafigi, Kwara state. Under the supervision of NSDC, BUA has invested largely in the backward integration program […]
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Presidential Spokesman blast Financial Times Editor Over Article On Nigeria
Presidential Spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, has criticized an article written by David Piling and published by the UK Financial Times on January 31. In the Article titled ,”What is Nigeria’s Government For”, David described the Nigerian Government as a government sleepwalking into disaster. He also claimed that President Buhari has […]
UNICEF Decries Rising Cases Of Female Genital Mutilation Cases In Nigeria
The rising case of genital mutilation in Nigeria among girls between the ages of 0-14 has been described as a worrying trend. According to the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the rates rose from 16.9 per cent in 2013 to 19.2 per cent in 2018 and following an estimated […]
2023 presidency: Southern position on 2023 presidential election will shake Nigeria- Wike
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said that it will be a shocking declaration that the South will make concerning the 2023 presidential election. Speaking at a reception organized in his honour by the Kalabari people at the Abalama School field in Asari Toru local government area on Saturday, […]
Police in Anambra state arrest man for allegedly beating his girlfriend to death.
According to a source, the suspect, Ikenna Asiegbu, was said to have been in the habit of beating the girl, Miss Chidimma Christopher, not heeding caution from neighbours. The deceased, who hailed from Enugwu Agidi was living with the boy with whom she had a baby six months ago in […]
Chairman Managing Director of Anambra State Physical Planning board cautions journalists to always verify news before publication.
A day after some traders at the Ochanja market protested against the construction of additional buildings on existing old and weak structures and equally erecting new buildings, a two-storey building collapsed in the market at about 5:45 pm on Saturday. Eyewitnesses said the collapse was a result of the additional […]
Anambra International Cargo and Passenger Airport Enjoys Significant Growth and Increase in Traffic
Anambra International Cargo and Passenger Airport continue to record significant progress as a number of passengers increase. According to reports from the airport management, following the approval by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority for commercial operations, a total of 376 flights and 11, 860 passengers have been recorded at the […]
Valentine Ozigbo Mourns Former Anambra PDP Chairman, Chief Frank Oramulu
Valentine Ozigbo, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 2021 Anambra governorship election, on Thursday, February 3, 2022, joined friends and family to pay his last respect to former Anambra State PDP Chairman, Chief Frank Oramulu. Chief Oramulu, passed on at the age of 78. The funeral ceremony, which […]
Evans, Suspected Kidnap Kingpin, Accuses Abba Kyari of Torturing Him to Accept Crime
Suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, has denied being a kidnapper, and that he not responsible for the kidnap of a businessman, Sylvanus Ahamonu, and collecting $420,000 ransom from his family. He denied the allegations on Friday, while answering questions under cross-examination by the Lagos State government’s […]
Security: NSCDC Approves Licenses for 29 Private Security Firms
To beef up the nation’s internal security, the Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has issued 29 licenses to new private guard operators, as approved by the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola. Speaking at a brief ceremony for the issuance of […]