The House of Representatives has ordered its Committee on Agricultural Production and Services to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the introduction of genetically modified crops in Nigeria by the National Biosafety Management Agency. The decision of the House was sequel to the adoption of a motion on the need to Investigate the introduction of genetically…
The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has called for calm following an accident which occurred on campus on Thursday. The call was made in a statement issued by the university’s spokesperson, Abiodun Olanrewaju and made available to Newsmen. It was gathered that as a result of torrential rainfall on Thursday…
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has empowered 2,775 farmers in 109 crop production clusters spread across all senatorial districts in the country. All the clusters were provided with agricultural production inputs and supplies such as power tiller, knapsack sprayers, herbicides, organic fertilisers and over 5,000 metric tonnes of maize seeds. Each of…
Psychiatric patients at the Neuropsychiatric Hospital Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, have protested what they described as poor treatment being received from the federal government facility located around Aro, in the state capital The violent protest, which took the entire staff of the health facility by surprise, lasted over two hours before police operatives from…
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has condemned the N48,000 proposed by the Federal Government as the new minimum wage, saying that it does not make any sense. Speaking to newsmen today, the TUC President, Festus Osifo, blasted the proposal and berated the government for not being serious in the negotiation with the workers. According to…
This year’s edition of the annual traditional ‘Oro’ festival, usually held in Ikorodu, Lagos State, has been scheduled for May 16, 2024, daytime and nighttime. This was disclosed in a letter issued by the Ayangburen Palace and signed by the Ayangburen of Ikorodu, Oba Kabiru Shotobi. The letter, dated April 16, 2024, was addressed to…
President Bola Tinubu has reassured investors in the energy sector of his administration’s resolve to further enhance the business environment and ensure investment convenience. The President gave the assurance while inaugurating three milestone projects, which are the expanded AHL Gas Processing Plant; the ANOH Gas Processing Plant, and the 23.3km ANOH to Obiafu-Obrikom-Oben (OB3) Custody…
The Federal Government has restated its commitment to collaborate with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, in upgrading the status of Nigeria’s Correctional Service. The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made this disclosure when the Country Representative of UNODC in Nigeria, Dr Oliver Stolpe paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja….
The Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, has said that the Correctional Service Multi-Purpose Co-operative Society, COCOS, Hotel and Gardens Project was not funded by the Federal Government. The agency’s Public Relations Officer, Umar Abubakar, stated this on Wednesday in Abuja, saying the hotel was an investment of the NCoS Cooperative Society. The spokesman, who reacted to…
The Federal Government may need to raise a supplementary budget to accommodate the proposed minimum wage increase for workers. This is because the negotiated amount may surpass the budgeted amount in the original 2024 budget. The International Monetary Fund gave this recommendation in its latest staff country report for Nigeria. “The authorities noted that a…