The Youth Association of Agriculture Forum (YAA) has hailed the ongoing transformation at the Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC), describing it as one of the boldest reforms in the agency’s history under its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Dr Yazid Shehu Umar Danfulani. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed Danfulani earlier this year to spearhead…
Nigeria’s Senate has called on the government to establish a permanent military base in Kwara South after a wave of bandit attacks that has left dozens dead and forced thousands from their homes. Senator Ashiru Oyelola (APC, Kwara South) told lawmakers that more than 70 people had been killed, 142 kidnapped, and 25 communities deserted…
Seventeen passengers kidnapped by gunmen on the Calabar–Oron waterway in southern Nigeria have been freed and reunited with their families, the Navy announced on Wednesday. Navy spokesperson Lt.-Cdr. Sulaiman Bala said the victims were rescued on Monday during an operation coordinated by the Nigerian Navy Ship VICTORY, supported by Forward Operating Base Ibaka. “The Nigerian…
The head of Nigeria’s drug enforcement agency has said the country could consider exporting cannabis oil under strict regulation, but domestic consumption would not be permitted. NDLEA Chairman Buba Marwa, speaking at a workshop in Abuja themed “Cannabis Oil Debate: The Path Forward for Nigeria”, said discussions on the issue must be sober and evidence-driven….
The Senator representing Enugu East Senatorial District, Sen. Kelvin Chukwu, has attributed his defection from Labour Party (LP) to All Progressives Congress (APC) to internal wrangling, leadership crises, lack of cohesion and direction in his former party. Chukwu stated this in the letter of defection read by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, during…
A third witness for Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) (PW3), in the trial of former Gov. Mr Yahaya Bello of Kogi that no banking regulation was breached by the defendants. He told made the statement while testifying before an FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja on Wednesday. Bello and his co-defendants Umar Oricha and Abdulsalami…
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) says its reforms are being guided by President Bola Tinubu’s Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative (HSRII), which seeks to modernise Nigeria’s healthcare system. Speaking in Abuja at the signing of a cooperation agreement with SERVICOM, NHIA Director-General Dr Kelechi Ohiri said the initiative focuses on four priority areas: service…
Comrade Mujahid Zaitawa, the Coordinator of the Northern Youth Merger Group in the All Progressives Congress (APC), has called on the leadership of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) to desist from actions capable of crippling the operations of the Dangote Refinery, warning that such moves are dangerous to Nigeria’s…
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has said the country’s economic future depends on attracting robust investment from both domestic and international sources. He made the call on Wednesday in Bauchi at the commissioning of the International Conference Centre (ICC), a landmark project initiated by Governor Bala Mohammed. The facility, named after Northern Nigeria’s first Premier,…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has submitted answers to 19 financial queries raised against it for the period 2017–2023, according to the Senate Committee on Public Accounts. Chairman Senator Aliyu Wadada said on Wednesday that the responses had been received but were still under review. He stressed that the committee would withhold judgement…
