The Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC) and Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM) are exploring new ways to enhance mobility in the agricultural sector. The move follows a high-level visit by the Innoson marketing team to NAIC’s headquarters in Abuja. NAIC’s Managing Director, Honourable Yazeed Shehu Danfulani, received the delegation alongside senior management officials. Both parties discussed…
Mr. Blessing Agbebaku, the Speaker of the Edo House of Assembly, has articulated his reasons for transitioning from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). On Tuesday, Agbebaku, accompanied by two fellow House members, Hon. Sunday Fada Eigbiremonlen and Hon. Idaiye Yekini Oisayemoje, announced their defection to the APC. In an…
More than 270,000 persons were displaced by banditry, communal clashes, herder-farmer conflicts, floods and desertification in Katsina State. This was disclosed in Katsina on Tuesday by Mr Abubakar Imam, the Academic Liaison for the Solid Solution for Internally Displaced People, a project by the UNDP. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Imam disclosed…
Countries across the globe are reacting to Israel’s strikes on Iran, with many expressing criticism of the action. In the early hours of Friday, Israel conducted numerous airstrikes on Iranian targets. The Israeli military stated that a “pre-emptive, precise, combined offensive based on high-quality intelligence” had been launched, referred to as Operation Rising Lion. China…
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Tuesday urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to refuse bail applications filed by five men accused of carrying out the deadly attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, in June 2022. The suspects — Idris Omeiza (25), Al Qasim Idris (20), Jamiu Abdulmalik (26), Abdulhaleem…
Former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua says that he equates part of his legacy with his health. He said, “In boxing, people walk in the gym one way and not many walk out the same way, because of the trauma and the stuff they put their body through,” Joshua told Men’s Health. “I want my…
China’s National Health Commission has released its first set of guidelines aimed at standardising the diagnosis and treatment of obesity. Over past years, China had witnessed an upward trend in the morbidity rate of its overweight and obese population, according to the guidelines issued by the commission. As an independent disease and a major causative…
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has firmly denied issuing any directive limiting subject choices for Senior Secondary students preparing for the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Responding to circulating reports, Mrs Moyosola Adeshina, Acting Head of the Council’s Public Affairs Department, said in a Tuesday statement from Lagos that the information…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Oyo Sector Command, has confirmed the death of five people in Tuesday’s multiple crash of seven vehicles at Soka area of the Ibadan-Lagos expressway. The corps’ spokesperson, Mayowa Odewo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan that the victims included a male child, one male and three…
Moniepoint Inc. says it is collaborating with the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment and the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) to make it easier for informal businesses to formalise their operations. Mr. Tosin Eniolorunda, Group Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Moniepoint Inc., disclosed this during the unveiling of the company’s Informal Economy Report…
