JBS S.A. a Brazilian multinational company, one of the largest meat processing firm, will visit Kebbi on Dec. 9, to evaluate potential areas of collaboration and investment on livestock enterprise. The Kebbi Commissioner for Animal Health, Husbandry and Fisheries, Alhaji Kabiru Usman-Alaramma, made this known while briefing newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Sunday. “Today, I…
The Arewa Movement for Actionable Change has endorsed Chief Charles Obada as its preferred presidential candidate for the forthcoming general elections. The group’s spokesperson, Comrade Sabitu Magaji, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, noting that the decision followed what he described as a rigorous due diligence process. Magaji said the movement carefully examined Obada’s…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah vowed on Monday to quickly choose a successor to killed leader Hassan Nasrallah, and continue the Islamist militia’s decades-long fight against Israel. Deputy head Naim Kassem, in a televised speech, said the group would choose a successor for Nasrallah to assume the secretary general position as soon as possible. He said that the…
U.S. President Joe Biden has pledged 500 million dollars to African countries to help prevent and respond to mpox, and will donate one million doses of vaccine. Biden said this in his farewell address to world leaders at the general debate of the 79th session of the General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visits Austria on Monday and will be welcomed with military honours by President Alexander Van der Bellen, the government in Vienna said. After talks and a press conference with Van der Bellen, Zelensky is scheduled to meet Chancellor Christian Stocker. It is Zelensky’s first visit to Austria since the start of…
Gov Ahmed Ododo of Kogi has described the passing of the first Director-General of National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Prof. Tom Adaba, as painful and a collosal loss. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adaba died in the early hours of Saturday at the age of 84. Ododo, in a statement issued on Sunday…
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…
President, African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has urged African governments, to prioritise health security, with the same urgency as national defence. Adesina, who said this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, also called for a more equitable global financial system, that supported the continent’s development needs. He emphasised the need to…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has conferred national honours on all 24 players and 11 technical staff of Nigeria’s senior women’s football team, the Super Falcons, following their landmark victory at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco. At a special reception held at the State House in Abuja, President Tinubu awarded each…
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in collaboration with the Bauchi State Government, has launched a digital application to promote safer deliveries by improving maternal and newborn healthcare. This was unveiled during a capacity-building session held in Bauchi on Sunday as part of the 2026 International Day of the Midwife celebration. Speaking at the event,…
