In support of Jimi Agbaje during the 2015 elections, I produced 2 jingles as my contribution. I wanted him to win. So, through the assistance of a friend of mine who is a PDP stalwart (I’m sure he will read this piece), we were directed to handover the CDs to the Lagos State PDP Vice-Chairman. […]
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The National Economic Council (NEC) has banned the free movement of herdsmen in the country, starting with Benue, Taraba, Adamawa, Kaduna and Plateau States. The decision was made at a meeting presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday. The council in a move to provide solution to the killings by herdsmen, also […]
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Human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has claimed that the Muhammadu Buhari administration knows the identity of the suspected Fulani Herdsmen carrying out incessant killings in the country but is lackadaisical about bring them to book. Falana, who appeared on Channel TV’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ on Friday, slated the current government, which prides itself in […]
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Nigeria has cut rice importation by 2.77 million metric tons valued at N420 billion ($1.17 billion) since the beginning of the year. It was learnt that the latest record by the country has affected Thailand rice adversely, as unsold stocks are piling up daily. Thailand Rice Exporters Association (TREA) has said that if the situation […]
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“By the Constitution, I had to inaugurate or prorogue the National Assembly on June 4, 1999. The most important officer in the National Assembly is the senate president and that office had been zoned to the South-east. And here was where Atiku Abubakar, my vice-president, first showed his hand and his character. “Without seeking my […]
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Audu Ogbeh, the minister of agriculture and rural development, has said the introduction of modular refineries is the only way to ensure that the Niger Delta region is peaceful. A modular refinery is an easy-to-maintain/erect processing plant that is constructed entirely on skid mounted structures. It processes 2,000 to 15000 BPD of crude and can […]
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The Buhari administration on Wednesday said it had revived the e-wallet system for fertiliser allocation and distribution, a year after suspending it. The Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, made the announcement after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting, saying the policy would however be modified to address the challenges that made it unsustainable. At the […]
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Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Audu Ogbeh has blamed the present recession in the country to the adoption of Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) introduced during the administration of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida. Audu Ogbeh who spoke on Tuesday during a Special Town Hall Meeting Organized by the ministry in collaboration with the Alumni Association of […]
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Please put me in your prayers… I will soon be going for eye surgery… The situation is getting out of hand… For more than two months now… Anytime I look inside my wallet… I hardly see anything again. —A distressed Nigerian It was a business lunch by a group of investors who had eagerly been […]
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About 350 federal and state lawmakers from the Southern part of Nigeria have vowed to resist any move by the Federal Government to acquire land by force from their territories for grazing reserves. The lawmakers said they would rather support the establishment of private ranches for cattle owners in the Northern parts of the country. […]
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