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A N9.2 million contract has been awarded by the Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project (KSADP) for the supply of five pure breeds of Friesian bulls to boost animal insemination at Kadawa Insemination Center. The project Coordinator, Ibrahim Garba-Muhammad, made this known in a statement released by the project Communication Specialist, …

Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi has ordered the immediate dismissal of civil servants who were absent from work under the guise of the sit-at-home directive of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).He also threatened that any shop or store locked will also lose the right of occupancy of such a …

Gift Agenoisa, a JSS1 student at Mary Immaculate Secondary School in Ado Ekiti, has sued the Ekiti State Government for breach of fundamental rights after being suspended from school for alleged indiscipline and her parents’ assault on teachers. Mrs Odunayo Agenoisa swore to suit number HAD/01/CR/2021 on her behalf before …

The federal government has launched Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) Survey to measure the level of penury among Nigerians. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq inaugurated the MPI on Tuesday. A statement by her media aide Nneka Anibeze, said the MPI survey was inaugurated …

President Muhammadu Buhari signed the N983 billion supplementary appropriation bill into law in July. Recurrent (non-debt) expenditure will consume N123 billion, whereas capital expenditure will consume N895 billion. Security equipment, vaccines, and other COVID-19-related equipment are all covered by the additional budget. According to TheCable, the government plans to spend …

The Senate has approved the Federal Government’s request for a $6.1 billion (N2.343 trillion) loan request. The Senate gave the approval on Wednesday after it considered a report from its Committee on Local and Foreign Debt which it earlier directed to work on the loan request. Presenting the report on …

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has raised the alarm that armed bandits have taken over forests in the state. The Kano governor, who made the disclosure at the Defence Headquarters, where he met with the service chiefs, said the bandits are grouping in Falgore forest, even as the state …

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday night, March 3, passed the George Floyd Justice bill in a 220-212 vote aimed at preventing police misconduct in the wake of racial injustice and police brutality. House Democrats originally introduced and passed the bill, titled the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, last …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revoked the licenses of seven payment service providers for failing in statutory requirements. The revocation order was contained in an official gazette published on the website of the apex bank yesterday. The decision had been gazetted since December 4, 2020. The providers affected …