By Cynthia Alo Stakeholders in the agriculture and financial sectors have reiterated the need for Nigeria to move beyond exporting raw agricultural commodities to processing and adding value to its farm produce to increase export earnings, create jobs and strengthen domestic industries. They made...
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•Cardinal Onaiyekan, Osigwe, Yadudu, Okunna, Kperogi, Oloja, Lakemfa to speak at parley Vice President Kashim Shettima will declare open the 22nd All Nigeria Editors Conference, ANEC, of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, in Enugu today. The two-day conference, which is the flag...
safety
The NSCDC in the FCT has arrested a truck driver and two others for allegedly vandalising an NNPC petroleum pipeline in Kwali Area Council, Abuja. Read More: https://punchng.com/fct-truck-driver-two-others-held-for-vandalising-nnpc-pipeline/...
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By Elizabeth Adegbesan The Naira yesterday appreciated to N1,375 per dollar from N1,383 in the parallel market on Tuesday. Similarly, the naira appreciated to N1,328 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, NFEM. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, showed that ...
business
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged commercial banks to lower lending rates for businesses following the CBN’s 350-basis-point rate cut. Read More: https://punchng.com/lcci-urges-banks-to-lower-lending-rates-after-cbn-cut/...
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The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria has suspended its strike, allowing 115 Federal Unity Colleges to reopen after a dispute over the conces Read More: https://punchng.com/kings-college-unity-colleges-resume-as-staff-suspend-strike/...
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***Blocs await Tinubu’s return ***New strategy in place to checkmate Atiku, Obi — Wike By Omeiza Ajayi & Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – THE lingering rift between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mr. Nyesom Wike, and a section of All Progressives Congress, APC, gov...
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By Gabriel Ewepu It is projected that Nigeria’s livestock sector has a huge potential and holds a projected contribution up to US$32 billion to the country’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, within the next 10 years if the private sector is properly positioned to drive the sector wit...
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…as Herrings specie defies general trend By Cynthia Alo Nigeria spent about N167.91 billion importing different fish varieties in the second quarter of 2026, Q2’26. But the figure represents a 14.8 per cent decline from N197.17 billion recorded in the corresponding quarter of 202...
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By Cynthia Alo Nigerian farmers are largely unaware that their poultry, fish and cassava farms can be insured, an insurance and risk management expert, has said. In an exclusive interview with Vanguard AgroBiz at the just concluded ‘All-Inclusive Mass Media Training for Journalis...
government
By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has denied insinuations that the political strategy deployed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) G5 during the 2023 presidential election amounted to manipulation of the outcome in Rivers State...
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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA— THE Presidency has entered into a technical partnership with the Strengthening Peace and Resilience in Nigeria (SPRiNG) Programme, implemented by Tetra Tech, to strengthen peace coordination, learning and impact measurement across North Central Niger...
safety
The weaponization of law: Nigeria and the case of cybercrime By Ikechukwu Nnochiri A Federal High Court judge in Abuja, Justice Obiora Egwuatu, had, on September 9, made a critical observation about the continued weaponisation of the cybercrime law by security agencies. He noted ...
