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Kyari urges Africa to lead agricultural technology innovation for food security
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, has urged African countries to take the lead in developing home-grown agricultural technologies, saying the continent must move beyond adopting innovations from elsewhere if it is to achieve food security and sustainable economic growth. Kyari made the call on Monday while declaring open the 9th Africa Agriculture Science Week (AASW) and…
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REA, SAPZ sign MoU to expand electricity access in agro-industrial zones
The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) and the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) programme on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide affordable electricity to agro-industrial processing centres across Nigeria, with Vice President Kashim Shettima describing the initiative as a major step towards transforming agricultural productivity and rural livelihoods. The agreement, signed in Abuja, provides for joint assessment, technical…
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NAF boosts air power, national security with M-346 fighter attack aircraft from Italy
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has strengthened its air combat capability with the successful completion of the acceptance process for the first batch of three M-346 Fighter Attack (FA) aircraft in Italy, paving the way for their delivery to Nigeria. The aircraft, manufactured by Leonardo Aircraft Division, passed the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) at the company’s facility in Venegono, Italy,…
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Onanuga to Obi: You abandoned PDP after 2019 defeat instead of rebuilding it
The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga has criticised Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, accusing him of abandoning the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after its defeat in the 2019 presidential election instead of helping to rebuild the opposition party. The criticism followed Obi’s appearance on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, where he was…
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Nigeria emerges ATU chair, Zambia’s Mwale elected secretary-general
Nigeria has assumed the chairmanship of the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) Conference of Plenipotentiaries following the conclusion of the organisation’s seventh ordinary session in Abuja, where member states also elected Zambia’s Kezias Kazuba Mwale as the union’s next secretary-general. The two-day conference ended on Friday with delegates adopting the 2026 Abuja Declaration on Meaningful Connectivity for Africa and approving key…
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Atiku says FG adopting power policy he proposed over 20 years ago
The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has claimed that the Federal Government’s recent shift towards decentralising electricity generation validates a power sector model he says he proposed more than two decades ago. In a statement issued on Sunday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, the former vice-president argued that the Tinubu…
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Education will drive Tinubu’s $1tn economy goal, says Alausa
The Federal Government has said ongoing reforms in the education sector are aimed at producing a globally competitive workforce that will drive President Bola Tinubu’s ambition of expanding Nigeria’s economy to $1 trillion by 2030. Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, disclosed this on Saturday, saying the administration is repositioning tertiary education to meet the country’s manpower needs while preparing…
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PENGASSAN amends constitution, adopts new leadership succession model
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has amended its constitution to introduce an automatic leadership succession model, a move aimed at ending prolonged succession battles, factionalisation and leadership disputes within the union. PENGASSAN President, Festus Osifo, announced the constitutional amendment on Saturday in Abuja during a day of tributes held in honour of the association’s…
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Nigeria, AfDB urge African nations to process minerals locally for economic growth
Nigeria and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have called for greater African control over the continent’s vast mineral resources, urging mineral-rich countries to prioritise local value addition, regional cooperation and strategic financing to unlock greater economic benefits from their natural assets. The call was made at the Ministerial Forum on Critical Minerals, Value Chain and Beneficiation: Pathways for African Transformation,…
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Kogi turns to road projects to unlock commerce and farming
“It has been a prayer by our forefathers for this road to be constructed which many of them are not able to witness it,” an elated Amodu Joseph Silva, a resident in Dekina local government area, told journalists about the ongoing Iyale-Ogane-Enugu road project constructed by the administration of Usman Ododo with the help of the federal government. For decades,…
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