By Aideloje Ojo Minna The Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago has approved the appointment of six Commissioners-Designate, subject to confirmation by the State House of Assembly. The appointees are Hon. Lucky Barau, Gurara Local Government Area,  Hon.…

Nobody who has watched Nigerian agriculture for a decade believes the journey from emergency relief to real industry is neat. It is messy. Governments learn, unlearn, and sometimes start again. Policy papers pile up. Banks still treat the…

This week in Kigali, at the Africa Food Systems Forum, former African leaders said Africa’s borders are now part of why the continent still struggles to feed itself. Former Botswana president Mokgweetsi Masisi spoke at the Council of…

Muhammad Gadaka, chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Yobe, has urged women in the state to leave their husbands if they prevent them from voting for the party. Speaking on Thursday at a political rally in…

The National Association of Road Transport Owners has attributed the relative stability of the naira to the Federal Government’s removal of fuel subsidy and expansion of domestic refining capacity. NARTO National President, Yusuf Othman, made the assertion during…

BudgIT Nigeria has critiqued the Federal Government, insisting that reform gains must be felt in everyday life, not in fiscal numbers. In a statement on Thursday, BudgIT critiqued the press release issued by the Federal Ministry of Finance…