Mr Kanya said several crops mostly maize, millet, tice, soya beans and pepper were destroyed. The Chairman of Kafur Local Government Area in Katsina State, Garba Kanya, has confirmed that a heavy downpour accompanied by ice pellets has destroyed more than 300 farms in eight communities in the area. The chairman told the News Agency […]
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Relatives of the deceased, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Jos, accused the state government of refusing to heed their pleas for the entitlements. Some families of Plateau civil servants who died in active service have decried the non-payment of death benefits of their loved ones. Relatives of the […]
“I think neutrality means condoning evil,” the Ukrainian ambassador said. “This is how many African governments express their position.” Ukraine’s Chargé d’affaires to Nigeria, Bohdan Soltys, has asked Nigeria to boycott Russia to show that it disapproves of the former’s aggression on Ukraine. He said this in an exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES. “First of […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has re-asserted his determination to build the National Cathedral. He said the National Cathedral project was something dear to his government, stressing that it would be built at all cost to the glory and honour of God. The President made the statement when he joined the family and other mourners […]
Monrovia — At least two Nigerians have been reportedly killed and 12 others rescued while aboard the Ophelia Panana ship off the shores of Gbanken Beach in Grand Kru Town. The beach is about five kilometers from Grand Cess City. Those killed on the ship were identified as Frank and Osas Velurobo. According to a […]
Monrovia — President George Weah has accepted the resignations of the three top designated officials who were subsequently suspended by him. Nathaniel McGill, Syrennius Cephus and Bill Twehway resigned from their respective positions on Monday. They were all sanctioned by the U.S. Department of Treasury nearly a month ago. McGill and Cephus have both claimed […]
Monrovia — Multiple sources close to the presidency have informed FrontPageAfrica that Minister of state Nathaniel McGill has tendered his resignation following the U.S. Treasury Sanctions and subsequent suspension. President has accepted the resignation, According to the Executive Mansion. McGill, who served as the chief of office staff of the President, is among three top […]
Monrovia — Members of the Liberian Senate have frowned on members of the House of Representatives for what they are terming as politicizing the current pension bill for some officials of the Legislature, Judiciary, and Executive. The senators accused their colleagues in the legislature of rejecting the version that they had passed and sent to […]
Nigerian cities aren’t managing solid waste effectively. Waste has to be managed all the way from generation to storage, collection, transport, recycling, treatment and disposal. But it is visible everywhere in the country’s cities, presenting a major socio-cultural and environmental challenge. Cities tend to treat waste as purely a technical issue, and this may be […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, delisted 1,126,359 fresh registrants because their registration processes were invalid. INEC said the registrants involved were those that registered between June 28, 2021 and January 14, 2022. The commission said it was the duty of the federal government to bear core costs of Nigeria’s electoral activities, including the […]
Nigeria has continued to waste the rare opportunity presented by the global rise in oil prices to grow its economy like other oil-producing countries, London-based The Economist has stated. While a surge in oil prices could do astonishing things, like in Saudi Arabia where a futuristic city was planned to rise from the desert or […]
PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported how two people died and six others were reported missing in the boat accident that occurred on Sunday. The police in Jigawa State said they have found five more bodies following a boat accident in Ringim Local Government Area of the state. PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported how two people died and […]
A PREMIUM TIMES reporter moved across rural communities in four of the six area councils of the FCT and found that they have common challenges but modest expectations of government. Aliyu Sanni is a primary school teacher in Kilankwa, a remote community in Kwali Area Council of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. He took the job […]
President Muhammadu Buhari says in spite of the security challenges facing Nigeria, other countries, especially, in Africa, still believe in the country’s immense potential. Buhari congratulated Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi on his recent election as President of the Forum of Regions of Africa (FORAF), in his capacity as Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF). […]
The federal government yesterday said it was working to improve the country’s earnings from cashew exports to about $4 billion annually. Nigeria currently generates about $450 million from the export of the commodity which had been described as too low for the country. Speaking at a media briefing on the 16th Annual Conference of the […]
A report by Proshare, a market intelligence and data analytics firm, has said that oil theft persists in Nigeria because all the institutions of state lack the will and determination to end the menace. In the report which dived deep into the magnitude of crude oil theft in Nigeria, the firm stated that the ‘business’ […]
In preparation for COP 27, Nigeria’s government recently launched its Energy Transition Plan (ETP), which is purported to be its homegrown, data-backed and multi-pronged strategy to achieve net zero emissions by 2060. “Gas is critical as a transition fuel to power Africa’s industrialisation, solve energy poverty and generate resources for energy transition” is a phrase […]
Abuja, Nigeria — Nigeria has lost its position as Africa’s top oil producer to Angola, industry insiders say, and could soon become third after Libya. Oil analysts say Nigeria’s production struggle is coming at the worst time, as oil prices have jumped, partly because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. According to the Nigerian oil regulation […]