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December 4, 2020 No Responses

FG Inaugurates PENCOM Board

The Federal Government has inaugurated 16 members of National Pension Commission (PENCOM) board, to proffer innovative and feasible solutions to the challenges of the pension administration in Nigeria.Mr Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), at the...

December 3, 2020 No Responses

Lagos To Increase Fish Production By 60,000 Metric Tons In 2021

The Lagos State Government is to increase fish production by at least 60,000 metric tons to bridge the huge deficit in the sector and meet the state’s demand for fish. The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, said this at a...

December 3, 2020 No Responses

Ondo To Benefit From $200m Livestock Support Grant

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has said that Ondo State will benefit from the 200 million dollars World Bank Livestock Productivity and Resilience Project (L- PRES).The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Sabo Nanon...

December 3, 2020 No Responses

UN Adopts Resolution On Seafarers Status

The United Nations has adopted a resolution that calls on its members to designate seafarers and other marine personnel as key workers and implement relevant measures to allow stranded seafarers to be repatriated and others to join ships. The U...

December 3, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Produces 2.3m Metric Tonnes Of Tomato Annually

Nigerian farmers produce 2.3 million metric tonnes of tomato annually, Executive Director, National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT), Dr Abayomi Olaniyan, has said. Olaniyan disclosed this on Wednesday at the inauguration of a one...

December 2, 2020 No Responses

Stakeholders Seek Adoption Of IITA Toolkit For Cassava Transformation

Agricultural stakeholders and policymakers in Nigeria are calling for the adoption of the Six Steps to Cassava Weed Management and best planting practices toolkit. Toolkit was developed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) for th...

December 2, 2020 No Responses

Catholic Secretariat Charges Youths To Look Inwards

The Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria has charged Nigerian youths to look inwards and create opportunities for themselves, rather than endangering their lives on risky trips to seek greener pastures overseas. The National Social Communications Director of the se...

December 1, 2020 No Responses

GOWON Seeks Innovative Ways To Reposition Transportation

Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (Rtd), has called for partnership between the public and private sectors in order to come up with innovative ways of resolving the transportation challenge in the country. Gowon spoke on Tuesday in Abuja.....

December 1, 2020 No Responses

NIS Lauds LADOL’s Indigenisation Policy, Transfer Of Technology

The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has commended the management of the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistic Base, LADOL Free Trade Zone for promoting transfer of technology from foreigners to Nigerians. Emmanuel Arogundade, the new comptroller of Immigra...