Solomon Peter, a House of Representatives candidate on the platform of African Democratic Congress (ADC), said Nigeria will be greater after the 2023 General Elections. Peter, who is vying for Takum/Donga/Ussa and Yangtu Federal Constituency election, said the year presented hope for free, credible and transparent elections. He told journalists on the sidelines of 62nd Independence Anniversary thanksgiving service in Jalingo on Sunday, that the election would turn in good leaders into various elective positions. The candidate said though Nigeria has not reached where it was supposed to be at 62, there was need for Nigerians to be grateful to…
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An Akure-based fish farmer, Mr Lanre Adekunle, has lamented the high cost of fish feeds. Adekunle started his fish farm after benefitting from a training and empowerment programme of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)/ Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises Niger Delta (LIFE-ND) project. He has 12 fish ponds at Osi in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State and plans to expand to crocodile farming. Speaking with newsmen during a tour of the farm, Adekunle said he was trained and empowered in 2021 by IFAD/LIFE-ND Project and that the experience had changed his life. “I was trained and…
The Federal Government says it plans to enforce the mandatory water test policy for drilling of boreholes and other water projects. The Minister of Water Resources, Malam Suleiman Adamu, announced this on Sunday when he appeared as guest on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) interview forum in Abuja. Adamu said this policy is part of Federal Government’s efforts to strengthen its National Reference Laboratories to solve the problems of water quality, standards and monitoring in Nigeria. “We are going to come up with a policy in all our water projects that when you drill boreholes, part of the condition…
The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) governorship candidate in Benue, Mr Joseph Waya, has encouraged Nigerians to vote out political office holders who misrepresented them during the 2023 general elections. Waya gave the encouragement in his Independence message to Nigerians in Makurdi. He further appealed to them not to mortgage their future for a plate of porridge. “This ugly trend of politicking must stop. It has never brought us any good rather it has plunged our country deep and deeper into the abyss of despair. “Our forefathers never sacrificed for this high level of political ineptitude and insensitivity such as…
The Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) Marriage Registry said 1,522 marriages were registered officially between January and August in the area. Mr Akinwumi Akintayo, Chief Marriage Registrar, AMAC, announced this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. Akintayo also said that in the same period, 11 marriages at the “edges of collapse” were settled and reunited. The chief registrar, who stressed that it was important for intending couples to understand each other before taking their vows, also called on parents to desist from interfering in their children’s marriages. “When we talk about marriage, some people think…
The Director-General, Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology (NILEST) Zaria, Prof. Muhammad Yakubu, said Nigeria’s total exports of leather products hit $800 million this year. Yakubu stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. He said that by 2018 to 2019, the exports of Nigerian leather products were about 800 million dollars but later declined in 2020 due to COVID-19 epidemic to $650. “The national leather policy proposes that by the year 2025, revenue from the leather products exports will be around $1 billion,’’ Yakubu said. According to him, by the figure,…
The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) says it has inagurated the Africa Mini Grids Programme (AMP) to support access to clean energy. Mr Ayang Ogbe, the Director of Promotions, Rural Electrification Agency said this in a statement in Abuja. Ogbe said that the four-year project was being funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Nigeria. He said that the programme aims to increase the financial viability, and promoting scaled up commercial investment in renewable energy mini-grids, with a focus on cost-reduction levers and innovative business models. According to him, the renewable energy mini-grids are with a…
The various ethnic groups in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja have been charged to mobilize their members and ensure that they fully participate in the ongoing electioneering in order to have stakes in government. President General of the Yoruba Community in the Federal Capital Territory, Dr, Hakeem Mosebolatan Adetunji gave the charge today in his address to the people of Abuja on the commemoration of the 62nd Independence Anniversary of Nigeria. Dr. Adetunji, in a statement made available to journalists said that the leaderships of the ethnic groups would be fulfilling a critical part of their responsibility and mandate by…
The convoluted debate about our national existence elicits depression among most citizens. A sense of hopelessness pervades the public space with near zero public trust in government. Increasingly, even the best of patriots is contemplating the worst. Decades as student of Nigerian public political life however tend to confirm my conviction that a reset of the troubled federal republic is possible. The status quo across various interests and factions in the country paints the picture of no respite. The caucus in power and the various factions outside are not enjoying the national calamities relentlessly spreading across all sectors. The state…
A former Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru is among the list of 437 Nominees for the National Honours Awards 2022. The Awards will be presented by President Muhammadu Buhari on October 11, 2023 at the State House Abuja. In the list, PRNigeria observed that the title of Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) has 5 recipients, Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) 54 awardees, Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) 67, Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) 64, Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON)…