The U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) have launched “Water for Agriculture” project in conflict-affected North Eastern states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe. This is in a bid to reach no fewer than 60,000 herders and farmers with better access to water, healthier
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Leah Sheribu, a Christian girl kidnapped and held in Boko Haram captivity for over one year, has given birth to a baby boy, Sahara Reporters reports.Leah was delivered of the baby a few weeks ago following her forceful marriage to a top Boko Haram commander, according to a reliable source close to the
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The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Sabo Nanono has inaugurated an 18-member committee for implementation of Federal Government’s Agriculture mechanisation programme called The Green Imperative Programme (GIP).Nanono said the programme was timely in view of the need to feed the Nigerian population estimated at 200 million as well other African countries which rely on
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There is crisis in Edo state following an attack by hoodlums on Friday night at the venue of the Auchi rally of the All Progressive Congress' faction of the National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomole, setting ablaze the podium constructed for speakers, hundreds of chairs and two vehicles stationed at the venue of the rally
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The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has announced the redeployment of Yusuf Philip Yila, director with the Bank and the managing director, NIRSAL Microfinance Bank, NMFB, to the position of director, Development Finance Department, with effect from Friday, January 24. Yila succeeds Mudashiru Olaitan, who retires from the bank on
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The federal government, through the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has issued a red flag to Nigerians on the spread of Novel Coronavirus, a new virus, from China to other parts of the world.The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) also called on Nigerians and others travelling through the country to comply
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The International Court of Justice has ordered Myanmar to take urgent action to protect its Muslim Rohingya minority from genocidal acts, in a blow to Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s civilian leader, who has accused refugees of exaggerating atrocities.Thursday’s ruling was an interim measure intended to protect the Rohingya during the course
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Nigeria LNG and Total have signed a 1.5 million tpy LNG agreement, Reuters reports.The deal is reportedly for 10 years and deliveries will commence from October 2021.The agreed volume of LNG will be shipped from a combination of Nigeria LNG’s first, second and third LNG trains.
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Angola's billionaire former first daughter Isabel dos Santos has been charged with money laundering and mismanagement during her stewardship of state-owned oil firm Sonangol.Documents leaked this week alleged the daughter of ex-president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, plundered state coffers to build her fortune, estimated at $2.1 billion."Isabel dos Santos is accused of mismanagement and embezzlement
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World Leaders Gather in Jerusalem 75 Years After HolocaustIsrael hosts the global commemoration of the Holocaust in Jerusalem on Thursday.Forty-nine delegations are scheduled to attend the fifth World Holocaust Forum, with Russian President Vladimir Putin and American Vice President Mike Pence among the world leaders participating. The event will mark the 75th anniversary of
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