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Expert Advocates Value Addition To Cocoa Production In Nigeria

05.03.2026

The Group Managing Director of CapitalSage Holdings, Mr John Alamu, has called for accelerated investment in value addition to cocoa to address the declining price of the product in the international market. Alamu also called for agricultural industrialisation as the defining strategy for Ondo State’s long-term economic transformation because of its place in the committee...

Rotary Trains New Officers On New Challenges

05.03.2026

The Conference Hall of the Festive Hotel, Festac, Lagos, will come alive this Friday and Saturday, as the Rotary International District 9111, trains Clubs Presidentselects who will serve during the 2026-2027 Rotary Year. The District 9111 Governor-elect, Bukola Bakare, who made this known, said the training seminar will equip incoming presidents with leadership skills and...

Pro-Tinubu Group Appoints Ajufoh As Deputy National Director

05.03.2026

The pro-President Bola Ahmed Tinubu advocacy group, Relax Tinubu Is Fixing Nigeria (RTIFN), has announced the appointment of Bobby George Ajufoh as its Deputy National Director, Special Projects and Innovation. The move is part of a strategic effort to strengthen the organization’s grassroots presence and administrative leadership within the country. The appointment was confirmed by...

Group Targets 5m Votes To Secure Tinubu’s Second Term

05.03.2026

In a political move ahead of the January 2027 presidential election, the Global Alliance for Tinubu Campaign (GATIC 2027) has unveiled a plan to mobilise five million votes nationwide in support of Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid. At its inaugural press conference in Abuja, the pro-Tinubu coalition—an umbrella body of Nigerian professionals, technocrats and business leaders...

CBCN Names Ndagoso Visitor, Echema Prochancellor Of Veritas University

05.03.2026

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has appointed the Archbishop of Kaduna, Most Rev. Matthew Man’oso Ndagoso, as the new Visitor to Veritas University, Abuja, following his emergence as President of the Conference. The announcement marks a significant leadership reshuffle at the Catholic Church-owned institution as the tenure of previous officers expired. Ndagoso succeeds...

Hospital Protests As MDCN Suspends 3 Doctors

05.03.2026

The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) has announced the suspension of three medical professionals following its preliminary findings in the tragic death of 21-month-old Nkanu Adichie-Esege, son of celebrated author Chimamanda Adichie. The decision comes as the Coroner’s Court in Lagos fixes April 14 for an inquest to determine the precise cause of...

Fix Your Image Crisis, Stop Blaming Party Disputes

05.03.2026

The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to focus on rebuilding public trust in Nigeria’s electoral system rather than attributing its operational challenges to internal party disputes. Reacting to recent concerns raised by INEC about the administrative burden caused by intra-party litigations, the NNPP National Publicity Secretary, Bamofin...

AGF Takes Over Malami’s Prosecution

05.03.2026

The Department of State Services (DSS) has handed over the trial of the immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN). Malami, who served as Justice Minister from November 11, 2015, to May 29, 2023, under former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, faces a five-count charge bordering on terrorism financing and...

NEMA Distributes Relief Materials To Kebbi Victims

05.03.2026

The Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mrs. Zubaida Umar, has flagged off the distribution of relief materials to persons affected by recent banditry attacks in Shanga, Yauri, and Bunza Local Government Areas of Kebbi State. The flag-off ceremony, which took place in Birnin Kebbi, was in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda...

Soludo Insists On Salary Cut For Failing To Work On Mondays

05.03.2026

The Anambra State Government yesterday said there was no going back on the implementation of the pro-rata payment policy measure against the Monday stay-athome culture among civil servants. The Commissioner for Finance Moses Okafor said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday while speaking on the deductions from workers’ February...