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Nasarawa: Gunmen Hacked Medical Doctor To Death
Some yet-to-be-identified assailants have killed a Nasarawa State-based medical practitioner, Dr. Stephen Angbas, who is the proprietor of Lafia-Angbas Clinic. ABNTV learnt that the killing happened in the late hours of Tuesday as Angbas was returning from his farm on a motorcycle in the Awe Local Government Area of the state. Some eyewitnesses informed our correspondent that the assailants who were...
NDLEA Unveils New Strategies To Curb Drug Trafficking
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) FCT command, has unveiled new strategies to curb drug abuse and illicit trafficking in the territory. The FCT commander, Mr Kabir Tsakuwa made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. Tsakuwa said that the FCT was a major gateway connecting the southern part to other...
FG Plans To Cultivate 70,000 Hectares For Wheat Production – Minister
The Federal Government plans to cultivate about 70,000 hectares across the wheat producing states with an expected yield of 875,000 tonnes for the National Food Reserve. The Hon. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari said this was in an effort to enhance massive food production and nutrition security. This is even as he revealed that the Federal Government...
Banditry: Security Operatives Will Rescue Abducted University Students, Says Zamfara First Lady
Zamfara State Governor’s wife, Hajiya Huriya Dauda Lawal has condemned the alarming rate at which bandits kidnap students at the Federal University Gusau. The Governor’s wife stated this when she paid an official visit to the institution’s management, lamenting that students cannot concentrate under an unsecured environment. The First Lady sympathized with the management, staff, parents, and the entire students of...
Reps Assure Compliance With Finance Act, Speedy Passage Of 2024 Budget
The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, assured of its resolve to ensure speedy passage of the 2024 Appropriation bill when presented to the Parliament. Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations, Abubakar Bichi, who gave the assurance in Abuja, during the inaugural meeting of the Standing Committee, vowed to exercise its oversight jurisdiction over relevant government agencies in its monitoring of the...
Era Of Exporting Raw Gold, Lithium, Others Gone For Good – President Tinubu
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that the era of exporting raw gold, lithium, and other minerals is gone for good. The Nigerian leader said that many local companies have already adjusted their business plans to the new normal, urging others to do the same. The President said the creation of the policy of value addition to mineral resources before exportation...
Gunmen Murder Medical Doctor In Nasarawa
Dr Stephen Angbas, the proprietor of Lafia-Angbas Clinic has been killed by unidentified gunmen. The tragic incident happened in the evening hours of Tuesday as Angbas was en route to his farm on a motorcycle in the Awe Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. Eyewitnesses reported that the assailants, suspected to be armed robbers, launched a vicious machete assault on Angbas...
Musa Aliyu Appointed New ICPC Chairman
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu as chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, who announced this in a statement, on Tuesday, also said Mr. Clifford Okwudiri Oparaodu was appointed as the new Secretary of the commission. Ngelale said the appointments...
Onuigbo Calls For Climate-Smart Agriculture To Fight Climate Change In Agric Sector
The Chairman of the Security, Special Interventions, and Climate Change Committee of the Governing Board of North East Development Commission (NEDC), Sir Sam Onuigbo has decried the impact of climate change within the agricultural value chain, saying Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) provides a window of solution. Speaking on “The future of African agriculture and the pressing Climate crises" at the first...
No Plans To Displace Northerners In Lokpanta Cattle Market, Says Gov. Otti
Abia State government has denied report that it has directed Northerners, who live and conduct their businesses at the Lokpanta Cattle Market, located along the Enugu-Umuahia-Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway by Umunneochi, to leave the state. The state government described the report as false, saying there was no iota of truth in the "fake news" as those Northerners "are the second and...
