The National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF) has flagged off the distribution of agricultural inputs to 5000 Ginger farmers in seven local government areas of Kaduna state. The farmers were said to have suffered huge loses during the Ginnger blight disease in 2023. Speaking at the event which held on Tuesday in Kachia, headquarters of Kachia…
The federal government has rolled out plans to subsidise Compress Natural Gas (CNG) vehicle conversion kits to members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Road Transport Employer Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) and Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO). The Programme Director and Chief Executive Officer of Presidential Initiative on CNG, Micheal…
Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna state has granted pardon to 110 prisoners and convicts to mark Democracy Day. The governor announced this on Tuesday when he visited the Kaduna Correctional Centre. He said he granted the pardon in the exercise of power of prerogative of mercy conferred on him by Section 212 of the 1999 Constitution…
A terrorists group, the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), has reportedly executed three Christians in Borno State, according to reports by Stefanos foundation. The non- government organisation (NGO), posted on its Facebook page that it received information about the incident. It said, “On June 4, 2024, two images surfaced, allegedly shared by the…
The organised labour has vowed to reject any ₦62,000 or ₦100,000 minimum wage proposal for Nigerian workers by the federal government. In an interview on Channels Television on Monday, Chris Onyeka, Assistant General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), described such a proposal as a “starvation wage”. Onyeka said labour won’t accept the latest…
The presiding Catholic priest of St.Thomas Parish, Zaman Dabo Community, in the Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna state, Rev. Fr. Gabriel Ukeh, has been abducted by bandits. Ukeh was said to have been abducted at the parish rectory in the early hours of Sunday. Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Kazah, the Vicar General, confirmed the…
