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President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, flagged off the first ever rainfed commercial wheat cultivation in Nigeria at the Wheat Seed Multiplication Farm in Kwall, Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau state.  The President who was represented at the launching by the Plateau State governor, Mr. Simon Lalong, urged Nigerian farmers to embrace wheat farming and…

Kaduna state governor, Senator Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna state, has said that his administration has equipped 290 Primary Healthcare Care Centres (PHCs) across the state and recruited 80 doctors. The governor disclosed this on Friday at the inauguration of a newly constructed one block of 48-room hostel at the College of Nursing and Midwifery,…

Former governor of Lagos state, Bola Tinubu, has won the presidential primary election of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He polled 1,271 votes to defeat his closest rivals, Rotimi Amaechi, former transport minister and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo who scored 316 and 235 votes respectively. Thirteen aspirants contested for the party’s presidential ticket. They include…

The Joint Arewa Committee has said that the exploitation of ethnic and religious fault lines is extremely dangerous for the polity. The committee which organised the just concluded interactive session with President candidates, comprises of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Arewa Research and Development Project (ARDP), Sir Ahmadu Bello Foundation and…

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has sacked all the members of the State Executive Council and other political appointees in the state. The sacking was announced on Monday by the governor at the end of an expanded Exco meeting at the Government House, Lafia. Sule expressed gratitude to all the political appointees for their sacrifices…