GOVERNOR Hyacinth Alia of Benue says the $250 million (₦330.4 billion) National Food City Complex will transform the state into an agro-industrial economy. Alia stated this on Monday in Makurdi during the official signing ceremony for the project with Rexzodeneh Group Ltd. Represented by his deputy, Alia said the project marked a significant milestone in translating Benue’s agricultural resources into wealth, jobs and prosperity. He said Benue must move beyond producing agricultural commodities by processing produce, adding value, creating jobs and retaining more wealth locally. “With a planned footprint of 30,000 hectares, the project is designed to integrate agricultural production…
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THE NIGERIA Democratic Congress Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi, on Monday attended the inauguration of the campaign office of his Allied Peoples Movement (APM) counterpart, Mr Seyi Makinde, in Abuja. Adding momentum to the opposition coalition gathering, Obi, who is a guest speaker, said that Makinde is fully qualified to contest the presidency. “Whoever wins, genuinely, from a free, fair and credible election, we all want to work together to save this country from collapse,” Obi stated, emphasising the urgent need to address widespread poverty and insecurity. He further rallied political actors to change the country’s toxic political culture by centring governance entirely around…
IRAN threatened on Monday to retaliate against any new U.S. attacks on its assets, warning that the energy production chain in the region was “sprawling, accessible and exposed” and that U.S. oil and gas companies there shared that exposure. “Strike our assets and you get struck,” Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said after U.S. and Iranian strikes on shipping at the weekend that pushed oil prices up to six-week highs at one point on Monday. On Sunday, senior Iranian security official Mohsen Rezaei said Iran would announce plans for a new restricted zone in the Gulf in the coming…
AS THE unofficial start of the campaign sprint kicks off on Labor Day Monday, President Donald Trump’s deep unpopularity is imperiling Republican chances of maintaining their narrow majorities in Congress with just two months before November’s midterm elections. Midterm elections, above all, are a referendum on the occupant of the White House, according to election experts. That is even more of a truism in the era of Trump, who has spent the better part of a decade as the country’s dominant political figure and could face stiff political headwinds in his final two years in office. If Democrats win a…
THE BENUE State Government has warned school proprietors and administrators against violating education policies, saying non-compliance will attract appropriate sanctions. Dr Margaret Adamu, the state Commissioner for Education and Knowledge Management, stated this on Monday in Makurdi. Adamu urged learners, teachers, parents and education managers to approach the new session with renewed commitment, discipline and determination to improve learning outcomes. She said the new academic session provides an opportunity to strengthen education and produce responsible, knowledgeable, skilled and patriotic citizens. Adamu said Gov. Hyacinth Alia’s commitment to human capital development had resulted in several interventions in the education sector. These,…
AS SCHOOLS in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) prepare for the 2026/2027 academic calendar, parents have appealed to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, to address infrastructural shortages in schools. They also appealed to the minister to come to their aid, saying that rising costs of school supplies and delays in the delivery of textbooks and uniforms were placing additional financial strain on them. The parents spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. A parent, Olurotimi Lawrence at the Government Science Secondary School, Maitama, called on the minister to urgently address the acute…
THE MIYETTI Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has warned that rising meat imports could weaken Nigeria’s livestock industry. The National President of MACBAN, Baba Othman-Ngelzarma, raised the concern in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. Othman-Ngelzarma said the association was concerned about recent reports of increased imports of beef and other meat products into Nigeria. He stressed that MACBAN was not opposed to international trade or legitimate competition in the nation’s livestock and meat markets. He, however, said the association opposed unfair competition capable of placing Nigerian livestock producers…
THE EMIR of Zazzau, Malam Ahmed Bamalli, has expressed concern over the poor condition of some public primary schools in Sabon Gari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, urging urgent intervention. Bamalli raised the concern amid growing fears over the increasing number of out-of-school children in the emirate, partly attributed to the influx of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Katsina and Zamfara States. The royal father made the disclosure on Monday at the unveiling of the Sabon Gari Local Government Development Association (SALDA), a community development initiative in Zaria, Kaduna State. He commended SALDA’s leadership for the initiative and the…
RESIDENTS seeking healthcare in public hospitals across satellite towns of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have alleged persistent cash-only payment practices. Wike The allegations persist in spite of the Federal Government’s push for a cashless economy and increased adoption of electronic transaction platforms nationwide. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) survey found that some patients and caregivers at government-owned hospitals alleged they were required to pay cash for services, while some claimed receipts were not issued afterward. Some respondents further alleged that when cash was unavailable, they were directed to nearby Point-of-Sale (PoS) operators or given private account details for transfers, raising concerns about…
THE ALL Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have filed petitions before the Osun Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal challenging the re-election of Governor Ademola Adeleke. The petitions were pasted on the notice board of the tribunal’s secretariat in Osogbo on Monday. The petitions marked the formal commencement of the legal process arising from the August 15 governorship election which saw Adeleke emerging as the winner. Secretary to the tribunal, Mr Pete Belemore, confirmed to NAN that petitions challenging the outcome of the election had been filed before the tribunal by the two opposition political parties. Belemore said that…