• Nigeria

    Miss Nigeria seeks life imprisonment for rapists

    Worried by the incessant cases of rape, the 22-year-old current Miss Nigeria, Chioma Obiadi, has advised the Federal Government to enact a law that will sentence anybody found to have committed rape life imprisonment to reduce the menace. Obiadi, the 40th Nigerian beauty queen, said in Lagos during a visit ...

  • Nigeria

    Cross River to export cassava leaves

    Cross River State Coordinator of Fadama III project, Mr Bassey Elemi, says the state is working toward exporting cassava leaves to other countries. Elemi said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria  in Calabar on Sunday. He described cassava leaves as highly nutritious vegetable with enough protein ...

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    Russia slams Trump’s ‘Cold War’ policy on Cuba

    Russia’s foreign ministry on Sunday said it regretted US President Donald Trump’s policy reversal on Cuba, calling it reminiscent of the Cold War era. “The new line towards Cuba announced by US President Donald Trump takes us back to already half-forgotten rhetoric in the style of the Cold War,” the ...

  • Nigeria

    ALGON appeals judgment on marriage registry

    Ramon Oladimeji The Association of Local Government in Nigeria has appealed the judgment of the Lagos State High Court which held that the Local Government Unified Marriage Certificate is unknown to law and is, thus, null and void. The judgment was given on May 15, 2017 by Justice I.O. Harrison ...

  • Nigeria

    Sallah: LASG resumes sales of LAKE Rice

    The Lagos State Government said it would resume the sales of LAKE Rice at approved retail outlets across the state from Monday, June 19, ahead of the Eid-el-fitr. The state’s Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Oluwatoyin Suarau, said this on Sunday while reviewing the modalities for the distribution of the rice ...

  • Nigeria

    NDLEA hands over 5,580kg expired drugs to NAFDAC

    The Plateau State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, on Saturday, handed over 5,580 kg of expired drugs to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control. The drugs, including medical devices and 2,652 kg of psychotropic substances, were seized from a warehouse belonging to one ...

  • Nigeria

    Miss Nigeria canvasses life imprisonment for rapists

    Worried by the incessant cases of rape, the 22-year-old current Miss Nigeria, Chioma Obiadi, has advised the Federal Government to enact a law that will sentence anybody found to have committed rape  life imprisonment to reduce the menace. Obiadi, the 40th Nigerian beauty queen, told the News Agency of Nigeria ...

  • Nigeria

    Cross River to export cassava leaves – FADAMA

    Mr Bassey Elemi, Cross River State Coordinator of Fadama III project says the state is working toward exporting cassava leaves to other countries. Elemi said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on Sunday. He described cassava leaves as highly nutritious vegetable with enough ...

  • Senegal

    L'UNACOIS/Jappo et Ensup Afrique signent une convention, mardi

    Dakar, 18 juin (APS) - L'UNACOIS/Jappo et Ensup Afrique signent une convention de partenariat, mardi à 11 heures, annonce un communiqué de presse. - Agenda

  • Nigeria

    Reps Propose 3 years Conditional Amnesty for Treasury Looters 

      By ADEBIYI ADEDAPO, Abuja The House of Representatives has initiated  a Bill for an Act seeking to grant amnesty to former public officers who have looted  Nigeria’s treasury but willing to invest their loots in the country’s economy.  The Bill seeks to provide a legal framework for amnesty to persons with illegally ...