The Sokoto State government has started the distribution of N4 billion loans to rice, tomatoes, and wheat farmers in the state. The state governor, Aminu Tambuwal, stated this while launching the 2022 wet season fertilizer sales and distribution of other inputs to farmers in the state, held at Kasarawa, a suburb in the state capital. According to him, the state government has fulfilled all the requirements for securing the loan from the Central Bank of Nigeria to support the farmers. Consequently, the government has since commenced the disbursement of the loan facility, as an intervention to boost the cultivation of…
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 157 cases of Monkeypox across 26 states in the country. The NCDC revealed this in its latest Monkeypox situation report for week 30. Monkeypox is a rare viral zoonotic infectious disease transmitted from animals to humans that occur sporadically, primarily in remote villages of Central and West Africa near tropical rainforests. Nigeria is one of the countries in Africa where the disease is endemic. The agency said from January 1 to July 31, 2022, four deaths were recorded from four states – Delta (1), Lagos (1), Ondo (1) and Akwa Ibom (1).…
The Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development Sunday Dare has assured members of the historic Team Nigeria contingent to the 2022 Commonwealth Games of a presidential reception. Team Nigeria achieved its best performance ever in Birmingham since it started taking part in the Commonwealth Games in 1950, winning 12 gold, nine silver and 14 bronze medals. Speaking with Team Nigeria athletes yesterday, Dare praised them for bringing the country into global focus for positive reasons. His words: “I followed every moment of your competition. I was in Birmingham from the beginning till I had to leave for other official…
The Defence Headquarters said it has arrested the terrorists behind the attack on the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State. The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, who made the disclosure during a parley with media executives at the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, said the criminals were arrested in collaboration with other security agencies. Terrorists attacked the Catholic Church during a Sunday Mass and opened fire on the worshippers, resulting in the death of over 30 persons. The incident happened on June 5. Details shortly…
Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps have intercepted 168 suspects. The suspects were concealed inside two trucks carrying 40 motorcycles and some cows. All the motorcycles had forged documents, it was said. Commander of the corps, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, said the suspects were intercepted around Itaogbolu-Iju, in Akure North council during a stop and search operation. Adeleye added that the suspects claimed they were coming from Kano and Jigawa states but without a destination. Adeleye said: “After the profiling the earlier ones, we took them back to where they came from, but we found out that the…
The show promoter has explained why Kizz Daniel refused to perform at a paid concert in Tanzania. The “Buga” crooner was scheduled to perform at a well-publicised concert at Warehouse, Old Nextdoor Arena, Tanzania on Sunday but failed to show up. Fans of the singer were forced to wait until 6 am for a live performance but Kizz Daniel was absent. The singer was reported to have arrived in the country earlier but refused to perform because of unavailability of his clothes. But in an Instagram Live session with Daddy Freeze after the news of the singer’s arrest by the Tanzanian police went viral,…
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has dissociated himself from a video clip circulating on several social media platforms of a group dancing and singing in red and white costume, purportedly members of the Pyrates Confraternity. In a statement, titled: Interim Statement On A Dubious Political Outing, which he made available to The Nation, Soyinka said: “My attention has been drawn to a video clip making internet rounds, of a dancing and chanting group, in red and white costume, purportedly members of the Pyrates Confraternity. The display acidly targets a presidential candidate in the awaited 2023 elections. “Since the whole world knows…
The University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Ondo (UNIMEDTH), has renewed the hope of a 6-year-old boy after it performed surgery to get him to walk again. A statement by the hospital management says Segun sustained burns to his abdomen, groin, right hip, right thigh, right knee and right leg when he was 2 years old. The healing of the burn wounds left his right hip and knee bent in such a fashion that Segun could only stand on one leg, move around crawling in squatted posture and sleep by lying only on his sides. However, Heavens smiled on…
The University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Ondo (UNIMEDTH), has renewed the hope of a 6-year-old boy after it performed surgery to get him to walk again. A statement by the hospital management says Segun sustained burns to his abdomen, groin, right hip, right thigh, right knee and right leg when he was 2 years old. The healing of the burn wounds left his right hip and knee bent in such a fashion that Segun could only stand on one leg, move around crawling in squatted posture and sleep by lying only on his sides. However, Heavens smiled on Segun…
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has said that singer, Oluwatobiloba Anidugbe, popularly known as Kizz Daniel, has been released from police custody in Tanzania. A video that went viral on social media on Monday showed the moment Tanzanian authorities arrested the singer. Although no official statement was issued by the authorities, newsmen learnt that the arrest may not be unconnected to the singer’s failure to perform at an event in the country. Reacting, NiDCOM, in a tweet, revealed that the singer was being held at Oyster Bay Police Station Civil Police in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. “We are presently engaging…