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The World Bank has released the fourth sub-national report of its Doing Business Series in Nigeria tagged Doing Business in Nigeria 2018. The report ranks FCT Abuja as the best place to do business in Nigeria, with a DTF score of 85.61 to top the Starting a business category. What …

The Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Abubakar Bagudu, has appealed to European Union (EU) and Oxfam to take action on reducing subsidy in agricultural produce in order to make it possible for crops produced in the country to compete favourable with the outside world. He made this appeal when he received …

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the latest communal violence in Kasuwan Magani in Kaduna State which claimed 55 lives. Reacting to the violent clashes, President Buhari said the frequent resort to bloodshed by Nigerians over misunderstandings that can be resolved peacefully, is worrisome. According to the President, “No culture and …

Governor Shettima yesterday awarded scholarships to five winners of Quranic recitation from Borno state. He also donated cash to six others who represented Borno State at the 2018 National Qur’anic recitation competition in Ilorin, Kwara and Minna, Niger states. The Governor announced the rewards at the Council Chambers, Government House …

The Kebbi State Governor, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, has appealed to the European Union (EU) and Oxfam on the need to reduce subsidy on agricultural produce. Gov. Bagudu said it would make it possible for crops produced in the country to compete favourably with those of the outside world. Bagudu made …

Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna Youths from Southern Kaduna on Friday said they would do everything constitutionally possible to unseat the state governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, in the 2019 governorship election in the state. To this end, the youths, under the aegis of the Southern Kaduna Youth For Progress and Development, vowed …

Ted Odogwu, Kano The police have summoned the Kano State Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Mallam Sagir Takai, over the alleged murder of a 70-year-old man. Confirming the development to Northern City News on Sunday, the Kano State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Magaji Majiya, said the command had commenced …

Image copyright Reuters The brutal killing of a 24-year-old midwife in north-east Nigeria has shocked the international humanitarian community, raising concerns that aid to millions of people could be withdrawn. On Sunday 14 October, journalists in Geneva were contacted by highly anxious officials at the International Committee of the Red …

Tudun Wada (Nasarawa State) – Kano, Niger and Kebbi States have won the best exhibitors at the 2018 National Agricultural Show. Presenting the awards to the exhibitors, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture, said the states participated actively in crops, fisheries, large and small ruminants at the …

A paramount ruler in Kaduna State, the Agom Adara, Maiwada Galadima and his wife in Kachia Local Government Area have allegedly been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. Report available to DAILY POST also has it that his orderly and four others are said to have been killed during the attack. Recall …