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The federal government has expressed its readiness to intensify efforts toward Nigeria’s 3.14 million hectares of irrigation systems to boost food production in the country. Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation,  Mr Joseph Terlumun Utsev, disclosed this at the ongoing 5-day National Workshop of the Nigerian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (NINCID ) themed The Role of Irrigation and Drainage Practices for Food Security in Nigeria in Kano. The Minister who gave this assurance also reiterated that the government is committed to ensuring adequate water supply to homes,  industries, and for agriculture purposes nationwide. The Minister, who was represented

By Adedapo Adesanya A three-member panel of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice has ordered the Government of the Republic of Benin to pay Mr Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Igboho, 20 million CFA for unlawful detention. The court ordered that the money should be paid within three months. Igboho had on February 10, applied to the court challenging his arrest and detention in the French-speaking country. The ECOWAS court also directed the country to comply with its order and revert to the court with evidence of payment. Igboho was arrested alongside his wife, Ropo, in

By Adedapo Adesanya President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday ordered an investigation after the army acknowledged one of its drones accidentally struck Tudun Biri village as residents were celebrating a Muslim festival. The army did not give any casualty figures, but residents claimed 85 of them, who were mainly women and children, died in the attack, which has sparked public outrage. On its part, Amnesty International’s Nigeria office said 120 people were killed in the attack, citing reports of its workers and volunteers in the area. But the North-West zonal spokesperson of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mrs Halima

By Dipo Olowookere The local currency put up a good performance this week against the Dollar across the foreign exchange market segments. At the Investors & Exporters (I&E) window, the Naira went up by 0.59 percent to close at N362.79 per Dollar, while at the interbank market, it appreciated by 0.09 percent to finish at N357.97 to a Dollar. At the parallel market, the local rose this week by 0.28 percent to settle at N362 to the Dollar. During the week, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) supplied the sum of $210 million to the forex market via the Secondary

By Adedapo Adesanya Nigerians who saw their businesses and activities halted by a power outage on Wednesday are now beginning to experience ease on Thursday as the industrial action embarked upon by members of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has been suspended. The agreement to stop the action followed a meeting between the Minister of Labour and Employment, Mr Chris Ngige, and the leaders of the union. Yesterday, the nation was plunged into darkness after the labour union shut down the power supply across the country. After the gathering, the energy distribution companies (Discos) across Nigeria started the

The spotlights were on Airtel Uganda and its technology partner, Comviva, recently at the 2020 Digital Wallet Innovation Award, where they were announced as winners of their respective category. While Airtel Uganda was the overall winner of the Market Adoption, Airtel Uganda and Comviva were declared the grand winner out of the five winning firms presented for the first time this year by Aite Group. The recognition by Aite Group, a global research and advisory firm, was presented virtually during the Mobile Payment Conference held on Monday. Aite Group annually recognizes innovation by digital wallet providers that are changing the

By Adedapo Adesanya The Naira depreciated against the Dollar across the various key cities in Nigeria at the Bureau De Change (BDC) segment of the foreign exchange market on Wednesday, May 20. According to data harvested by Business Post from the Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), the value of Naira decreased at the Lagos BDC market yesterday by N2.50 to trade at N457 to a dollar compared with N454.50/$1 it traded previously. However, the local currency retained its preceding session’s rates against the British Pound and Euro at N540/£1 and N472/€1 respectively. In the nation’s capital

By Dipo Olowookere A least $157 million is needed to help over a quarter of a million people affected by the Boko Haram insurgency in the Lake Chad Basin region. To gather the amount, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, together with humanitarian partners, has launched an inter-agency funding appeal. The 47 UN agencies and humanitarian organizations, which joined the 2018 Nigeria Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRRP), will cater to the needs of some 208,000 Nigerian refugees and 75,000 of their hosts in Niger, Cameroon and Chad. “The Boko Haram crisis lingers on and is far from over,” said UNHCR’s Deputy

By Dipo Olowookere Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to remain steadfast as the present administration leads the country into the Promised Land. Mr Tinubu, in his Sallah message to Nigerians, admitted that citizens of the country deserved a better Nigeria and economy, but expressed optimism that “we shall [soon] overcome” the present hardship. “During this Season of Eid-el-Kabir, I wish to felicitate with the Muslim brotherhood. We must give thanks to almighty Allah for keeping us alive to celebrate this Eid. “This spirit of sacrifice and unselfish giving that defines this celebration

By Adedapo Adesanya Caverton Offshore Support Group (COSG) Plc has disclosed that raising additional capital is not the current focus of the group. This was disclosed by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company, Mr Olabode Makanjuola, during a chat with Business Post and two others after the company’s Facts Behind the Figures at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in Lagos on Monday. “We are not exactly coming to the market to raise additional capital. I think one of the things we realized is that we’ve been focused too much on the traditional business,” he said. Mr Makanjuola admitted

By Adedapo Adesanya Cameroon has announced plans to build a $3 billion hydropower plant in line with plans to become a net exporter of electricity to neighbouring countries, including Nigeria, by 2035. The project is an 810-megawatt Grand Eweng project that will be situated on the Sanaga River. It is going to be a joint venture between the government and the US-based energy company Hydromine Incorporated, making it the fifth hydro-project on the river. The new installation will start generating power by 2028 and capacity will increase to over 1 gigawatt several years after, according to Mr Lucas Briger, Vice