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The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, says following Federal Government’s effort to encourage local production, Nigeria may stop fish importation in 2020. The minister made this known while receiving a delegation from the National Fish Association of Nigeria (NFAN) led by its National President, Dr Gabriel Ogunsanya in Abuja. Nanono said time had come for Nigeria to look inward to tap into the huge potential in fisheries and aquaculture for local consumption and export. He noted that measures were already been put in place by government to actualise the plan. According to him, this is an area…

The Dangote Tomato Processing Company, Kadawa, says it has recruited no fewer than 100 skilled and casual workers ahead of its production resumption. The company also announced that it would officially resume production on February 7, after suspending operations in April 2019, due to inadequate supply of raw materials. Managing Director, Alhaji Abdulkarim Kaita, told NAN in Kano on Wednesday, that the company had concluded necessary preparations for the commencement of operations. “We have since recruited about 100 workers both skilled and casual, as we are prepared to run the company for 24 hours on daily basis,” he said. Kaita,…

A man has been convicted after pushing an 18-year-old woman off a fourth-floor balcony after she rejected his advances and stabbing two people at a party he was hosting.

Malaysia on Wednesday confirmed two cases of the Coronavirus among its nationals evacuated from Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak

Odion Ighalo has revealed he took a pay cut in order to complete his dream Deadline Day move from Shanghai Shenhua to Manchester United.

Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama says Nigeria has begun working on the security and information sharing requirements for the lifting of a US travel ban on prospective immigrants from the African nation. Speaking at a joint news conference in Washington with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Onyeama said Nigeria was ‘blindsided’ by the US decision on Friday to add it and five other nations to an expanded version of the US visa ban. Nigeria’s Foreign Minister @GeoffreyOnyeama Onyeama & US Secretary of State @SecPompeo held a joint press conference at the end of the US-Nigeria Bi-National Commission Meeting in Washington.#Nigeria…

Liverpool’s youngest-ever starting line-up beat Shrewsbury Town to set up an FA Cup fifth-round tie at Chelsea. They edged past the League One side through Ro-Shaun Williams’ own goal. With the Reds’ senior players enjoying the inaugural Premier League winter break, under-23s boss Neil Critchley led a side at Anfield containing seven teenage outfield players. At 0-0, Shrewsbury had a Shaun Whalley goal disallowed by the video assistant referee (VAR). Whalley thought he had given the Shrews the lead but his header was disallowed when VAR ruled there had been an offside in the build-up. The visitors had come from 2-0…

The police on Tuesday arraigned a domestic help, Pascal Uchechukwu, in a Magistrates’ Court in Life Camp, Abuja, for alledgely stealing a priest’s phones and dollars. Uchechukwu, of no fixed address is standing trial on a two-count charge of house breaking and theft. The Prosecution counsel, Peter Ejike, told the court that one Rev. Father, Emmanuel Ameh of Spiritan Provincialate Catholic Church,  Katampe, Abuja reported the matter at the Gwarinpa Police Station on Dec. 24. Ejike alleged that  on the same date  during mass at the church, the defendant who usually cleaned the Reverend Father’s house criminally trespassed and broke into…

The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja launched a New Visa Policy (NVP) to boost the nation’s economy and allow travellers to visit Nigeria without visas and only commence the process of obtaining visa upon arrival into the country. The Service Public Relations Officer, Mr Sunday James, who disclosed this in a statement said the new visa policy broadened the scope of visa obtainment in Nigeria from the hitherto six categories to 79. He said that the enhanced visa policy by Nigeria, one of Africa’s key economies, comes on the back of the signing of the African Continental Free Trade…

Abubakar Umar, the fourth prosecution witness, PW4, in the ongoing trial of Gabriel Suswam, a former governor of Benue State, on February 4, 2020, told Justice Okon Abang of a Federal High Court, Abuja, that some persons from the side of Suswam pressured and threatened to kill him and his family if he failed to lie while testifying before Justice A.R. Mohammed of a Federal High Court. It will be recalled that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was previously prosecuting Suswam, now a Senator and his former Commissioner of Finance, Okolobia Okpanach before Justice Mohammed for allegedly diverting…