Lagos-Kebbi-Ebonyi Rice Revolution: Will It Save Nigerians From Hunger?

Lagos-Kebbi-Ebonyi Rice Revolution: Will It Save Nigerians From Hunger?

The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has continued to promise Nigerians a change of fortune from their impoverished state.

Former Captain Daniel Amokachi In Nigeria Cash-To-Play Claims

Coaches will confirm people bring money but they will not say it - Daniel Amokachi, Former Nigeria captain

Former Nigeria captain Daniel Amokachi has said the practice of local coaches being bribed to invite players onto the country's national teams is endemic.

FOR THE RECORD: Tears As Houses Worth ₦15bn Get Demolished

One of the demolished buildings

As millions of Nigerians prepare for the Yuletide, which is two days ahead, thousands of residents of Olokonla Town via Ogombo Village in Eti Osa Local Council of Lagos State, will not be marking Christmas in a joyful mood as they continue to wail and agonize over the wanton demolition of their houses by armed military men on December 16.

CHRISTMAS: Workers Battle Governors Over Unpaid Salaries

FCT Abuja Teachers down tools over unpaid allowances

Workers in some states across the country yesterday got furious over their unpaid salaries. They protested.

Edo State LG workers clad in black, protest non-payment of salaries for several months

YULETIDE: Cash Crunch Hits Banks As Long Queues Exacerbate Withdrawal

Long queues yesterday emerged in most commercial banks across the country following noticeable cash withdrawal scarcity and inability of customers to obtain cash to embark on Christmas shopping.

10,000 Police Recruits Begin Training Dec. 31

Chairman, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu and his management team on Wednesday, December 21st, paid condolence visit to the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, for the death of Police officers in the December 10th Rivers re-run election, in his office at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters Abuja.

The South-East States of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo States got 923 constable slots out of the 7,500 constables engaged by the Police Service Commission.

EBOLA OUTBREAK: Final Test Results Confirm Ebola Vaccine Highly Effective

World Health Organization (WHO) Assistant Director General for Health Systems and Innovation Marie-Paule Kieny gestures during a press conference on Ebola vaccines on October 21, 2014 at the United Nations offices

Final test results confirm an experimental Ebola vaccine is highly effective, a major milestone that could help prevent the spread of outbreaks like the one that killed thousands in West Africa.

NBA To Open Academy In Senegal To Look For New Star Players

The NBA has been raising its profile in Africa, holding its first game on the continent in Johannesburg in 2015. NBAE via Getty Images

The US' National Basketball Association (NBA) is set to open an academy in Africa next year, in what's seen as its latest move to unearth fresh talent from outside the US and extend the lucrative league's reach into new territories. 

Buhari Switches On Digital Broadcasting In Abuja Today

There was a soft launch of Free TV in Jos earlier this year. Inview

President Muhammadu Buhari will today launch the Abuja phase of the Digital Switch Over (DSO), signalling the commencement of the full roll-out of digital broadcasting across the Federal Capital City.

₦700 Billion Trapped In Private Placement Scams

• Investors seek probe of defaulting firms • SEC dissociates self from offers, warns public

Investors in Nigeria’s capital market say ₦700 billion have been trapped in private placements by firms. They urged industry regulators to wade into the perceived scam.

FG Declares 3-Day Public Holidays For Christmas, New Year Celebrations

The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared Monday 26th, Tuesday 27th December, 2016 and Monday 2nd January, 2017 as Public Holidays to mark the Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year Celebrations respectively.

France’s Hollande Backs Citizenship Bid Of African War Veterans

Most of the "Senegalese tirailleurs" are now elderly people in their eighties or nineties. Getty Images/AFP

France's President Francois Hollande has pledged to support the campaign for citizenship by Africans who fought for France during the Second World War.

The plight of the "Senegalese tirailleurs" has been an issue for successive presidents in Senegal. AFP

Nigeria Army Dismisses Video Of Soldiers Begging For Water

A spokesman for the Nigeria military has dismissed as mischievous a video uploaded on YouTube yesterday, and widely-shared on social media, showing Nigerian soldiers begging for food and water. 

Massive Fireworks Market Blast Kills At Least 29 In Mexico

This image made from video recorded from a passing car shows an explosion ripping through the San Pablito fireworks' market in Tultepec, Mexico, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016. Sirens wailed and a heavy scent of gunpowder lingered in the air after the afternoon blast at the market, where most of the fireworks stalls were completely leveled. According to the Mexico state prosecutor there are at least 26 dead. (Jose Luis Tolentino via AP)

A powerful chain-reaction explosion ripped through Mexico's best-known fireworks market on the northern outskirts of the capital Tuesday, killing at least 29 people, injuring scores more and sending a huge plume of charcoal-gray smoke billowing into the sky.

Firefighters and rescue workers walk through the scorched ground of Mexico's best-known fireworks market after an explosion ripped through it, in Tultepec, Mexico, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Estimated Billing By Electricity Firms, A Rip-Off, Says NUJ

High tension construction for electricity transmission

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Correspondents’ Chapel of Bayelsa State has described the estimated billing system of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) as a rip-off.

Nigeria To Close Abuja Airport For 6 Weeks

Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja

The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, says the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, will be closed for six weeks in February and March 2017 for total repairs on the runway.

South Africa’s Sundowns Among Eight African Champions In Draw

Mamelodi Sundowns' players celebrate after winning the CAF Champions League competition following their final match against Egypt's Zamalek, at the Borg el-Arab Stadium near Alexandria, on October 23, 2016 ©- (AFP)

Title-holders Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa are among eight winners of the CAF Champions League who will compete in the premier African club competition next season.

Planes Grounded As Smog Chokes China For Fifth Day

Photo by Lyu Wenzheng/VCG via Getty Images 

Heavy smog suffocated northeast China for a fifth day Tuesday, with hundreds of flights cancelled and road and rail transport grinding to a halt under the low visibility conditions.

Supreme Court Doesn’t Need 21 Justices, Says CJN

Justices of the Supreme Court 

The acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, has said appointing more judges or increasing the number of courtrooms are not the solutions to the problem of delayed justice dispensation in the country.

How Club Officials, Agents, Refs Defraud Nigerian Footballers — The PUNCH Investigation

Members of the Taraba State Football Club yesterday staged a protest in front of the state government house over their 21 months unpaid salaries and allowances. The footballers staged the same protest in front of the government house last year over their unpaid salaries and allowances. 

Investigations by ’Tana Aiyejina have exposed how corruption has eaten deep into various levels of Nigerian football, leaving the footballers to suffer.

Super Falcons, Nigeria's female national team, just got paid match winning bonuses dating back several months after staging a protest in Abuja.

Truck Rams German Christmas Market, Killing At Least 12

At least 12 people have been killed and around 48 injured after a lorry ploughed through a crowd of shoppers at a busy Christmas market in Berlin

A truck rammed into a crowded Christmas market in central Berlin on Monday evening, killing at least twelve people and injuring around 50 as it tore through tables and wooden stands.

More Africans At Risk Of Chronic Illness: WHO

Risk factors such as smoking, harmful use of alcohol, a poor diet which does not include the recommended five servings of fruit and vegetables a day, and low levels of physical activity are more likely to kill adults in Africa ©Aris Messinis (AFP)

City life and its modern trappings have brought bad habits to developing African nations that will see more die of chronic illness than infectious diseases by 2030, a study showed Tuesday.

AU Chief: 'Open Africa's Borders'

AFP

Outgoing African Union Commission chief Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has called for Africans to be allowed to travel freely within the continent, saying the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, South Africa's News24 website reports. 

Dr Dlamini-Zuma has declined to serve a second term. AFP

Over 55% Of Nigeria’s Fruits, Vegetables Perish Before Consumption

Photo: Daily Post

The Agricultural Fresh Produce Growers and Exporters Association of Nigeria (AFPGEAN) says between 55% and 72% of fresh produce grown in the country perish before they can be consumed.

Israeli Billionaire 'Detained Over Guinea Iron Ore Deal'

The world's most valuable iron ore deposits are thought to be beneath the Simandou mountains in Guinea. RioTinto

Billionaire businessman Beny Steinmetz has been detained by Israeli police for questioning in relation to allegations of bribery and corruption in Africa, Reuters news agency reports.

NLC Insists On ₦56,000 Minimum Wage, Vows To Unite Factions

President, Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Ayuba Wabba

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, has said the congress would do all things to preserve the unity of the Labour movement in the country.

Nigeria's Super Falcons End Protest

Nigeria's women's team have ended their sit-in protest at a hotel in Abuja after being paid money owed to them.

Nigeria Seeks Advisers For Debut Islamic Bond

Nigeria is looking for financial and legal advisers and trustee firms to organize its first Islamic bond in the domestic market, the country's Debt Management Office (DMO) said on Monday.

Buhari's 'Powerful Allies' To Be Investigated As President May Drop 10 Ministers

President Muhammadu Buhari

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an investigation into corruption allegations against top officials in his government. 

Passengers Groan As Airlines Cancel Flights Over Fuel Scarcity

Air passengers were yesterday stranded at airports across the country as domestic airlines ran short of aviation fuel to carry out scheduled flight operations.

Air passengers were yesterday stranded at airports across the country as domestic airlines ran short of aviation fuel to carry out scheduled flight operations.

Undergraduate Impersonates US Female Artist, Dupes 33 Lovers

Oluwole Photo: RRS

A 100-level part-time student of a journalism institute, Falope Oluwole, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly duping no fewer than 33 men.

"Stop Your Worthless Articles" - MMM Founder Slams Journalists

Sergey Mavrodi, the founder of Mavrodi Mundial Moneybox (MMM) has written an open letter to Nigerian journalists whom he claimed are causing unnecessary tension in the country.

Influx Of Chinese Investors Angers Madagascans

Soamahamanina residents protest the presence of the Jiuxing Chinese mining company, near the mining site in central Madagascar, on October 6, 2016 ©Rijasolo (AFP)

The mine had not yet opened, but Madagascans were already seething with rage and the Chinese management finally quit Soamahamanina, leaving behind empty tents and cigarette butts.

DR Congo Halts Football Over Fears Of Political Violence

Reigning champions TP Mazembe are owned by an opposition politician. Getty Images

The government in DR Congo has told the country's football association to suspend league competition from Thursday until further notice.

FOR THE RECORD: Fed Up With Drug War, Mexican Townspeople Kidnap Drug Lord’s Mom

Guerrero state in Mexico has been plagued by violence blamed on drug cartel turf wars (AFP Photo/Pedro Pardo)

One Mexican town is so fed up with the drug cartels that have wreaked havoc on their country they’ve decided on a drastic remedy.