To Process, Incorporate Soybean Into Household Meals By Segun Adewale, Bauchi As part of efforts to promote quality soybean seed production and strengthen women’s participation in agriculture and improve nutrition, Catalyzing strengthened Policy Action for Healthy Diets and Resilience (CASCADE) has activated a Mega Brown Soybean Field Day in Bauchi State focusing on empowering women towards addressing malnutrition at the community and household level and advocating for greater government engagement for sustainable food systems. The CASCADE project sponsored, by Care, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands in collaboration with Seed Co Nigeria, brought together women farmers, agricultural experts,…
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Port Harcourt Area I Command, on Sunday, 9 November, 2025 announced that it recorded its highest-ever monthly revenue collection, raking in N33.75 billion in October 2025, a 272 per cent increase from N9.07 billion posted in the same period last year. The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Salamat Aliyu Atuluku, who announced this feat through a statement issued on Sunday, 9 November, 2025, described the performance as a reflection of “teamwork, innovation, and operational discipline.” According to her, the command’s cumulative revenue between January and October 2025 now stands at N247.46 billion, up from N164.08 billion…
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) on Sunday, 9 November, 2025 denied allegations of a Christian genocide in Nigeria, describing them as false, dangerous, and politically motivated. The NSCIA’s position follows renewed debate ignited by US. President Donald Trump’s recent remarks condemning Christian mass killings in Nigeria, while directing the U.S Department of War “to prepare for possible action,” adding that the attack by American forces will be “fast, vicious, and sweet,” if the Nigerian government allows the killings to continue. Speaking during a press conference in Abuja on Sunday, 9 November, 2025, the Council’s Secretary-General, Prof. Is-haq…
A delegation from the Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS, led by the its President, Justice Ricardo Cláudio Monteiro Gonçalves will be in the Republic of Liberia for an outreach programme and legal clinic from the 10th – 16th November, 2025. The sensitisation activities are intended to create awareness about the Court, its role, mandate, jurisdiction, access to the Court among other vital information. According to a statement on Sunday, the outreach is an avenue for increasing visibility of the Court, which belongs to the Community citizens who need to take ownership by being aware of its activities. The statement said…
Angola and Nigeria have expressed readiness to strengthen their bilateral relations as well as be at the forefront of regional multilateral cooperation. This was disclosed at the weekend at the Angola’s 50th Independence Anniversary celebrations in Abuja. The event with themed: “Pieces of Angola’s History Told by the Protagonists,” brought together diplomats, scholars, business leaders, and veterans to celebrate half a century of independence and friendship between Angola and Nigeria. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, reiterated Nigeria’s commitment to strengthening relationships with Angola. Tuggar, who was represented at the event by the Deputy Director/Head Southern African Affairs Division,…
The Executive Chairman of Mosan-Okunola Local Council Development Area, Hon. Akindele Adunni Opeyemi, has donated ₦10 million to support the kidney transplant surgery of 13-year-old Alfred Akande, a resident battling chronic kidney disease. She announced the donation during the official flag-off of the Mosan Okunola Renewed Hope Relief Cash Package on Friday, where 200 indigent residents received ₦100,000 each. Alfred was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease caused by a posterior urethral valve, and he urgently requires ₦17 million for a kidney transplant. The heartbreaking report was brought to Hon. Akindele’s attention by the Council’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Abiola…
Operatives of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit of the Ondo State Police Command have bust a “notorious sex trafficking” syndicate that exploited young women under the guise of job recruitment and social media content creation. The operation led to the rescue of 15 young ladies between 20 and 26. Ondo State Police Command Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Olayinka Ayanlade, who made this disclosure through a statement issued on Sunday, 9 November, 2025, said the SWAT team, acting on credible intelligence, apprehended one Jayeola Joshua, a resident of Alagbaka, along with two accomplices in connection with the crime.…
A wanted drug lord 40-year-old Yussuf Azeez has been arrested by operatives of a special operations unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos while on his way to Saudi Arabia. Azeez was arrested on his way for Umrah, a holy pilgrimage, after months of intelligence and surveillance on him and his criminal drug activities. A statement on Sunday by the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi said the alleged drug kingpin had been arrested and charged for drug offences in the United Kingdom but jumped bail and escaped to Nigeria.…
I congratulate Professor Chukwuma Soludo on his re-election as the governor of Anambra State. The overwhelming victory he recorded in Saturday’s poll has now made him the third governor in the state’s political history to win a second term. I must also congratulate the people of Anambra State, the security agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the peaceful and successful conduct of the governorship election. Professor Soludo’s re-election is a testament to his visionary leadership and the significant progress the state has made under his guidance. Governor Soludo, the Solution, has demonstrated that indeed knowledge is power…
Ogun State Governor and Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has congratulated the Governor of Anambra State, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, on his re-election. Soludo, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), was declared winner of the Anambra governorship election held on Saturday, after polling 422,664 out of 584,054 valid votes across the state’s 21 local government areas, according to results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). His closest rival, Nicholas Ukachukwu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), scored 99,445 votes, while the ADC and PDP candidates polled 8,208 and 1,401 votes respectively. In…