Agriculture

Agric ministry, FAO, stakeholders set to implement ‘Nourishing Nigeria’ project

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 14 April 2025 0

By Tunde Opalana The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and other stakeholders met in Abuja to strategize on mechanism to implement the Federal Government’s “Nourishing Nigeria” project A statement on Sunday by Obe M.

Tourism

Ministry of Art and Culture sign MOU with NESG to drive growth in creative industry

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 8 June 2024 0

 By Orji Onyekwere The Ministry of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy and the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) have sealed a pact to develop a framework for financing the creative industry’s growth. The Memorandum of Understanding which was signed on Friday, in Abuja aims to revitalize the sector, unlock its vast potential, and contribute […]

News

N585m alleged fraud: NGO calls for investigation in NNPC, CBN, Finance Ministry

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 9 January 2024 0

BY IDIBIA GABRIEL Amidst the ongoing EFCC investigation into alleged financial irregularities within the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, and the immediate suspension of Dr. Betta Edu, ActionAid Nigeria’s Country Director, Andrew Mamedu, has urged President Bola Tinubu to extend the investigation to NNPC, CBN, and the Ministry of Finance.

News

Agric ministry trains,deploys 82,547 extension workers

Ihesiulo Grace 15 October 2022 0

By Tunde Opalana The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) has said it has successfully trained and deployed 82, 547 extension workers from 2019 to date to aid and promote local farming in Nigeria. Extension in agriculture is a service that assists farmers through educational procedures in improving farming methods and techniques as […]

News

Senate, ministry feud over expenses on biros, others

Ihesiulo Grace 12 December 2020 0

Senators have uncovered frivolous expenditure by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources which allegedly spent N14.5 million to buy Schneider Biros, N46 million for letter heads and N56 million on tonners for photocopy machines. The shocking revelation was unearthed by the Senate Committee on Public Account chaired by Senator Mathew Urhogbide while scrutinizing the 2015

News

Ministry to collaborate with NSE on power supply – Minister

Ihesiulo Grace 30 October 2020 0

By Doosuur Iwambe The Ministry of Power is to collaborate with the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) to improve power generation, transmission, and distribution in the country. Minister of Power, Mr Sale Mamman, made this known when he received the National Executive Members of the NSE in his office. This is contained in a statement […]

News

NASS C’ttee pledges to improve Foreign Affairs ministry, agencies’ performances

Ihesiulo Grace 25 October 2019 0

Abuja – The Joint National Assembly Committee on Cooperation on Integration in Africa and NEPAD has promised to change the workings of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its agencies to meet modern realities. The co-Chairman of the committee, Rep. Mohammed Bago (APC-Niger), made this known at a joint budget defence session on Friday in […]

Featured News Politics

ICYMI: Why I was moved from Niger Delta Ministry to Labour and Employment – Keyamo

Ihesiulo Grace 28 September 2019 0

Former Minister of State for Niger-Delta Affairs, Festus Keyamo has given reasons why President Muhammadu Buhari redeployed him from the Ministry of Niger Delta to the Ministry of Ministry of Labour and Employment. Keyamo, a senior advocate of Nigeria, while reacting to the development, wrote on Twitter, “On the move again: Two portfolios in two […]

Opinion

Wanted: Ministry of Leisure, Pleasure, Enjoyment and Happiness

Ihesiulo Grace 11 December 2017 0

The combustive human enthusiasm between the establishment of Spain’s Ministry of Sex and the Ministry of Happiness and Couple Fulfillment in Imo State, is only tempered by Saudi Arabia’s Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. The Saudi contraption is a dampener monitoring whether women are properly dressed so as not to […]

Business

NCAA, not ICAO implemented Abuja, Lagos airports’ certification – Aviation Ministry

Ihesiulo Grace 27 November 2017 0

The Ministry of Aviation weekend clarified, that the certification of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja and Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos were implemented by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) contrary to reports that the two airports were certified by International Civil Aviation organization (ICAO). A statement issued by the