Agriculture

Nigeria strategises ways to rank first in global Sorghum production

Ihesiulo Grace 9 March 2021 0

By Nneka Nwogwugwu The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in collaboration with stakeholders in agriculture have strategized ways Nigeria can rank first in global Sorghum production. Daily Times reports that Nigeria is the world’s third-largest producer of Sorghum after

Headlines

Nigeria, Morocco sign MOUs on hydrocarbons, agriculture

Ihesiulo Grace 8 March 2021 0

The Federal Government and the Kingdom of Morocco have signed five strategic Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs) that would foster bilateral collaboration andpromote the development of hydrocarbons, agriculture, and commercein both countries. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva led the Nigerian delegation to the agreement signing ceremony at

News

Those who wanted Jonathan out of office behind banditry in Nigeria – Mailafia

Ihesiulo Grace 26 February 2021 0

Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, says many of the bandits terrorizing the country were sponsored by persons who wanted former President Goodluck Jonathan out of power. Mailafia stated this during an interview on Thursday. He said, “During the 2015 elections they brought in thousands of foreigners into […]

News

UN responds to banditry attacks in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 24 February 2021 0

By Nneka Nwogwugwu Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, has responded to the banditry attacks in Northern Nigeria. She spoke during a meeting on the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria with the Foreign Affairs minister, Geoffrey onyeama on Tuesday, February 23, in Abuja. She stated that the UN has over the […]

Business Economy

Nigerian economy out of recession – FG declares

Ihesiulo Grace 19 February 2021 0

The Federal Government (FG) has said that the Nigerian economy is out of recession with 0.11 percent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) recorded in the last quarter of 2020. The Minister of State, Budget and Economic Planning, Mr. Clem Agha, announced this in Imo on Thursday at the commissioning of a 3.5-kilometer ring road, executed by […]

Business

Nigeria, China in CNY1.75bn bilateral currency swap

Ihesiulo Grace 18 February 2021 0

After the Central Bank of Nigeria signed a bilateral currency swap agreement with the People’s Bank of China in April 2018, a total of CNY1.75bn has been auctioned on the market since the end of June 2020. The CBN announced this in its ‘Financial Markets Department 2020 Half Year Operation Report’ that was published on Wednesday. Some […]

News

Nigeria must feed herself — Minister

Ihesiulo Grace 12 February 2021 0

Dr Ogbonnya Onu, Minister of Science and Technology, said in Abuja on Thursday that food security was very critical to Nigeria and that the nation must be well-positioned to feed itself. Onu said Nigeria’s burgeoning population meant that its inability to feed its citizens would create problems for the country and also for the global […]

News

How we are changing agricultural narrative in Nigeria- Voriancorelli

Ihesiulo Grace 1 February 2021 0

By Mutiat Alli As the world continues to embrace technology as the driver of human development, one sector that has been earmarked for transformation in Nigeria is the agricultural sector as stakeholders across public sector and private establishments have already begun taking steps to the effect. At an interactive session which brought together key players […]

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Nigerian youth tasks Buhari to treat health as national security

Ihesiulo Grace 13 December 2020 0

By Doosuur Iwambe As Nigeria celebrates the 2020 Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day, the Nigerian Youth Champions for Universal Health Coverage (NYC4UHC), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to see health as a national security issue that requires urgent attention. Speaking during a press conference in Abuja on Saturday, the NYC4UHC acting chair person, Pitan […]

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Columnist: India’s beef politics and Nigeria’s water politics

Ihesiulo Grace 12 December 2020 0

India and Nigeria our country are two intriguing countries although they are dissimilarly intriguing, I must say. No country in the world can be compared with these respective Asian and African countries in terms of their multiethnic, multi-lingual, multi-cultural and even multi-religious diversities. A conservative calculation would put the linguistic groups in each of

Opinion

Opinion: Nigeria: The challenges of survival

Ihesiulo Grace 25 November 2020 0

By Promise Adiele I am not an economist, but I am not ignorant of the economic tensions around the world, especially in Nigeria. I remember my Economics teacher in secondary school. We nicknamed him Adam Smith. Tall, suave, and debonair, our local Adam Smith made us believe he knew everything about micro and macroeconomic issues. […]

Opinion

Opinion: Study notes on Nigeria’s youth revolt

Ihesiulo Grace 9 November 2020 0

By Edwin Madunagu What actually happened in Nigeria, from October 8, 2020 to the last week of that month? Did we see a protest, a revolt, an uprising, a rebellion, a nihilist – anarchist selfexpression, an insurrection or a revolution? But why have I decided to put “revolution” last? Is it because it is the […]

Opinion

Opinion: #EndSARS: What did our leaders learn?

Ihesiulo Grace 2 November 2020 0

By Niran Adedokun It is unfortunate that some members of Nigeria’s power elite still make a joke of the unfortunate uprising the country faced last week. On Monday, Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, in what appears like a low-key admission of the presence of his men at the Lekki toll plaza where […]

Editorial

OPINION: Restructuring: Lifeline for a faltering republic

Ihesiulo Grace 15 October 2020 0

By Ebun-Olu ADEGBORUWA For some months now, there has been a growing agitation for the restructuring of the entity called Nigeria. In times past, there has been a lot of clamour from Nigerians, for the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government, to fulfil its promise of restructuring, to the nation, Daily Times gathered. By way of […]

Opinion

Opinion: Restructuring of Nigeria in structuralists philosophy

Ihesiulo Grace 5 October 2020 0

By Auwal Muhammad There have been efforts by many Nigerians on the need to restructure the country. The advocates of this thinking believe that the only way to address the country’s problems is via restructuring. For this category of people, Nigeria has, since inception, been formed on a wrong footing which dates back to 1914’s […]

News

Nigeria @ 60: India says recent exchanges signifies strengthened relations

Ihesiulo Grace 1 October 2020 0

The government of India has congratulated Nigeria on its 60th Independence Anniversary, extolling the recent exchanges between both countries which indicates strengthened bilateral relations. READ ALSO: Nigeria@60: Key points of Buhari’s Independence address Daily Times gathered that the Indian High Commission in Abuja disclosed this in a felicitation message via its

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Nigeria still wobbling at 60

Ihesiulo Grace 1 October 2020 0

By Felix Oboagwina, Tunde Opalana & Bolaji Saka Palpable despair and a measure of hope have enveloped Nigerians as they observe the country’s 60th independence anniversary. Had the organised labour not called off its strike planned for Monday September 27 at the last minute, today’s commemoration would have been dogged by an outpouring of anger […]

News

Nigeria at 60: My prayers for my dear country- Obaego, CEO of Teczo Real Estate

Ihesiulo Grace 1 October 2020 0

In a few days time, October 1, 2020 to be precise, Nigeria will be celebrating 60 years since she got her independence from the British colonial rule in 1960. This year like every other, Nigerians home and Diaspora will proudly celebrate the 60th anniversary of their country’s independence, but with mixed feelings; as we are […]

News

Nigeria yet to attain full potentials at 60, says Oyegun

Ihesiulo Grace 30 September 2020 0

By Titus Akhigbe Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has expressed sadness that Nigeria is yet to attain its full potentials six decades after Independence he expressed his feelings while fielding questions from journalists in his Benin City residence. Oyegun said starvation, terrorism, and dwindling resources have

Health

Nigeria does not have capacity to produce vaccine — Ihekweazu

Ihesiulo Grace 29 September 2020 0

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Director-General Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu on Monday has revealed that Nigeria does not have enough capacity for production of vaccines. READ ALSO: Covid-19: Why NCDC now records low figures of confirmed cases – PTF Daily Times Nigeria learnt that Ihekweazu made this known during a television programme in Abuja. During […]