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Roughly three years ago, President Muhammadu Buhari visited the Kingdom of Morocco. He asked King Mohammed VI to give Nigeria from their rich phosphate mineral so that fertilizer can be produced here at home for the teeming farming population. Agreement reached, President Buhari set up a Presidential Fertiliser Initiative in his office. Three years down the road, 24 moribund blending plans are now working, providing 100,000 direct and indirect new jobs to Nigerians. The cost of fertilizer is down by more than 50 percent. Nigeria makes a saving of USD 200 million used for its annual import and a further…

Opinion  Lagos-Ibadan Expressway project: FG urges relocation of trucks blocking construction works  November 4, 2019  Admin  0 Comments Mr Funso Adebiyi, the Director, Federal Highways, Southwest, on Monday appealed to transport unions to evacuate trucks parked around the Ogere area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, obstructing reconstruction works on the highway. Adebiyi made the appeal during a stakeholders’ meeting at the Reynolds Construction Company (RCC) project yard on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that stakeholders at the meeting included transport unions, truck owners, drivers’ associations, law enforcement agencies, traffic regulatory agencies, traditional rulers and community residents’ association leaders,…

Author of Ladies calling the shots, a book profiling leading female filmmaker in Nigeria will on Monday join about 20 other authors at Book Trek, the opening event of the Lagos Book and Arts festival, LABAF. The event holds at Freedom Park, Lagos at 5pm. A statement issued by the Lagos based public relations practitioner informed that Adedokun will be reading from his new book, The danfo driver in all of us. The author, Niran Adedokun Released recently on the Prima imprint of Narrative Landscape Press, the 250- page book is a collection of articles written by the author on…

Nollywood actress, Foluke Daramola Salako, on Monday advocated for aged veteran artistes to be brought back into acting on screen. The actress, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, expressed her passion for veterans, whom she described as role models for various households. Daramola said that many of the aged veterans were disheartened and frustrated, adding that some are sick and neglected. “I have realised that not all of these veterans are sick; some are only frustrated because they are no longer relevant as actors and actresses. “Worse of all, people no longer relate with them.…

Ace Nigerian Afro-pop artiste, Damini Ogulu, popularly known by his stage name Burna Boy, has won the Best African Act award at the 2019 MTV Europe Music Awards (MTV EMAs). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the singer clinched the prize at the MTV EMAs ceremony held on Sunday in Seville, Spain, with several music stars across the world in attendance. The “Anybody” crooner, who had earlier in the year won the Best International Act at the BET Awards in the U.S have now joined Nigerian singers on the MTV EMAs winners roll. In 2018, Tiwa Savage won…

The Nigerian Army (NA) has vowed to investigate, apprehend and sanction its personnel who are involved in professional misconduct such as extra judicial killings and torture of suspects. The Acting Director Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Musa said that the decision was sequel to a video reportedly showing some army personnel engaged in torture and extra judicial killing of a suspected Boko Haram terrorist likely in the North East. He said that the army authorities had clearly and strongly condemned the action of those involved in the misconduct. “NA training,…

A  Kabusa Grade I Area Court on Monday ordered that a 25-year-old security guard, Jude Agyor,  charged with negligent conduct, be remanded in a correctional centre. The Judge, Ibrahim Kagarko, adjourned the case until Nov. 12 for hearing. Agyor, a security guard of Leadership Wealth located at No. 37 Julius Nyerere Crescent Asokoro, Abuja, however, pleaded not guilty to the offence. The Prosecution Counsel, Mahmud Lawal, told the court that the complainant, Israel Godknows, who is the facility manager of Leadership Wealth, reported the case at the Asokoro Police station, Abuja on Sept.12. He alleged that while the defendant was…

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday sentenced a 30-year-old unemployed, Sulaimon Agboola,to six months in Kirikiri Correctional Facility, Apapa, Lagos, for stoning police officers on duty. Chief Magistrate M.O. Tanimola, sentenced Agboola, after he pleaded guilty to five counts of conspiracy, unlawful society, assault, breach of the peace and possession of hemp. Tanimola, however, gave the convict an option to pay a fine of N40, 000. Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp. Aondohemba Koti, told the court that the defendant conducted himself in a manner likely to cause breach of the peace by substance, suspected to be Cannabis Sativa to hoodlums…

The Supreme Court on Monday struck out a referral appeal praying the court to determine the constitutionality or otherwise of the removal of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria.The referral appeal filed by Dr Samuel Nwawka, was struck out by Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, who  led five justices, after the appellant failed to appear and was not legally represented.Nwawka had approached the Apex Court to invoke section 22 of the Supreme Court Act to determine Constitutional questions relating to the  ways and manners the Federal Government caused the removal of Onnoghen as CJN through ex-parte application at the…

A Shari’a Court 2 sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna, on Monday dissolved four-year-old marriage between Nasiru Adamu and Maryam Lawal over irreconcilable differences. The Judge, Mallam Murtala Nasir, gave the ruling after the defendant made one pronouncement of divorce to Maryam who had filed a suit against him seeking for divorce through Khul’i ( redemption). The judge also granted the complainant the custody of their two-year-old child and ordered Adamu to pay her N4,500 monthly feeding allowance for the child. “He should pay N13,500 for the months of November, December and January,” he said The court  also ordered the defendant…