States To Commence Cattle Colonies Next Week – FG

Chief Audu Ogbeh
(Minister for Agriculture)

The Federal Government says work will commence next week on cattle colonies in states that has indicated interest to establish them.

Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, disclosed this on Friday during a visit to the Agriculture and Veterinary Complex of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State.

Ogbeh said the National Economic Council on Thursday set up a 10-member committee comprising the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, as Chairman and nine governors to facilitate the commencement of the cattle colonies in interested states.

I'm Not In A Hurry To Do Anything – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said he is not in a hurry to do anything.

Buhari said this on Thursday night when he hosted chieftains of the All Progressives Congress to a dinner at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

He said he would usually sit and reflect thoroughly on issues, come up with solutions based on a clear conscience and then proceed to make his decisions public.

I Went Into Coma When Jonathan Called To Congratulate Me In 2015 – Buhari

The President, Alhaji Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday night said he went into coma when in 2015 former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, called to congratulate him as having emerged as winner of that year’s presidential election.

Buhari, who spoke when he hosted chieftains of the APC to a dinner at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said his emergence as president was as a result of the use of the Permanent Voter Cards.

2019: Bola Tinubu Calls For ‘Impactful Reforms’

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has called for impactful reforms for the ruling party to fulfil its pledge to the Nigerian people.

Tinubu said this at the Daily Trust Annual Lecture Series on Thursday, where he spoke on: “Nigeria and challenges of 2019: This is not a game.”

Tinubu said a lot of people see elections as the end of a process but that the fulfilment of electoral promises is the next phase after attaining any office.

Banks, Government Officials Are Frustrating Anchor Borrowers Programme – Farmers

Malam Sadiq Daware, the National Treasurer, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria, on Thursday accused some banks and governments officials of frustrating the successful implementation of the Anchor Borrowers Programme.

Daware told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that many farmers had complained that they were unable to access the loan of ABP, executed by the Central Bank of Nigeria.

Retirement: General Sues Nigerian Army

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal has slated March 15 for the hearing of two applications challenging the alleged illegal retirement of Major General Ibrahim Sani from the Nigerian Army.

Before the retirement, General Sani was Chief of Transformation and Innovation Centre of the Nigerian Army.

A three-member panel of justices, led by Justice Abubakar Datti Yahaya, on Wednesday adjourned to enable the new counsel to Sani, Magaji Mahmoud (SAN), file the relevant processes.

LASEMA Rescues Woman Stuck In Mud Under Third Mainland Bridge (Photos)

Lagos State Emergency Management Agency Response Team rescued a middle aged woman stuck in the mud under the Third Mainland Bridge, inward Berger-Iyana Oworo in the early hours of Wednesday.

This incident is coming barely two weeks after a similar incident wherein a middle aged man was rescued alive by the LASEMA Response Team and other emergency agencies at the opposite end of the same environment.