AFRICAN Development Bank (AfDB) is planning to mobilise $520m to co-finance the first phase of an ambitious special agricultural processing programme in Nigeria aimed at boosting farm output.

NIGERIA'S presidency has launched a scathing attack on human rights body Amnesty International saying it is siding with terrorists operating in Nigeria and has no legal right to exist within the country.

LAWMAKERS in Nigeria's House of Representatives are contemplating  passing a bill that will offer constitutional backing to regional  security operations like Amotekun and Ebubeagu in a bid to address the growing insecurity plaguing the nation.

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[1] Brazil produces about 770m tonnes of sugarcane annually that generates about $36bn in revenue for the country’s economy

[2] As far back as 2011, 1.1m people were employed in the Brazilian sugarcane industry. Despite instances of poor conditions for workers, it is one of the highest paying agricultural sectors in Brazil, second only to the soybean industry

NIGERIA'S federal government has announced that it may sanction eligible citizens who refuse to take the coronavirus vaccine as part of a renewed health campaign to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

TERRORIST sect the Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap) has claimed to have killed 10 Nigerian soldiers during a recent raid on a Nigerian army military facility in Rann in Borno State.

FULANI herdsmen body the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (Macban) has asked the Enugu State government to postpone its planned introduction of a ban on open grazing for a month to enable it submit proposals on plans.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's chief of staff Professor Ibrahim Gambari is to lead a delegation of federal government officials to New York later this week to counter the propaganda of self-determination groups critical of this administration.

NIGERIAN winger Ademola Lookman has joined English Premier League side Leicester City on a season-long loan where he will play alongside compatriots Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho over the forthcoming campaign.

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[1] All those known sponsors of Boko Haram, Iswap and armed herdsmen, whose names have been passed to the intelligence services as being responsible for the bombings and insurgency in the country will be arrested and charged to court

[2] This government shall begin the process of implementing some of the recommendations of the 2014 National Confab report that will transfer economic power back to the federating units