Minister of Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, has said the new maize variety, ‘Tela maize’, will save the country over $268 million it loses to fall armyworm annually. Nnaji noted Nigeria will save foreign exchange by importing over 400,000 metric tonnes of maize yearly. The minister who spoke in Abuja yesterday during a visit to the demonstration site of Tela maize said, …

The Federal Government said yesterday that financial restrictions faced by the 774 local government councils in the country were hampering their growth. The Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Zephaniah Jisalo, made the observation at a 2-day workshop, with the theme “Local Government Administration in Nigeria: Reviewing the Trajectories, Trends and Projections in Today’s Economic and Political Realities”, organised …

The Minister of State for Environment, Mr. Iziaq Salako has said washing hands with soap under running water can reduce infections by 50 percent and respiratory disease by 25 per cent. Salako made this known on Monday, at an event to commemorate the 2023 Global Handwashing Day organised in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Education, Breakthrough Action Nigeria, and …

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mallam Mohammed Idris has revealed why President Bola Tinubu renamed the Ministry of Information and Culture to the Ministry of Information and National Orientation. Idris said the change of name was to facilitate the reorientation of Nigerians to recover their sense as a nation. This, he said, was a mandate given to him …

The Coordinating Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate has said that 98 per cent of unvaccinated children were infected with diphtheria in 19 states. The minister disclosed this at the Northern Traditional Leaders’ Committee (NTLC) on Primary Health Care Service Delivery quarterly review meeting on Wednesday in Abuja. The meeting was organised by the National Primary Health …

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola has said that the Nigerian Ports Authority would soon commence the implementation of full automation and cargo tracking to promote ease of doing business across various ports in the country. While receiving a renowned entrepreneur and sustainability expert, Prof. Gunter Pauli, the minister said that former’s three-day visit to Nigeria …

The Minister of State for Education, Dr. Tanko Sununu, has appealed to students, parents and lecturers in public tertiary institutions to shun acts capable of disrupting the academic session as schools get set for resumption. Sununu made the appeal in Abuja on Wednesday when the leadership of the Congress of University Academics paid him a courtesy visit. Speaking ahead of …

The Minister of Transportation, Senator Saidu Ahmad Alkali has assured that the Kano to Maradi rail project will be completed at the set year of 2025. Alkali gave the assurance on Friday in Katsina State while inspecting the project which was awarded at the cost of $2 billion by the former administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The minister who expressed …

Coordinating Minister for Health and Social Services, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate has identified poor funding, brain drain, obsolete equipment as well as lack of facilities as the major problems of Nigeria’s health sector. The minister made the assertion in an address he delivered Thursday at the 13th Biennial Delegates’ Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Medical and Dental Consultants Association …

Former Rivers State Governor, Engr. Nyesom Wike, has told the Senate ministerial screening committee on Monday that President Bola Tinubu would not regret nominating him to serve in his cabinet. Wike is the only leader of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party in the ministerial list of the All Progressives Congress-led administration sent by the President to the Senate last …