March 12, 2020

FG Okays N14bn For Purchase Of Insecticides, Animal Drugs

FG Okays ₦14bn For Purchase Of Insecticides, Animal Drugs

March 12, 2020 6:14 am

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved ₦13.9billion for the purchase of insecticides in states affected by quelea birds.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, disclosed this on Wednesday when he addressed State House correspondents.

He spoke after the council meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari.

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The minister explained that the money also covers the purchase of drugs for the treatment of animal diseases like rabies.

“We had one memorandum from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and that was on pest control, animal diseases like rabies, lungs and

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Floyd Mayweather’s Ex-Girlfriend Found Dead

March 12, 2020 6:14 am

Floyd Mayweather’s ex-girlfriend, Josie Harris, has been found dead in her home in California, TMZ reports.

The 40-year-old had three children with Mayweather.

Harris was found unresponsive inside her car outside the house and declared dead on the spot.

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Investigators however don’t suspect any foul play.

Mayweather served a two-month sentence in 2012 after an incident in September 2010, during which Harris claimed he stormed into her Las Vegas home as she slept and attacked her.

The boxer was convicted of misdemeanor domestic battery, but claimed he was only found guilty because of

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How Officials Forged Signatures Of 326 To Steal Funds

March 12, 2020 6:14 am

The trial of the former Chairperson of the Kwara State Scholarship Board, Hajia Fatimah Yusuf and two others continued Wednesday with the second prosecution witness revealing how officials of the board forged signatures of 326 students to steal bursary funds.

The two others included the Executive Secretary, Fatai Lamidi and the Accountant, Stephen Ajewole.

The Ilorin Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had on January 15, 2020, arraigned the three officials of the board on a seven count charge over their involvement in bursary fraud to the tune of N50m.

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FFK Attacks Bima Over Bill Seeking To Stop Generator Use

March 12, 2020 6:14 am

Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, has condemned the Senator representing Niger South, Muhammad Bima, for introducing a bill seeking to ban importation of generators in Nigeria.

Fani-Kayode described Bima as insane for seeking to jail those who sell and generator in Nigeria.

Bima had introduced the bill and it scaled through first reading on the floor of the senate, on Wednesday.

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The bill, which is entitled ‘Generating Set (Prohibition/Ban) Bill, 2020,” also seeks to curb the menace of environmental (air) pollution and to facilitate the development

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