The President of the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RFAN), Alhaji Abubakar Wodi, says in this interview that farmers are not happy by government’s decision to import 500,000 metric tons of rice into the country because this will sabotage the efforts by local farmers to improve productivity.

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The Federal Government will continue to partner with the media in efforts to enhance the country’s democracy, Mr John Odey, Minister of Information and Communications, said yesterday in Abuja.

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Unknown gunmen yesterday on Bonny water ways in Rivers State took two men hostage after attacking the ship.No known militant group operating in the Niger-Delta region has claimed responsibility for the latest attack yet.

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The Federal Executive Council will now be meeting weekly and not fortnightly as earlier directed by President Umaru Yar’Adua, a senior government official told Sunday Trust.

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Former Military President Ibrahim Babangida said on Friday that Nigeria had not been structured to reflect true federalism. Babangida said during a condolence visit to the family of the late Afenifere leader, Chief Abraham Adesanya. He regretted that in spite of the efforts of people such as Adesanya, Nigeria has not been able to achieve true federalism in line with the aspirations of its founding fathers.

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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Gombe State has rejected the posting of one Miss Ikpeama Doris Ifeoma, over her inability to speak the English language.

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Prof Ishaq Oloyede, National Co-coordinator of the National Inter-Religious Council, has said that religion was not the cause of the conflicts among the various Nigerian groups.

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The Kano Zonal Programme Manager of FHI/GHAIN, Muhammed Tijjani, has said that over 300,000 persons are living with HIV/AIDS in Kano.

, saying currently GHAIN gives free treatment to 6,000 patients, while over 80,000 patients benefited from GHAIN.

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In some of your editions, you carried a public enlightenment advert on your company’s policy on gifts to your reporters entitled "No Thank You". I commend you for adopting it.

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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reiterated its commitment to improve aviation safety in Africa, while calling on African governments to get their acts together on safety infrastructure.

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In the week before last, all roads led to Adamawa state in North Eastern Nigeria, the home state of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. The event was critical; voters were going to the polls to elect a governor for the second time in twelve months. Candidate of the Action Congress (AC) Ibrahim Bapatel had secured a court ruling quashing the election of Murtala Nyako of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). But the re-run election has come and gone with the re-election of the PDP.

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As events unfold from the National Assembly probes, president of the Civil Rights Congress, Malam Shehu Sani said former President Olusegun Obasanjo must be prosecuted or President Umaru Yar’adua should forget about fighting corruption. Sani spoke with Isa Sa’idu in Zaria. Excerpts:

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"The existence of three tipper garages along Kubwa expressway has further worsened the situation. The FRSC confirmed that the truck drivers operate on the road recklessly as they cross the expressway on high speed without due consideration for other road users, resulting into preventable accidents."

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The power generation in the country has again fallen below 1,000 megawatts, the Miniser of Energy (Power), Hajiya Fatima Balarabe Ibrahim, said yesterday.

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The trial of the leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Henry Okah, is to continue in camera as the court yesterday favoured the application sought by the federal government that the trial be conducted in camera.

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Mohammed Musa Bello, Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON)in this interview, allayed fears that the withdrawal of subsidy which he termed as exchange rate concession earlier enjoyed by the pilgrims to the holy land will not raise hajj fares. He said even if there would be increment, it would not be connected with the withdrawal but other market forces, among other issues. Excerpts:

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The House of Representatives yesterday said the embargo placed on members from making public comments ahead of the proposed probe of the oil and gas sector has not been lifted.

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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Dr. Aliyu Modibbo, has set up a committee to enforce the ban on smoking in public places in the FCT from June 1.

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The West African Examinations Council
(WAEC), has cancelled its English
Language Paper One (Essay) of the ongoing May/June West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) which was scheduled to hold yesterday.

At a news conference in Lagos, the Head of the National Office of the council (HNO), Dr Iyi Uwadiae, said the paper would be taken on May 14.

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Malam Muhammad Awwal left Samaru to Sabon Gari Zaria at around 9pm after visiting a friend of his. He did not foresee any danger on his way back home, Sabon Gari. The 37-year-old’s happy mood was cut short when some youths stopped his car, threatening to burn his car. The youths mistook Malam Awwal as one of the perpetrators of the alleged riggings that characterised the local governments’ elections.

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