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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has earmarked $6m to support Nigeria’s push for food sustenance through the production of rice and cassava. This was disclosed at the inauguration of the State Partnership for Agriculture by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and the Foundation. Speaking at the event, the Deputy Di­ rector, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, James Nyoro said the move is to enable Nigeria move from importer to exporter of food. He disclosed that Kaduna, Benue and Kogi states have been picked to pilot the project. “For us at the Bill and Melinda Founda­ tion, the programme is going to be a catalytic in helping the Nigerian government to achieve IRS vision for food security, reduce food imports and increase agriculture productivity so that they can raise many millions of Nigerians out of poverty. “Therefore, one of the areas we are going to help is state partnership because we do know that action takes place at the state level. That is where innovations are tested, w

suspected suicide bomber reportedly intercepted in northern Cameroon before she could blow herself up has claimed to be one of the 219 Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants. The claim now suggests there may be some element of truth in the claim in some quarters that the girls abducted in Chibok, Borno State in 2014, are being used as suicide bombers. According to Reuters, quoting military and government sources in Cameroon, two girls carrying explosives were stopped by local self-defence forces in Cameroon’s northern village of Limani. The girls were said to have been handed over to troops of the multi-national force who said that the claim by one of the intercepted girls is being investigated. Boko Haram militants had kidnapped about 270 of the schoolgirls and loaded them onto trucks, with about 50 of them escaping afterwards. The incident sparked outrage and a Chibok Girls to free them, which went viral worldwide.

The Nigerian Defense Academy NDA 68th Regular Course entrance exam schedule has been announced. The requirements that should be taken to the exam venue as well as criteria for eligibility for the exams has also been disclosed. Interested members of the public that are eligible for admission into the academy are hereby informed to apply now before the application closes.  Eligibility Only candidates who meet the JAMB national cutoff mark will be eligible to sit for the NDA Entrance Examination at their Examination Centre of choice.  EXAMINATION DATE AND REQUIREMENTS 6.  The examination will be conducted as an Entrance Examination (similar to Post–UTME examination in conventional universities), and is scheduled to hold on Saturday 23 April 2016. Therefore, all eligible candidates are to bring along their Acknowledgement Form, Examination Admission Card, JAMB result slip and TWO (2) postcard sized (3.5 x 5 inches) photographs to the Examination Centre on the examination dat