Nigerians are choking as the price of rice, garri, yam, beans, and other food items surged by over 100 per cent annually. The National Bureau of Statistics disclosed this in its latest Selected Food Price Watch for March 2024. This is as 1kg of rice locally sold loose stood at N1,340.74, indicating a rise of…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has tasked telecom companies to refocus on developmental cooperation with subnational governments in terms of tax payments and corporate social responsibility. Addressing a delegation of the Globacom telecommunication company in his office, Governor Adeleke who endorsed the proposed partnership with the Globacom firm declared: “I am a stakeholder in…
Determined to foster a strong relationship between the two southwestern states, the Ekiti State Government and its Osun counterpart, have mapped out strategies to resolve inter-state boundary crises in some border towns across the two states. The two states sealed the peace act on Thursday when a delegation, led by the Ekiti State Deputy Governor,…
The former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello on Friday finally agreed to submit himself to the Federal High Court in Abuja for arraignment on June 13 in the corruption charges against him. Bello’s lead counsel, Abdulwahab Mohammed gave the undertaking to Justice Emeka Nwite on Friday shortly after the request for suspension of trial…
The Jigawa State Government is partnering with the African Development Bank (AfDB) to see to the development of a special agro-industrial zone (SAPZ) in the state. This was made known when a delegation from the AfDB, led by Mrs. Monde Nyambe, paid a courtesy call on Governor Mallam Umar Namadi Wednesday at the Government House,…
….tells investors to take advantage of President Tinubu’s economic reforms Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji yesterday in Dallas , USA told foreign investors to take advantage of the current economic reforms in Nigeria to invest in the country. “This is the right time for any investor to invest in Nigeria”, Oyebanji declared at a…
Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, arrived in Nigeria on Friday to promote the Invictus Games, an initiative he founded to support the rehabilitation of wounded and sick service members and veterans, including Nigerian soldiers engaged in a 14-year conflict against Islamic extremists. According to Associated Press on Friday, the couple, visiting West Africa for…
The Kano State Police Command has arrested one Sadiq Zubairu who killed his friend, Bello Adam over his failure to help the victim secure a job after receiving the sum of N3 million. Zubairu had promised the late Adam, who was his former colleague at the Kano Electricity Distribution Company, to help him secure a…
Bandits on Thursday night invaded the Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, Okene in Kogi State and abducted some students. An eyewitness account indicated that the bandits swooped on the university around 9pm while the students were reading for their upcoming exams. The source said that the bandits came in through the bush, went…
The palace of Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Thursday disowned a claim by a man in a viral video, who had said the monarch is his father. A release by the monarch’s spokesperson, Moses Olafare said the man in the viral video had engaged in act of impersonation, noting that the matter had…
