Imported banana, with low prices, has flooded Abuja markets, raising concerns about the country’s food security, the livelihoods of banana farmers and traders as well…
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‘I’ll give you documents that can fetch over N3trn’
Former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms AbdulRasheed Maina, says he is ready to reveal top secrets to President Muhammadu Buhari. In…
View More ‘I’ll give you documents that can fetch over N3trn’Seven protesters arrested over US police shooting of teen
Seven US protesters have been arrested at a demonstration over Connecticut authorities’ handling of the case of a teenager killed by police. The protesters were arrested on…
View More Seven protesters arrested over US police shooting of teen8 prison officers sacked for smuggling
The Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) has sacked eight junior officers for various acts of indiscipline including smuggling of prohibited items into prison yards for inmates.…
View More 8 prison officers sacked for smugglingYewande Oyediran husband killer gets away
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan on Monday sentenced a lawyer, Yewande Oyediran, to seven years imprisonment for stabbing her husband, Lowo, to…
View More Yewande Oyediran husband killer gets awayLulu-Briggs escapes assassination attempt
The Acting Chairman of Abonnema Council of Chiefs, Chief O.B Lulu-Briggs, yesterday, escaped an assassination attempt at his hometown, Abonnema, in Akuku-Toru Local Council of…
View More Lulu-Briggs escapes assassination attemptStop hostility against Nigerians, Monarch tells South Africa
With a large number of his subjects, mostly women, seeking solace abroad, the revered Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare II, has appealed to South African Government…
View More Stop hostility against Nigerians, Monarch tells South Africa235 killed in Egypt mosque attack
At least 235 people have been reportedly killed in an attack that took place at The al-Rawda mosque in Egypt. The mosque, which is situated in…
View More 235 killed in Egypt mosque attackDeath toll rises to 56 in Mubi suicide attack
The death toll from Tuesday’s suicide bombing of a mosque in Mubi, Adamawa State, has risen to 58. Initial reports had stated that about 50…
View More Death toll rises to 56 in Mubi suicide attackFG brings back toll gates
The Federal Government has concluded arrangement to reintroduce toll gates across the country, according to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola. The…
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