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Chairman of the forum, Ibrahim Shehu Dandakata disclosed this in Abuja noting that concerted efforts are necessary to combat food insecurity in the country, given the prevalent hunger among citizens. He emphasized that there is urgent need for a secure environment for cattle rearing to address the issues of banditry and cattle rustling, which contribute […]
The naira depreciated at both the official and parallel markets on Monday. At the official, Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, the naira dropped to 1,523.85 per dollar, depreciation from the previous close of 1,509.67 to the American greenback. NAFEM is the market trading segment for Investors, Exporters, and End-users that allows for forex trades to […]
The Northern Awareness Network has tackled the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, over his comments on South African elections. Obi had said the recent election in South Africa is a shining example of what a transparent process should look like. In a post via X handle on Saturday, the former Anambra […]
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has presented staff and instrument of office to the Alaawe of Aawe, Oba Cornelius Taiwo Oladokun. While presenting the items, he charged the monarch to collaborate with the government to improve security in his domain. Makinde, who spoke through his Deputy, Barrister Bayo Lawal, said his administration had done […]
The operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested three men across the state for child abuse and rape offences. One Abubakar Nuhu, aged 50, popularly known as Wanzam of Gwallagan Mayaka, was arrested for inhumanely treating his biological son. According to a statement issued by the State Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, […]
Personnel of the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigerian Army Guards Brigade have arrested no fewer than six bandits during clearance operations in the Federal Capital Territory. During the operations, the security operatives also destroyed identified camps of bandits in Kaduna and Niger States. According to a statement on Friday by the FCT police command […]
Personnel of the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigerian Army Guards Brigade have arrested no fewer than six bandits during clearance operations in the Federal Capital Territory. During the operations, the security operatives also destroyed identified camps of bandits in Kaduna and Niger States. According to a statement on Friday by the FCT police command […]
The Federal Government, on Thursday, said no fewer than 10 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, had either experienced various degrees of flooding or recorded casualties as rains intensified. The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof Joseph Utsev, who dropped the red alert during a press briefing in Abuja, warned that 21 more […]
The Federal Government has presented the outcomes of its review of the accelerated stabilisation and advancement plan, which seeks to inject N2tn into the economy in the next six months. President Bola Tinubu on Thursday said his administration is determined to, in the next few months, increase crude oil production to two million barrels per […]
The Court of Appeal, Abuja division, on Thursday, dismissed the ex parte order issued on May 10, 2024, by the Rivers State High Court, Port Harcourt, which barred Martin Amaewhule from parading himself as the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly. The court also dismissed the decision of the state high court stopping […]
