The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Nanono, has said it is unpatriotic for rice producers to sell a bag of rice at above N15,000. Nanono said that with paddy rice sold at N8,500 and cost of processing N2,000, it was exploitative for the product to be sold for between N17,000 and N18,000…
A teacher at Ekiugbo Grammar School in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State has been accused of flogging a Junior Secondary School (JSS) student identified as Kelvin Ogheneogaga to death. An eyewitness who spoke to The Nation revealed that the teacher continued beating the late student even after he complained of being sick…
A Nigerian man, Ifeanyi Abugu recently took to his Facebook page to share photos from a traditional wedding ceremony of a white man with a Nigerian lady. However, the reason he shared the photo is because of the ‘ordinary slippers’ the White man wore and it has now gone viral on social media. Sharing the…
The Nigeria Police Force will need almost N1tn to be efficient and effective in the fight against rising insecurity in the country. The leading internal security outfit is proposing a total sum of N944,856,416,800 to carry out its operations across the country. The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, had on Tuesday said apart from more…
Popular Nigerian singer and entertainer, Naira Marley has said that he has delivered a potential pastor from hell. It all started after the Twitter user, identified as ‘Meet Panda’, took to Twitter street to point out that he had wanted to be a pastor but has now been heavily influenced by Naira Marley. Reacting to…
Three men, Shehu Abdullahi, 20, Babawuro Jauro Sani, 27, and Wada Wakili Musa, 25, have been arrested and placed in police custody, waiting to be arraigned before court. The three young men were arrested by the Bauchi State Police for extortion and armed robbery in the vicinity. They terrorized the residents and commuters along the…
ran reports 11 new coronavirus deaths, taking total to 54. This was contained in a statement made available on Sunday on the Iran website. GIO TV had earlier reported Iran Coronavirus deaths is 43. Details soon
The Ogun Government and Lafarge Africa have confirmed that contacts in respect of the recorded single case of Coronavirus (Covid-19) has hit 39 from the initial reported 28. This included the driver who picked the infected Italian from an hotel in Ikeja and those who served him food and drink. Contrary to the reports going…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that he would keep fighting for Nigeria’s unity until his last day on earth. Speaking on Saturday at the memorial lecture of the founder of Oodua People’s Congress, Dr. Fredrick Fasehun in Lagos, he further lamented over the spate of insecurity in the country. “When I was elected President…
The Nigerian government has warned vendors across the country against increasing the price of face mask and sanitizer. In a statement released on Saturday February 29 by Babatunde Iruekera who is the Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Competition & Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), vendors were told that abusing citizens’ sensitivity, apprehension, anxiety and vulnerability,…