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Tinubu orders safe passage of farm produce to cut food prices

Tunde Opalana 11 September 2025 0

Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, minister of state for agriculture and food security, says President Bola Tinubu has directed a federal executive council committee to work on reducing food prices in the country. Abdullahi disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja while presenting a paper at a one-day

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Jega: Premature campaigning should be criminalised with heavy penalties

Tunde Opalana 11 September 2025 0

Attahiru Jega, former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has called for premature political campaigns to be criminalised, with stiff sanctions for violators. Jega spoke on Wednesday at a one-day stakeholders’ roundtable on premature and early campaigns convened by INEC at The Electoral Institute, Abuja. “Premature campaigns are not just

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ADC Asks Speaker Not To Deny Truth About Nigeria’s Debt Status

Tunde Opalana 10 September 2025 0

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has told the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas not to be economical with the truth about the status of Nigeria’s debt profile. This was in reaction to the recent remarks and subsequent retraction by the , over Nigeria’s rising debt profile, describing his backpedalling as […]

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Ignore NASS, resume plenary, PDP tells senator Natasha

Tunde Opalana 9 September 2025 0

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, Kogi Central senator, to ignore the National Assembly’s stance and resume plenary following the completion of her six-month suspension. Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan had, in a letter dated September 4, informed the National Assembly that her suspension had elapsed and expressed readiness to return to

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Speaker Abbas Clarifies Debt Comment, Says ‘I Never Condemned Borrowing’

Tunde Opalana 9 September 2025 0

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has refuted reports suggesting he condemned government borrowing, insisting that his remarks at a regional conference were misinterpreted. The Speaker, who addressed the 11th Annual Conference and General Assembly of the West Africa Association of Public Accounts Committees on Monday, raised alarm over Nigeria’s

Health

Expert: Frequent ejaculation may lower risk of prostate cancer

Tunde Opalana 8 September 2025 0

Uche Nwokwu, national coordinator of the National Cancer Control Programme at the ministry of health and social welfare, has said frequent ejaculation lowers the risk of prostate cancer. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, Nwokwu addressed claims on social media that men must ejaculate 21 times a […]

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Church Invasion: Prove You’re Not Terrorist Organisation, ADC Challenges APC

Tunde Opalana 8 September 2025 0

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has condemned Saturday’s attack on its members during a gathering in Alimosho LGA, Lagos State, where party leaders, including Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, were present to formally declare his membership of the opposition party. The party expressed outrage that political thugs desecrated a church by spilling blood in its vicinity where a

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Create Compensation Fund For Ponzi Fraud Victims, Expert Tells FG

Tunde Opalana 8 September 2025 0

A professor of Capital Market, Uche Uwaleke, has called for the establishment of a National Compensation Fund to assist victims of proven Ponzi frauds. Uwaleke, also the President, Capital Market Academics of Nigeria (CMAN) made the call at a virtual workshop on Ponzi schemes on Sunday in Abuja. He said the fund can be sourced […]

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Nigeria’s Annual Post-Harvest Losses Hits N3.5Trn-Agric Minister

Tunde Opalana 8 September 2025 0

Senator Abubakar Kyari, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, has said that Nigeria loses an estimated ₦3.5 trillion annually to post- harvest losses and inefficiencies, which largely affect small holder farmers in the country. Kyari stated this at the Nigeria Legacy Programme, organised by the Africa Food Systems Forum in Partnership with the Alliance for […]

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Customs Approves $300 Duty-Free Threshold for Low-Value Imports

Tunde Opalana 8 September 2025 0

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced a new duty-free threshold of $300 for low-value consignments, a move it says will simplify cargo clearance, boost e-commerce, and reduce congestion at ports and entry points. According to a statement by the National Public Relations Officer for the Comptroller-General of Customs, Abdullahi Maiwada, the decision was ratified

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Benjamin Kalu: FG to begin payment of debt owed local contractors next week

Tunde Opalana 5 September 2025 0

The federal government will begin paying outstanding debts owed to local contractors next week, Benjamin Kalu, deputy speaker of the house of representatives, has said. Over 5,000 contractors under the All Indigenous Contractors Association of Nigeria have been in dispute with the government over unpaid fees for capital projects executed under the 2024 budget. The […]

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Niger Boat Mishap : Labour Party Demands Robust Legislation, Stricter Regulation of Waterways

Tunde Opalana 5 September 2025 0

Concerned by increasing loss of lives to incessant boat accidents across states, the Interim National Chairman of the Labour Party, Senator Nenadi Usman, has called for more robust legislation and stricter regulations of the country`s inland waterways. Her call followed the recent boat mishap on Tuesday on the Kainji River in Niger State where the […]

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ADC Faults Tinubu On Revenue Claims, Says 5% Petrol Tax Cruel, Insensitive

Tunde Opalana 5 September 2025 0

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has faulted claims by President Bola Tinubu that the revenue target benchmarked for the 2025 budget has been achieved at the end end of August. Picking holes in the claim, the party cited a N21.22 trillion shortfall between the 2025 budget projection and actual collections, despite the government’s claim of […]

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Stakeholders raise concern over parents influence on children screen habits

Tunde Opalana 5 September 2025 0

Stakeholders at an intentional parenting webinar have noted with concern influence that parents have in shaping certain habits in children and wards including screen habits. Experts and parents at the conference on intentional parenting came to a conclusion that parents have larger role to play than school teachers in limiting screen times on television,laptop, iPad […]

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FG To Commence Payment Of Debt Owed Local Contractors – Deputy Speaker

Tunde Opalana 5 September 2025 0

Contractor to the Federal Government across Ministries, Departments and Agencies numbering more than 5,000 have been assured of the commencement of contracts fees owed them next week. The contractors under the umbrella of All Indigenous Contractors Association of Nigeria have been at logger heads with government over non- payment of capital projects execute under the […]

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Nigeria ranks second in global Crypto Currency adoption

Tunde Opalana 4 September 2025 0

…as Senate parleys SIBAN on legal framework Nigeria has been ranked second in the world in Crypto Currency adoption and number one in Africa. This was disclosed on Wednesday by the President of the Stakeholders in Blockchain Association of Nigeria (SIBAN), Obinna Iwuno during a collaborative meeting with the Senate Committee on Capital Market at […]

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Corruption Has Eroded Nigeria’s Economic Prosperity -Chatham House Report

Tunde Opalana 4 September 2025 0

The Chatham House has described corruption as endemic in Nigeria having permeated almost all fabrics of socio- economic and political life of the nation. A recent report by the UK based independent policy institute said corruption has defied different sectoral reformation efforts by various administrations in the past two decades. The extensive research of Chatham […]

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BACE, MOWCA Sign Agreement To Reposition African Maritime Economy

Tunde Opalana 3 September 2025 0

Blue Africa Conference & Exhibition (BACE) has signed a landmark five-year strategic partnership with the Maritime Organization of West and Central Africa (MOWCA), in recognition of the critical role of the maritime sector in unlocking Africa’s vast blue economy potential. The partnership agreement was signed in Abidjan by Mudzithe Phiri, Event Director of Blue

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PDP insists no division ahead of November convention

Tunde Opalana 2 September 2025 0

Umar Damagum, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the party is not broken and there is no division ahead of the national convention scheduled for November 15 and 16 in Ibadan. He made the declaration at the inauguration of the National Convention (Main) Planning Committee at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. […]

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NSA, Kaduna govt knock El-rufai, says he left state in ruins, peace not negotiable

Tunde Opalana 2 September 2025 0

…as ONSA describes ex- Gov’s claims baseless, untrue Former governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El- rufai has been reprimanded by both the Kadua State government and the Office of the National Security Advisor (ONSA) for his claims over Saturday’s political crisis in Kaduna State. He was accused of spreading falsehood and inciting the public […]