Japanese inflation data released Friday showed that rice prices last month were a whopping 98 percent higher than a year earlier. AFP looks at the factors behind the sharp increase,
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Lawmakers decry poor living condition at Nigeria’s correctional centres
The House of Representatives Committee on Reformatory Institutions has called for an urgent infrastructural overhaul of Nigeria’s correctional centres, citing years of neglect, chronic overcrowding, and inadequate inmate welfare. Chairman
‘I’m not afraid of visiting any state,’ Peter Obi replies Gov Okpebholo
The 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has responded to recent “threats” by Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State that he (Okpebholo) would not allow Mr Obi to enter the
Vandal attempting to vandalise transmission tower electrocuted in Ebonyi – TCN
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Friday said a vandal was electrocuted while attempting to vandalise transmission tower 34 along the Nkalagu-Abakaliki 132kV transmission line in Ebonyi State. The TCN General
Divorce was not an option – Omoni Oboli on secret to her 24yr old marriage
Nollywood actress and filmmaker Omoni Oboli has shared the key to her long lasting 24-year old marriage to Nnamdi Oboli. In a recent interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, Omoni
Minister urges NITT students to drive Nigeria’s transport evolution
The Minister of Transportation, Senator Saidu Alkali, has described the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology, Zaria, as the country’s hub for transport innovation and a critical driver of Nigeria’s transition
Okoye banned over betting scandal
Udinese and Nigeria goalkeeper Maduka Okoye has been handed a two-month ban by the Italian Football Federation following a high-profile betting scandal linked to a match against Lazio during the
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Former governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello on Friday said he won’t contest against President Bola Tinubu in 2027 because he has no presidential ambition. In a statement signed
Opposition heavyweights are ramping up their strategy to present a competitive candidate as the governing party, the All Progressives Congress, on Thursday endorsed President Bola Tinubu’s candidacy for a second
The Sokoto State Government on Tuesday inaugurated a digital skills training centre aimed at equipping Almajiri children and out-of-school adolescent girls with relevant skills for the modern world. The News
The Peoples Democratic Party Senators’ Caucus in Osun State on Tuesday declared support and endorsement of President Bola Tinubu as its preferred candidate for the 2027 presidential election. In a
An overnight rainfall on Tuesday has led to the escape of seven inmates from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Ilesa, Osun State, after the facility’s old perimeter wall collapsed.
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed readiness to welcome suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara into the party if he decides to defect from the Peoples
Dr Nonye Soludo, wife of the Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has toured the newly-built Solution Fun City, new Governor’s lodge and the new Government House with children from
The Chairman of the Aliko Dangote Foundation and President/Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has been named in the inaugural 2025 TIME100 Philanthropy list, which recognises the 100
With President Bola Tinubu’s second anniversary in office barely a week away, the Central Results Delivery and Coordination Unit is racing to present him a fresh set of ministerial scorecards,
