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4 Mar 2024
The price of cassava flakes, popularly known as ‘garri’, and rice has recorded more than 50 percent increase in Enugu metropolis, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
4 Mar 2024
African Development Bank (AfDB) has provided Nigeria with $134 million for the cultivation of essential crops such as rice, maize, cassava and soybeans to enhance food production.
3 Mar 2024
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is supporting Nigeria in the cultivation of rice, maize, cassava and soyabeans to boost food production.
23 Feb 2024
Apple has officially debunked the age-old myth of using uncooked rice to rescue waterlogged iPhones. The company’s advice? Don’t put your iPhone in a bag of rice. Here’s why. For years, desperate iPhone users have turned to a bowl of uncooked rice as a last effort to save their water-damaged devices. The idea was that…
6 Feb 2024
In the face of the ongoing rice scarcity and the rapid surge in prices, A.R.N Foods Limited has emerged as a beacon of hope for Nigerians, providing not just sustenance but also a pathway to a more secure future. This is a story of how innovation and dedication can alleviate a nationwide crisis, all under…
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President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Adewale Adeniyi, the 14th Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), who marks his 59th birthday, today, Sunday. This is as the President applauded Adeniyi's leadership which has enabled the NCS to surpass revenue targets substantially and bolstered trade facilitation, yielding widespread positive effects on the national economy. President Tinubu…
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The Lagos State Government says an illegal turning point impeding traffic at Fidelity Bank/Ikota on Lekki-Ajah Expressway have been temporarily blocked by HITECH. Mrs Bolanle Ogunlola, Deputy Director, Public Affairs, Lagos Ministry of Transportation, made the disclosure in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. Ogunlola said the illegal turning point was blocked on the instructions…
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Thousands gathered in northern Liberia on Saturday for the funeral of warlord-turned-politician Prince Johnson, a notorious face of the country's brutal civil wars who died without facing trial. Back-to-back conflicts devastated the small west African country from 1989 until 2003, claiming around 250,000 lives and resulting in massacres, mutilation, rape, cannibalism and the widespread use…
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DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi Saturday ruled out direct talks with the Rwanda-backed M23, saying it would give legitimacy to the armed group which occupies much of the country's east. A planned December 15 summit in Angola between Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame was cancelled at the last moment when the two sides could…
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A fuel tanker exploded after flipping over in central Nigeria on Saturday, killing 70 people who had scrambled to take the fuel, whose price has skyrocketed amid an economic crisis. "The death toll stands at 70 so far," Kumar Tsukwam, the head of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger State, told AFP by…
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Kano State Government has approved N61 million compensation for residents of neighboring villages affected by expansion projects at Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology (ADUSTECH), Wudil. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Musa Tukur-Yakasai, disclosed this when he received the Chairman, Wudil Local Government Council, Muhammad Tukur and his council members. “Gov. Abba Yusuf…
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US President-elect Donald Trump has launched his own cryptocurrency, appropriately called $TRUMP, sparking feverish buying that sent its market capitalization soaring on Saturday to several billion dollars. In a message posted on his Truth Social platform and X, Trump unveiled the so-called meme coin, which is designed to capitalize on the popularity of a certain…
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The wife of Plateau Governor, Mrs Helen Mutfwang, on Saturday distributed 500 household appliances to 500 women as part of the Renewed Hope Initiative Support Scheme (RHIESS). Mrs Mutfwang, who spoke during the distribution of the appliances in Jos, said the programme was designed by Nigeria’s First Lady, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, to empower women across…
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The Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, has matriculated a total of 6,549 students for the 2024/2025 academic session, spreading across eight schools with 57 various programmes. The institution’s Rector, Prof. Salisu Usman, disclosed this at the 32nd Matriculation and Orientation ceremonies on Saturday at polytechnic campus, Lokoja. Usman said that out of the 57 programmes in…
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The management of Ekiti Queens Football Club of Ado-Ekiti has suspended the team’s manager, Moji Adekanye, over alleged “unethical behaviour”. The Technical Advisor to the State Governor on Sports Development, Olusola Osetoba, made the disclosure in a statement made available to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday Osetoba said that the suspension was with immediate effect,…