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Nigeria has no business importing food – Bill Gates
Microsoft founder and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, has said that Nigeria should be a net exporter of food given its vast arable and its huge population. He said Africa’s most populous country has no business importing when it can double its food production and…
Read More »Another mass protest looms over petrol price hike
Prices of foodstuffs, transportation, others to go up Tuesday’s increase in the pump price of PMS across the country by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL, could trigger another civil unrest, an investigation by NDN has revealed. The NNPCL adjusted pump prices by up to 80% across its outlets…
Read More »Fubara Seeks Closer Ties with Canada to Boost Investment, Healthcare
By Deborah Nnamdi NIGERIA: Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has emphasized the need to strengthen the relationship between the State and the Canadian Government to attract more investments, drive economic growth, and enhance healthcare services in the State. According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, …
Read More »Briton, Nigerian declared wanted over plot to overthrow Tinubu
A British citizen and Nigerian accomplice have been declared wanted by the Nigerian Police over an alleged plot to oust the country’s elected president, Mr Bola Ahmed Tinubu, through civil unrest. The British national, Andrew Wynne (alias Andrew Povich) and his Nigerian collaborator, Lucky Obiyan, hatched the plot at the…
Read More »Mass murder call: Amaka Sonnberger arrested in Toronto
Amaka Patience Sonnberger, the Nigerian-born Canadian citizen behind the infamous kpai Yoruba and Bini rant has been arrested by the Toronto Police Department in Canada. The Toronto Police Service confirmed the arrest and provided details of the ongoing case in a statement titled: “Suspected hate-motivated threatening investigation, woman arrested,” Ms…
Read More »UPTH to Prioritize Minimal Access Surgeries over Orthodox Procedure
NIGERIA: The University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, UPTH, said it is seeking to upscale its minimal access surgery technique in the medical facility, against the popular conventional open incision method. The Minimal Access Surgical technique involves accessing surgical sites in the body using cameras and other delicate equipment without…
Read More »Terrorists open fire on students in Yobe, kill 3
NIGERIA: Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have attacked Faudiya School, owned by a Shiia Islamic sect, in Geidam LGA of Yobe State, Northeastern Nigeria, killing at least three students, and wounding one other. Eyewitnesses’ accounts of the incident said the youths were dragged out of their beds in the Islamic Sect…
Read More »NAF jets pound ISWAP terrorists in Lake Chad region
The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, has conducted a major airstrike targeting members of Islamic jihadists, ISWAP (Islamic State West Africa Province) and Boko Haram in the Lake Chad region. The NAF claimed that the operation hit terrorists’ positions and disrupted their activities by reducing their capacity to carry out attacks…
Read More »EndBadGovernance Protests: Court dismisses suit against organisers
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday threw out a suit instituted against the #EndbadGovernance protesters for lack of diligent prosecution. The suit was filed by 17 Nigerians drawn from the six geopolitical zones of the country against the August 1 to 10 nationwide protests. The plaintiffs listed…
Read More »EndBadGovernance: Court orders protesters’ arrest, accounts freeze
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the freezing of 32 bank accounts belonging to individuals and firms linked to the organisation of the just concluded #EndBadGovernance protest. Justice Emeka Nwite, who issued the order, said the accounts shall remain frozen pending the conclusion of the police’s investigation and…
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