Rising food prices and insecurity

ECONOMIC hardship is not subsiding. According to a fresh note by the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the persistent hike in food prices is worsening poverty levels. ACCI President,…

Senate writes AGF, meets Cardoso over N30tn loan probe

The Senate through its Ad – hoc Committee investigating how N30 trillion Ways and Means facility was obtained and spent by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has written the Office…

Missing Ogun pregnant woman faked abduction, found in Kwara – Police

The Ogun State Police Command, on Monday, said a pregnant woman, Rahemat Lateef, who claimed to have been abducted by some unknown gunmen while going to the state hospital at…

UNIZIK graduate escaping prankster’s tricycle robbery dies, friend hospitalised

A fresh graduate of the Department of Quantity Surveying, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Ifunanya Miracle, aka Bliss, has lost her life during an attempt to escape a yet-to-be-identified prankster’s robbery on…

Cleaner bags life jail for sexually assaulting baby in church

The Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday sentenced a 27-year-old cleaner, Saviour Udoh, to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl on a church premises. Justice…

I miss the years of handwritten letters

Tech-wise, our younger days in the 1970s, 80s and 90s cannot be compared to these days, but they were not boring. We had no Facebook, Twitter (now X), Instagram and…

Cholera: Shun tiger nut drinks by hawkers, experts tell Nigerians

As cholera rages across the country with no fewer than 53 deaths recorded, medical and nutrition experts have advised Nigerians to stop consuming locally made drinks from unknown sources and…

Pronouncing pat, part and path

Often, when many people pronounce the three words, all they say is ‘pat’. This is despite the fact that their meanings  are not only different but their pronunciations are also…

Katsina wins best healthcare management award

The Katsina State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency has been awarded the “Best State Health Insurance Agency of the Year 2024” at the National Healthcare Excellence Awards, which held in Lagos.…

Police close to arresting killers of UNIBEN final year student -Edo CP

The Edo State Police Command has stated that it is close to arresting the killers of a female final year student of the University of Benin, Adekolore Glory. The state…

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