COST OF FOOD RISES BY 61% IN ONE YEAR – NBS REPORT Cost of food has risen by 61 per cent from 25.25 per cent in June 2023 to 40.66 per cent in May 2024, highlighting a steady rise in the cost of living in Nigeria. This is according to an analysis of the latest Consumer Price Index and Inflation …

DON’T KEEP COOKED FOOD IN REFRIGERATOR FOR MORE THAN THREE DAYS – NAFDAC WARNS The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, has advised Nigerians to abstain from keeping cooked food in the refrigerator for more than three days. In a statement signed by the agency’s Resident Media Consultant, Sayo Akintola, …

I’LL NOT TOLERATE ATTEMPT TO ARREST MY SUPPORTERS ON TRUMPED-UP CHARGES – GOV FUBARA, AFTER SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has vowed to ensure that peace prevails in the state while protecting his supporters, who he said, stand for truth. Fubara made this pledge while addressing newsmen shortly after a State Security Council meeting with heads of …

NIGERIANS NOT ONLY ONES FACING POVERTY, SAYS TINUBU President Bola Tinubu has said that Nigerians are not the only ones facing poverty in the world. While admitting that there are poverty and suffering in the land, Tinubu said the challenges must be tackled. One of the ways of tackling them, he explained, is to eliminate banditry and terrorism so that …

RIVERS ON FIRE AS FUBARA’S SUPPORTERS GO ON RAMPAGE, CHASE AWAY COUNCIL CHAIRMEN, DESTROY WIKE’S STATUE IN OBIO AKPOR Supporters of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, have destroyed the statue of former Governor Nyesom Wike in Obio/Akpor Local Government Council, Wike’s hometown. The development follows Fubara’s directive for Heads of Local Government Administration (HLGAs) to assume leadership of the …

POLICE ARREST POS OPERATOR WHO MISTAKENLY RECEIVED N280M INTO HIS ACCOUNT A point-of-sale (POS) operator, Alfa Rafiu, has been arrested after mistakenly receiving N280 million into his account and going on a spending spree. Rafiu, who resides in the Akuji compound in the Abayowa Area of Ilorin West Local Government Area, received the money in batches, according to the Tribune. …

SACRIFICE SHOULD START WITH TINUBU, EX-MINISTER DALUNG Former Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, has tackled the President for asking Nigerians to make sacrifices for their country. President Tinubu while speaking to newsmen after observing Eid prayers in Lagos on Sunday, June 16, called on Nigerians to show more care for their neighbours and extend charity to all in the spirit …

PRESIDENCY FAULTS KWANKWASO, SAYS NO PLAN TO DECLARE STATE OF EMERGENCY IN KANO The Presidency has denied the claims put forth by the National Leader of the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, regarding an alleged plan to declare a state of emergency in Kano State. The Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, called these allegations baseless and labeled them as …

UNEASY CALM IN RIVERS OVER HEADSHIP OF LOCAL COUNCILS There is uneasy calm in Rivers State following a directive by Governor Siminalayi Fubara to Heads of Local Government Administration (HLGAS) to immediately take charge of the 23 council areas. Governor Fubara gave the charge in a statewide broadcast in Government House, Port Harcourt on Tuesday morning following the expiration of …

EX-EDO DEPUTY GOV, SHAIBU, SHUNS PDP, DECLARES SUPPORT FOR APC GUBER CANDIDATE Ahead of the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, a former deputy governor of the state, Philip Shaibu, has distanced himself from the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Asue Ighodalo. According to Channels TV, Shaibu, who spoke on Sunday on the sidelines of the 2024 …

KWANKWASO ACCUSES FG, APC OF CREATING NEW BOKO HARAM IN KANO The 2023 Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) Senator Rabi’u Kwankwaso, on Monday, accused the All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal Government of attempting to create a new breed of Boko Haram terrorists and insurgents in Northern Nigeria. Kwankwaso was reacting to the ongoing situation in Kano …

WHY I ORDERED ARREST OF ADO-BAYERO AFTER DETHRONEMENT – KANO GOVERNOR, YUSUF Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has said he ordered the arrest of the dethroned Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado-Bayero, to prevent a breakdown of law and order in the state. Yusuf explained that Ado Bayero’s decision to return to Kano State two days after his dethronement posed …

FOUR KILLED, 12 INJURED AS VEHICLE IN CONVOY OF MALAWI’S VP KILLED IN PLANE CRASH RAM INTO MOURNERS A vehicle in the convoy of the late Malawian Vice President, Saulos Chilima’s funeral procession has killed at least four mourners and injured no fewer than 12 persons. The vehicle, which was part of a motorcade conveying the remains of the late …

POLICE TAKE OVER RIVERS LG SECRETARIATS AMID TENSION OVER CHAIRMEN’S TENURE The police have stationed armed operatives at the secretariats of four local government councils in Rivers State following the expiration of the tenure of LG chairmen in the state. Police vans are currently positioned at the entrances of Port Harcourt City, Obio/Akpor, Ahoada East and Ogu/Bolo LGAs. Earlier, youths …

BREAKING: FORMER ACCOUNTANT GENERAL DIES IN UK Former Accountant General of Nigeria, Jonah Ogunniyi Otunla has reportedly died. According to The Street Journal, Otunla passed on in the United Kingdom shortly after celebrating his 70th birthday. Until his death, Otunla was being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in relation to two cases — the alleged diversion …