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The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Mr Temitope Fadeshemi says 88.4 million Nigerians are living in extreme poverty. Fadeshemi spoke on Wednesday in Kaduna during the distribution of farm inputs and empowerment materials to 250 smallholder farmers. He was represented by Bashir Abdulkadir, Director, Department of Extension Services of the ministry. […]
The Management of Oshodi Transport Interchange (OTI) has denounced a report that there is a looming crisis and tension at the Interchange over the review of service charges. One of the dailies had reported recently that crisis loomed at the OTI following an increase in service charge from the usual N600 to N2000 which took […]
A violent clash broke out around Grammar School in the Ojodu area of Lagos State on Tuesday when police officers enforcing a ban on motorcycles in the state clashed with some commercial motorcyclists popularly known as Okada riders. PUNCH Metro correspondent, who witnessed the clash on Tuesday morning, reported that some policemen from the Ojodu Divisional […]
Oil marketers have expressed fears that there might be scarcity of petrol if the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited fails to make the product available to depot owners and other dealers. They said the long queues being experienced in filling stations and some parts of Ogun State might eventually spread to other parts of the […]
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Olawale Edun has said Nigeria is economically far much better than where it was when the President Bola Tinubu administration took over on 29 May, 2023. Edun spoke during a question and answer session at a session on the floor of the House Representative on […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday granted N30m bail to a businessman, Lanre Smith, accused of N10m fraud. Justice Ibrahim Kala granted the bail following a motion filed and argued by the defendant’s lawyer, Akin Apara. Apara who pleaded with the court to admit the defendant to bail on liberal terms stated […]
The federal government has explained that the exit of pharmaceuticals from Nigeria was due to the non-domestication of their products in the country. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Tunji Alausa, made this disclosure at a World Cancer Day symposium organised by Project Pink Blue with the theme: “Economy, Tax and […]
• Children at risk of acute malnutrition as harsh environment cripples poultry industry• Cost of eggs triple in 15 months, farmers abandon business• Soybeans growers snub industry, take products to border to earn foreign currencies• 9 out of every 10 children lack access to egg Stakeholders in the poultry business are worried that unless urgent […]
Trade Union Council (TUC), Food, Beverage and Tobacco Senior Staff Association (FOBTOB), and National Union of Food Beverages and Tobacco Employees (NUFBTE), yesterday, protested at the Lagos office of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) against the ban on manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages in sachets. Vice chairman of […]
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, has revealed that between 2010 and 2020, Nigerians spent about $40 billion on foreign education expenses and medical treatment abroad. While foreign education expenses amounted to $28.65 billion, the CBN governor said medical treatment abroad incurred around $11.01 billion. Cardoso who revealed this at the […]
