Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, Oluwo of Iwo has asked the federal government to consider giving palliatives to the poor through their traditional rulers. He made the call while distributing grains to the elderly and vulnerable residents of Iwo and environs. Apparently explaining that the suggestion was for fairness and to guide against using political affiliation in…
President Bola Tinubu has asked Nigerians not to be troubled about the rising inflation rate in the country, vowing that his administration would bring it Recently, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) stated its report that the countys inflation rose to 31.70 percent in February 2024 against 29.90 percent in January, due to subsidy removal…
Senator Aliyu Wamakko, former governor of Sokoto State and Senator representing Sokoto North Senatorial District is concerned about the reluctance of traders to bring down the prices of commodities that went up following the depreciation of the Naira. He said now that the national currency has regained value against the dollar, the continued high prices…
The Aliko Dangote Foundation on Wednesday gave the Lagos State government 80,000 bags of rice of10 kilogrammes each to the vulnerable people across the state. The donation a part of the foundation’s ongoing rollout of one million bags of 10kg rice is expected to bolster the state’s interventions aimed at ameliorating the impacts of persisting…
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has disclosed its plan to distribute food items donated by a Saudi Arabia-based international humanitarian organisation, King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) to a total of 5,606 beneficiaries. Those to benefit are most vulnerable persons in Kano, Jigawa and Katsina states and an educational foundation in Maiduguri, Borno…
The seventh edition of the Guaranty Trust Holding Company, GTCO Food and Drink Festival has been announced by GTCO. It will hold on Friday, April 26th to Sunday, April 28th, at GTCentre, Plot 1 Water Corporation Drive, Oniru, Victoria Island, Lagos. The GTCO Food and Drink Festival is widely recognised as the continents biggest food…
For Alhaji Mudashiru Nurudeen Emiloju, it has become a yearly routine exercise to empower and uplift the lives of Iwo residents and cushion the effect of economic hardship in the country. Emiloju, a Special Adviser to the Osun State Governor on Community and Social Development Agency (CSDA), had, some years ago, launched a multi-million naira…
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has flagged-off the 30 km Arochukwu-Ndi Okereke- Ozu Abam Road, with a pledge that no part of the state will be left behind in road infrastructural development. He said that the essence of fixing rural roads was to connect agricultural roads to the urban areas in order to boost…
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari has said that the persistent food insecurity in the country reached its peak when traders and citizens decided to hoard food commodities while creating man-made scarcity. Kyari disclosed this in Abuja at a special Ramadan lecture/Iftar organised by the Special Assistant to the President on Agriculture…
Despite the persisting food insecurity in the country, the erstwhile Presidential Aide on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enang, has said that over 65 per cent of the Ministry of Agriculture’s budget is not linked to improving food security. Enang alleged that President Tinubu signed the 2024 budget in a rush without being advised by…
