No fewer than 1, 500 residents of Osun State went home happier recently after they encountered Fidelity food bank project. The beneficiaries comprise women, children, widows, and the elderly in a one-day feeding programme held at St. Benedict Catholic Church, Osogbo. It is part of the bank’s corporate social responsibility, CSR, and in this hard…
States and communities along the path of River Niger have been alerted to the rising water level of the river. The concerned authorities and people have therefore been warned to take preemptive measures, so as not to be caught unaware. The Director General Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, NIHSA, Umar Ibrahim Mohammed issued the alert on…
The new commissioner in charge of Lands and Urban Development in Enugu State, Barr. Chimaobi Patrick Okorie, has his job cut out for him right from his inauguration. His principal, Governor Peter Mbah told him to lead the crusade for a radical reform in land administration in the state. The charge by the state Governor…
Traditional rulers and community leaders in Bauchi state have been warned to desist from encouraging or participating in efforts to deplete the forest in the state. Bala Mohammed, the state governor gave the warning on Thursday. He told the leaders to stop selling forests across the state. While lamenting that the development has exposed the…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has reported the seizures of three petrol tanker trucks in Apapa for allegedly transporting crude edible vegetable oil. The information was shared on Wednesday via its X handle, accompanied by a video, noting that the oil had reportedly been trans-loaded into the tankers from…
Though a marginal difference, a drop in inflation, according to reports last month raises hope of better days ahead. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the July 2024 headline inflation eased to 33.40 per cent, the first drop since President Bola Tinubu’s assumption into power. This shows that inflation fell marginally by 0.79…
There is great gain in tourism beyond the fun derived by tourists. That gain can be exploited by the government as part of national development. This is what a leading tourism media expert, Mr. Ayo Omotosho has asked the federal government to do in efforts to diversify the economy. He made the appeal in Abuja…
The objective was to relieve the hardship that caused the ten-day protest across five of the six geo-political zones of the country at the beginning of August. But while that was a welcome development, at least for a government that insists that reversing the removal of fuel subsidy would be counterproductive, the impact on the…
Here is an alarm: Nigeria is spending more than necessary on importation of food items. And the concern in the official circle is that such spending may be eating too much into the country’s foreign reserve. Now, here are the disturbing figures. Nigeria’s expenditure on food imports in the first quarter of 2024 soared…
Two months after a mining accident in Galadima-Kogo community of Shiroro Local Government Area in Niger state, the bodies of four trapped miners have been recovered. The incident, which occurred on June 3rd, initially claimed the lives of 20 people, with 14 more said to be still trapped underground at the time. Alhaji Umaru Aliyu,…
