Category: Food
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Cost of living protest: Police issues warning as Labour gives fresh conditions
The police authorities have said they would not condone any form of violence during the planned two-day demonstration declared by organised Labour in protest against the hardships and high cost of living in the country. The police handed down the Riot Act on Sunday as the Nigeria Labour Congress gave fresh conditions ahead of the…
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NYSC Reacts To Report Of Corps Members Crying Over Rising Food Price
The National Youth Service Corp has reacted to a news reports were corp members expressed dissatisfaction with the soaring food prices in the Mammy market. The report alleged that a camp coordinator suggested that the Corp members exit the camp if they couldn’t cope with the surge in food prices. Reacting in a…
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NLC, TUC Protest Ban on sachet alcoholic drinks
The recent ban on sachet alcoholic drinks by the National Agency for Food and Drug Control (NAFDAC) has been described by the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress as an anti-people policy. This was stated by the Chairmen of NLC and TUC in Ogun State, Comrades Ademola Benco and Akeem Lasisi, respectively,…
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Prices of Star, Gulder, Trophy others increase
Nigerian Breweries PLC has announced plans to increase the prices of its products starting Monday, February 19, 2024. The company’s zonal business manager -West, Lekan Awosanya, disclosed this in a price review notification to its customers on Monday, February 12. “This is to inform you that we are constrained to review…
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JUST IN: Table, ‘pure water’ producers shut down factories over economic hardship
By: Ade Phillips The Association of Table Water Producers (ATWAP) has declared its decision to temporarily cease production in Enugu due to the excessively high cost of production. This announcement was made in a statement released by the chairman, Tony Edike, and secretary, Clems Nwamadi, on Sunday, following an emergency meeting…
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Protest Against High Cost Of Living hits Lagos
Lagosians have joined the number of states where there have been protests against high cost of living in the country. In Lagos, market women and youths protested in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State on Saturday. They carried placards with the inscriptions such as “Baba Tinubu, Nigerians are hungry”, and ‘Tinubu,…
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NANS Calls for suspension of NLC, TUC proposed strike
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) and the Trade Union Congress(TUC) to suspend their proposed strike in the interest of the nation. NANS National President, Mr Pedro Obi, made the appeal at a news conference in Abeokuta on Saturday. The NLC and TUC…
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Nigerians to experience Scarcity of eggs, chicken — Association
The Feed Industry Practitioner Association of Nigeria has warned that scarcity of eggs, chicken, and other livestock is imminent owing to the rise in the cost of maize and soya beans, which are important for livestock feed production. FIPAN said Nigerians might begin to depend on eggs, chicken, and other livestock imported at outrageous cost…
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Be ready for increase in prices of bread, Producers notify Nigerians
Bread producers in the country have told Nigerians to be prepared for an imminent increase in prices due to a hike in production. The president of the Premium Breadmakers Association of Nigeria (PBAN), Engr. Emmanuel Onuorah, served this notice recently. He said that bread producers in Nigeria have been complaining about the cost of production…
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No One Can Stop 2023 Elections In South-East States; We Have Superior Weapons – Nigerian Army
Nigerian Army has said that gunmen terrorising the South-East region of the country cannot stop the forthcoming 2023 general elections in the region because they do not have what it takes to carry out their threats. The Nigerian Army said that the armed criminals who had been threatening to stop the general elections from holding…