Category: Food
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Tinubu sacks Sen Binani as Campaign Coordinator for Adamawa
presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has fired its elected presidential council’s campaign coordinator for Adamawa State, Senator Aisha Dahiru, aka Binani. Binani was relieved of her duty after the executive committee of the APC in the state rejected her as coordinator and member of the Presidential Campaign Council. Tinubu…
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Abia NSCDC command decries illegal oil refineries
Abia State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) yesterday lamented the high rate of illegal Oil activities in the state saying that it discovered many illegal refineries in many oil-producing communities in the state. State Commandant, Ayinla Olowo, made this known during a media briefing at the its headquarters in Umuahia,…
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Two million metric tons of rice smuggled into Nigeria annually ― Senate
The Senate Committee on Agriculture on Wednesday in Abuja said about two million metric tons of rice is currently being imported or smuggled into the country. This is just as the committee said, in 2021, the production of milled rice in Nigeria was estimated to amount to five million metric tons. Vice Chairman of…
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POLITICS2023: Atiku, Tambuwal have indicated interest in running for presidency – Gov Makinde
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has claimed that former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, have indicated interest in contesting in the 2023 presidential election. There have been speculations in the past weeks over the candidates for the next general elections, especially with the issues raised around zoning. Makinde, speaking during…
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Phones sellers kick as Bauchi govt demolishes, relocates them to new GSM market
The Bauchi State Government on Wednesday eventually evicted phones and accessories sellers from their present location at the Wunti market in Bauchi metropolis and relocated to a new permanent site. The state government, through the Bauchi State Urban Planning and Development Board, which effected the ejection of the marketers, subsequently demolished the popular Container…
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500 Nigerians lose jobs as UAE declines renewal of work visas
Over 500 Nigerians have lost their jobs and are stranded four months after the United Arab Emirates stopped granting or renewing Direct Employment Visa for Nigerians in the Western Asian country. It was gathered that while many of the affected persons had returned to Nigeria, hundreds of them are still in UAE in the…