Northern traders under the aegis of the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN) have vowed to continue the food blockade to the Southern part of the country, in spite of being at risk of losing their perishable goods. Awwalu Aliyu, an official of the union who spoke to TheCable stated that…
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Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Activist, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho; the Are Ona Kankanfo, Gani Adams; and the Odua Peoples Congress under the leadership of Prince Segun Osinbote are set to launch a campaign against cows. This is according to an advert published in a popular newspaper on March 1, 2021. The campaign which is tagged,…
As a demonstration of its commitment to job creation and a robust economy, the Federal Government has started arrangements for the establishment of a gold processing cluster in the Mopamuro local government area of Kogi State. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Oluwatoyin Akinlade, disclosed this during a courtesy visit…
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle on Monday said negotiating with bandits is not a sign of failure. He disclosed this at the Government House in Gusau while receiving some repentant bandits who surrendered their weapons and embraced his administration’s peace deal. Governor Matawalle believes the only way to put a stop to the current insecurity…
Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has reiterated that Fulani herdsmen involved in banditry are victims of circumstance. Sheikh Gumi restated his position during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday. The cleric has previously advocated for the bandits to be granted amnesty after meeting them in the bush. “When I listened to them,…
President Muhammadu Buhari’s new Aide-de-Camp, Lt. Col Yusuf Dodo on Monday, February 22 resumed duties at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Colonel Mohammed Lawal Abubakar who has been President Buhari’s ADC from when he was first elected in 2015, will be proceeding to Santiago, Chile for a five-month Strategic and Defence Course from March 8. The course is…
A former executive secretary of the Lagos State Scholarship Board, Stephen Oshinowo, diverted the board’s N127 million to his personal use, an EFCC investigator has said. Moday Moley, testifying before an Ikeja Special Offences Court Monday, said the defendant used his account domiciled in the United Bank of Africa (UBA) to perpetrate each of the…
Nigerian Breweries Plc has declared revenue of N337.01 billion for the financial year ended Dec. 31, 2020. The revenue represented an increase of 4.3 per cent compared with N323 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2019. The company disclosed this in its audited financial statement to newsmen signed by its Legal Director/Secretary, Mr Uaboi…
Nigeria’s headline inflation rose to 16.47 per cent in January 2021, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday. Buoyed by galloping food prices, food inflation also rose to 20.57 per cent in January, from 19.56 per cent in December. Inflation soared at 15.75 per cent in December, its highest level in 32 months, with the 0.86…
