Category: News
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The World Bank has projected that Nigeria’s per capita income will return to its pre-pandemic level by 2025. Per capita income or total income measures the average income earned per person in a given area in a specified year. It is calculated by dividing the area’s total income by its total population. The bank in…
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The Naira on Tuesday depreciated to N1,089.51 against the US dollar at the official foreign exchange market. Data from FMDQ showed that the Naira dropped to N1,089.51 per US dollar compared to N856.57, which was quoted at the end of business on Monday. The figure represents N220.38 depreciation in the local currency compared to the…
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The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the receipt of the petition by Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage, over alleged bullying and threats to life by her colleague, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido. News reported that the ‘Emido’ crooner, in the petition which made rounds online, accused Davido of uttering disrespectful words in reaction to…
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The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has warned that nobody is too big to be investigated. Olukoyede issued the warning in Abuja when the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, Musa Adamu Aliyu, paid him a courtesy visit in the wake of…
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The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Education, has initiated the formation of an inter-ministerial committee to investigate the activities of private and foreign universities operating in Nigeria. The committee includes members such as the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Minister of Youths, Jamila Bio-Ibrahim, and…
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The local cuisines in Edo state, located in the south-south zone of Nigeria, is a range of meals that are found in most other southern states, however there are some meals that are uniquely tied to their people. Although these indigenous meals have variations in other cultures and places, they are popular within the state…
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AFRICA IS A UNIQUE CONTINENT AND VAST IN CULTURES AND TRADITIONS! AMONG ARE THE MOST POPULAR AND ARTISTIC PEOPLE FROM NIGERIA THAT BUILT THE PRE-COLONIAL ANCIENT AND POWERFUL BENIN KINGDOM! The Benin kingdom is one of the oldest kingdom in Nigeria and holds a lot of history, culture and thus mystery. Unfortunately,…
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The media space has been agog with news of a purported list of fake professors currently in some federal, state and private universities nationwide. The development followed the recent investigative report by a reporter with the Daily Nigerian Newspaper which exposed the activities of degree mills in Benin Republic and Togo. The reporter, Umar Audu,…
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Several traders and farmers in Kebbi State have raised concerns about alleged extortion by security operatives during the transportation of grains. They expressed dismay over the exorbitant cost of N600,000 required to move a truckload of grains through checkpoints manned by various Nigerian security forces. These security operatives include the Nigerian Police, the Nigerian Security…
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The Ogun State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the assassination of Bashorun Akarigbo, Sagamu, Chief Abiodun Folarin on Monday night. The three assailants who came in a Toyota Camry car were said to have stormed the Itunsokun, Sagamu residence of the popular traditional chief at around 10:45pm on Monday. The hoodlums were said to have…