Seventeen days into 2025, it has ushered in a bit of hope as the prices of some food items have nosedived in Kaduna State. Checks by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) showed that the prices of grains and other staple food items were steadily coming down in markets across the state, against the skyrocketed prices in 2024. Further checks …
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Ex-Miss Nigeria and former First Lady of Delta State, Mrs Edna Ibru (nee Park) has passed away. Ibru, wife of Olorogun Felix Ibru, the first civilian Governor of Delta State between 1991 and 1992, died in her 80s on Wednesday, in a London hospital after a brief illness. The deceased, who was Miss Nigeria 1964, and the first Nigerian/African to …
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A 58-year-old Lagos magistrate Olasanmi Ogunkanmi, has reportedly slumped and died the same night he returned from a three-week holy pilgrimage in Jerusalem. The Vanguard, however, also reports that another source claimed that Ogunkanmi who is also a pastor, only died in his sleep. According to the Vanguard report, Ogunkanmi, performed his last pilgrimage exercise to Jerusalem with the first …
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In a remarkable confirmation of prophecy, the words of Prophet Samuel Akinbodunse, delivered during the Freedom for All Nations Outreach (FANO) crossover service on December 31, 2024, have come to fruition, sparking widespread jubilation. During the service at the FANO headquarters in South Africa, Prophet Akinbodunse spoke with conviction about the ongoing war in Gaza. He declared that 2025 would …
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The equity market rebounded on Thursday from its previous session’s loss, gaining N53 billion. Investor interest in key stocks such as Dangote Cement, FBN Holdings, Guaranty Trust Holding Company, GTCO, and Fidelity Bank, alongside other advancing equities, contributed to the market’s positive performance. The market capitalisation increased by N53 billion, or 0.09 per cent rising from N62.257 trillion at the …
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The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has rejected the move to increase Value Added Tax (VAT). Rising from a meeting in Abuja on Thursday, the governor said the move is untimely. The governors also expressed support for the ongoing legislative process of the Tax Reform Bills. Last year, Chairman, Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, Taiwo Oyedele, said the committee …
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Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja has fixed January 31, 2025 for the trial of the former Acting Accountant General of the Federation, AGF, Anamekwe Nnabuoku for alleged multiple financial fraud to the tune of N1.96billion. Nnabuoku was on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on an amended nine-count charge, bordering on criminal conspiracy, …
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The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) says the production of petroleum products by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery has reduced the importation of refined products from Europe. In its Monthly Oil Market Report published on January 15, 2025, the global body said with the refining efforts of the Lagos-based refinery, gasoline volumes produced in the international markets would have …
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Yusuf Muhammed Prince AMB (Dr) Adedipe Dauda Ewenla is now the Akinjagunla Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland. Iba Gani Abiodun Ige Adams, the 15th Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland conferred the title on him during the 7th year anniversary of the comferment of the title of Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land on the 13 January, 2025. Adams said he chose the day …
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Timileyin Ajayi, 32, has been remanded in the custody of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Nasarawa State Police Command in Lafia, the state capital for the alleged murder of a 24-year-old corps member, Salome Adaidu. Adaidu, who was serving in Abuja, was reportedly killed during a visit to Ajayi’s residence in the Papalana area of New Karshi, Karu Local …
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