… fears attacks by hunger-ravaged, angry citizens . Raises the alarm ‘Nigeria’s food reserve zero, silos empty’ Samuel Adesola, Abuja Senate on Tuesday engaged in a panic debate over the hunger and hardship confronting citizens across the country, expressing fears of attack and revolt by hunger-ravaged angry Nigerians. The debate followed a motion titled: “Urgent Need to address Food Insecurity and Market Exploitation of Consumables in Nigeria,” sponsored by Senator Sunday Karimi Steve representing Kogi West Senatorial District and co-sponsored by Senator Ali Ndume Mohammed representing Borno South Senatorial District. Senator Kaimi stressed that prices of food and consumables had…
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A media advocacy group, Media Rights Agenda (MRA), on Tuesday, demanded the release of two Kaduna-based journalists kidnapped along with their wives and children last Saturday night. MRA expressed deep concern over the abduction, urging the Federal Government, particularly security and law enforcement agencies, to take immediate action to secure their safe release. The group emphasized that it’s the duty of the government and security agencies to ensure the safety of journalists and other media workers. Recall that about 15 armed men invaded the Dahjonu community in Millennium City, in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, on the…
House of Representatives’ Joint Committee on the arbitrary increase in the price of cement, on Tuesday, threatened to order the arrest of the management of Dangote Cement if it fails to appear at its next hearing. On May 7, 2024, the House had issued a 14-day ultimatum to cement manufacturers to appear before its joint committee and make their submissions on the arbitrary increment of cement prices in Nigeria. Chairman, House Committee on Solid Minerals, Jonathan Gbefwi, issued the summon at a public hearing to investigate the arbitrary increase in the price of cement in Nigeria by cement manufacturers, organised…
… says ‘you concocted figures to embarrass me, my administration’ . Such amount was neither earned nor diverted, ex-govs claims Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Tuesday, again lambasted his successor, Governor Uba Sani, for allegedly concocting financial figures to indict him and his administration with claims that his administration diverted a whooping N423,115,028,072.88. The former governor dismissed the purported financial report indicting him and his ex-commissioners, arguing that the report lacked merit and was mischievously orchestrated by Governor Sani and his team to discredit him and his administration. El-Rufai who spoke through his former commissioners at a press…
Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria, on Tuesday, expressed concern over the safety of two journalists kidnapped at the weekend in Kaduna – Messers Abdulgafar Alabelewe and Mr. AbdulRaheem Abdu, the Kaduna state’s correspondents of The Nation and Blue Print newspapers respectively. Armed men had stormed Danhonu community in Millennium city of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State and raided the houses of the reporters, abducting them, their wives and children. The bandits had released Abdulraheem’s wife after she was unable to keep up, as she was recovering from an ailment. A family member of one of the victims, Taofeeq…
Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Kola Ologbondiyan, has said the struggle for the soul of the party has become so worrisome, following issues which according to him, have to do with principles. Ologbodiyan, the former national spokesperson of the party, argued that the problems in the party transcend the issues of who emerges as the leader of the party and those that have to do with the supremacy divide of who is to be regarded as the recognised leader between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike and the presidential candidate of the party in the 2023 election and…
Seyi Tayese, Yenagoa The Movement for the Survival of the Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND) has warned youths in the Niger Delta region to desist from sponsored attacks and raising frivolous allegations against their leaders and those piloting government affairs, to attract more development in the region. MOSIEND maintained that rather than expending energy on supporting leaders of the region, youths are being used by desperate politicians to score cheap political points through blackmails. MOSIEND in a statement issued on Tuesday through its National Secretary, Amb. Amain Winston Cotterel and made available to Daily News Hub in…
Agency Report The National Council for Arts and Culture, NCAC, has recognised Farooq Oreagba, who stole the show at the 2024 Ojude Oba Festival, as an Honorary Ambassador for the Council. Among the many eye-catching attendees at the Ojude Oba festival this year, Oreagba stole the show. Clad in a flamboyant green and yellow “Aso-oke Agbada”, he rode majestically on horseback, a photo of which went viral and earned him the title “King of Steeze.” Obi Asika, Director General of NCAC, made the announcement on his Instagram page, displaying the Certificate of Recognition awarded to Oreagba. He wrote: “I could…
National President of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP), Nathaniel Muhammadu Atebije, has highlighted the severe shortage of town planning professionals in Nigeria, drawing a stark comparison with developed countries. Speaking at the 2024 Town Hall Meeting themed “Creating the Livable Environment We Need through Collaboration and Community Participation,” Atebije emphasised the critical role of town planners in achieving sustainable development. “One of the significant challenges we face is the lack of professionals,” Atebije stated. “We don’t have enough town planners, engineers, surveyors, quantity surveyors, or builders. In developed countries, the ratio of town planners to the population is…
…as transport fares skyrocket Ben Ogbemudia, Abuja Despite the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s assurance of availability of fuel supply, residents of Abuja, Nasarawa and other surrounding states have continued to groan over long fuel queues in filling stations. Since last week, motorists in affected cities have lamented the pain of queueing for hours to get fuel. This has been the situation across filling stations along Kubwa Expressway, Airport Road/Lugbe axis, and Nyanya-Jikwoyi road in the past few days. While many filling stations sell fuel above N900 per liter, NNPCL retail stations sell for N617. Consequently, some transporters in the…