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Monday, October 23, 2017 marked the 530th day since Buhari administration increased the petrol pump price from N87 to N145 per litre. It was ex-President Goodluck Jonathan who had jacked it to N87 a litre. From time to time, the price adjustment became a regular decimal by different administrations just to woo gullible Nigerians to their whims. The solution to price increment is not in sight as demand-supply quotient together with perceived interest of government and other major players in the petroleum industry. However, statistics show that about 40 million litres of petrol are consumed daily in the country. From…

Ginger is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or simply ginger, is widely used as a spice or a folk medicine. It is a herbaceous perennial which grows annual stems about a meter tall bearing narrow green leaves and yellow flowers, according to Wikipedia. Ginger helps treat a range of conditions. It also helps in food seasoning. In fact, it is in high demand in Nigeria. Other uses include treating stomach problems—motion sickness, morning sickness, colic, upset stomach, gas, diarrhoea, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), nausea, nausea caused by cancer treatment, nausea caused by HIV/AIDS treatment, nausea and vomiting after surgery.…

Good look is a natural endowment, but innate qualities are rare personality traits unique to a person. These traits attract some women to men and other men to women. This piece takes a hard look at seven of the “ideal types” of males that magnetise women to them. Fox News reports that the appealing ones help women to understand what they are looking for in men. 1.      The intelligent one He instigates conversations that are intellectually stimulating, and listens to what she has to say in response. He makes her laugh with his clever sense of humour, and has an…

The Israeli government has ordered thousands of African migrants to leave the country within 90 days or risk imprisonment. According to BBC News, the migrants will be given up to $3,500 (£2,600) for leaving within the next 90 days. They will be given the option of going to their home country or a third countries. If they do not leave, the Israeli authorities have threatened that they will start jailing them from April. The UN refugee agency said the controversial plan violated international and Israeli laws. The Israeli government says their return will be humane and “voluntary”. The order exempts…

Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has dared President Muhammadu Buhari to show Akwa Ibom people Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) kiosk in the state being the highest producer of crude oil products in the country. Incidentally, President Buhari is combining Presidency with the portfolio of Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources. Emmanuel challenged “We are the highest producers of oil in Nigeria. Let the Minister of Petroleum show us even a kiosk that is an NNPC office in Akwa Ibom State.” The governor, who was speaking at this year’s special inter-denominational Solemn Assembly to usher in and dedicate 2018…

Are you a Nigerian female who usually joins friends, course mates and siblings for a free ride or happening party in town? Do you normally join boys with flashy cars to clubs and eateries for eating and drinking spree? Do you like fraternizing with happening boys in town? Then, you have to be careful so that you do not fall into the traps of boys specialising in Yahoo Plus. Yahoo Plus concerns smart boys who use online platforms to defraud unsuspecting persons of their hard-earned money. In attempt to make much money, they use diabolical means to achieve their ill-conceived…

Residents of Akwa Ibom State, particularly Uyo, Eket and Itu Local Government Areas, have expressed worry over the rising cases of robbery and secret cultism activities in their localities. How they operate – Udoh A victim, who simply identified himself as Mr. Udoh, told NDV, last Friday that hoodlums dispossessed him and his wife of their cell phones and money at gunpoint, some weeks ago in Eket. Police operatives “It happened weeks ago after I closed from work. I decided to go to my wife’s shop to assist her that day and about 8:30 pm, we decided to close the…

The first female President-General has been elected to drive the socio-cultural engine of the 92-year-old Oron Union in Akwa Ibom State. She is Dr. (Mrs.) Janet Asuquo Amba, wife of the Commissioner of Police, Bayelsa State, Mr. Asuquo Amba. Until her emergence, she was the Vice President-General 1 of the union. Mrs. Amba took over the reins of office from Dr. Effiong Edunam, a one-time Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Education and a university don. In the election held on Sunday, December 31, 2017 at Oron Union Civic Centre, she polled 126 votes to clinch the coveted position against her closest…

The number of dead people on the list of  President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointments to the boards of several government agencies  and institutions is now eight — not two as reported on the first day of the announcement. They are Francis Okpozo, a senator in the Second Republic, who died in December 2016 but was announced as Chairman of the board of the Nigerian Press Council; Christopher Utov, a Catholic Priest and founder of Fidei Polytechnic in Benue State, who died in March but was listed as a board member of the Nigeria Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER). Donald…

The Spiritual Director, Adoration Ministry, Enugu Nigeria, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has warned President Muhammadu Buhari to shelve his plans to contest in the 2019 presidential elections. Mbaka, who spoke before thousands of worshippers in a New Year Message he delivered early Monday morning, said Buhari would be totally disgraced if he takes a shot at the presidency after his current tenure. It would be recalled that he had prophesied on the same pulpit that then President Goodluck Jonathan would be defeated in the 2015 election even though he stood a better chance and it came to pass. Read the…