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Aliko Dangote, President of Dangote Group, weekend, parodied Nigeria for wasting much foreign exchange in importing foods that ordinarily would have been produced locally and exported. Dangote, who spoke in an interview with newsmen in Lagos, at the Dangote Cement Plc, said until a new approach at redirecting the economy from import dependent to an export one, which the present government was leading, no meaningful changes could happen. He said it was because of his belief in government’s approach at re-energising the economy and make it export-oriented, that made him step up his investment in agriculture, especially with regards to…

More than 8.2 million children in 24 states of the federation are being offered free meals daily, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. Buhari, who stated this in his Children’s Day celebration message Sunday, said 45,000 schools have benefited from the programme across the country. He also noted that since inception of his administration in May 2015, attention had been given to issues of child protection, participation and survival. The President said the campaign to end violence against children was launched in 2015 and commemorated in 2016. According to the President, November 2016 also saw the launch of campaign to end child…

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Sunday urged Nigerian children to believe in the possibility of a great and prosperous Nigeria. Atiku, who felicitated Nigerian children on the occasion of the 2018 National Children’s Day, hoped to clinch the ticket of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to vie for the office of the President, in 2019 general elections, assuring the kids of his readiness to invest massively in the education sector if voted into power. In a status update on his Facebook wall, the Wazirin Adamawa wrote: “Let us all sustain the hope that in our time, Nigeria can become truly…

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has asked the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to stop whining about imaginary attempts to clampdown on the opposition in the lead up to the 2019 general elections, saying after years of suicidal gluttony, the PDP has ignored ongoing efforts at clearing the mess it created. APC was reacting to allegations by the PDP which accused it of, among others, corruption, sectionalism and opposition clampdown, ahead of the 2019 elections. Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, National Publicity Secretary of the APC, in a statement in Abuja Saturday, said the party was increasingly baffled by PDP’s new found proclivity…

Avocados are super-food that many people love to eat. After simply scooping out the flesh of a ripe avocado, it can be used in delicious dips, sandwiches, smoothies, spreads and salads, along with famous Mexican guacamole. Even beauty face packs are made with the flesh. However, most of us throw away the large seed, not realizing that it is edible and offers many health benefits. In fact, the seeds contain much higher antioxidant, fiber and phenolic content than the flesh. Before consuming the seed, which has a bitter and astringent flavor, remove the fine layer of brown skin that covers…

The complaints by customers that most telecommunications service providers in the country have been short changing them through their services seem to be falling on deaf ears. However, early this month, Senate summoned four leading Global System for Mobile Communications, GSM, operators: MTN, Airtel, 9mobile and Globacom to explain, among others, reasons for frequent unsolicited calls, product and programme promos to their customers through riddles, jokes and others. But in 2016, Mr. Oluwole Aluko, a customer took the bull by the horn in filing a suit against MTN Nigeria, claiming his call credit was illegally deducted from his account by…

Despite the corruption virus afflicting different strata of the Nigerian society, some people still stay afloat the murky waters of corruption. For instance, a cleaner at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos State, Charity Bassey, recently found a nylon containing $6,000 valued at over N2 million and returned it to security officials at the terminal. The cleaner, an employee of Lakewood Development Company, which is into janitorial services, was on duty at the departure wing of the airport when she picked up the item from the floor. According to her, she was standing in front of the toilet…

Gareth Bale came off the bench to score twice, including one of the all-time great goals in a Champions League final, as Real Madrid beat Liverpool 3-1 in Kiev on Saturday to take the trophy for the third year running. Bale’s jaw-dropping overhead kick in the 64th minute put Real 2-1 up moments after his introduction, following a dramatic start to the second half, in which Karim Benzema gave Real the lead as a result of a Loris Karius howler. Sadio Mané had briefly restored parity, but Bale put Real in front again and then made it 3-1 late on…

Kissing by minors that could not have been contemplated as a serious issue in most countries has landed a four-year-old Egyptian boy in court. The minor was dragged before a court of law in Egypt for kissing his three-year-old classmate, a behavior seen as inappropriate. Reports by the BBC, says parents of the little girl who kissed felt unhappy by the incident and therefore charged the boy to court. The little boy’s father is reported to have told privately-owned al-Mehwar TV that the girl’s father became bitter after he personally saw the boy kissing his daughter, but the circumstances surrounding…

Senator Godswill Akpabio has warned against making a law that would lead to the Federal Government taking over the landed areas of riverine communities, especially communities where the water bodies dry off. The bill which set the house members at loggerheads occurred at the plenary on Thursday had the northern senators in support of the bill and its objectives and the southern counterparts in disagreement to it. Those who opposed were of the opinion that, the bill if passed into law, would further centralize power and the nation’s resources. This, they pointed out, would counter the current move towards decentralization…