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About 58 percent of Nigerian households reduced their food consumption from July to December 2020 to cope with shocks of COVID-19, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) survey has stated. This and other strategies adopted by households to cope with COVID-19 shocks are potentially harmful, NBS said. In its National Longitudinal Phone Survey (COVID-19 NLPS) 2020 Seventh and Eighth Round, NBS stated: “Households continued to experience severe shocks as the COVID-19 crisis persisted since March 2020. “Between July 2020 and December 2020, 83 percent of households reported an increase in the price of major food items that they consumed, demonstrating a…

The South East Governors Forum, Thursday, said there was no land for ranching in the region. The governors through the forum’s chairman, Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State, explained that there would be no land for ranching among the states in the region as contained in the National Livestock Transformation Plan, NLTP of the Federal Government. Umahi, who also dismissed the possibility of contributing security personnel from different states, said there was no rationale for establishing a joint regional security network for the states in South East. The governor said that given the scarcity of land in the region, the states would not…

Suspected gunmen have abducted many female students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Mando area of Kaduna State, a fourth major school abduction in one month in Nigeria. This is the fourth case of students kidnap from school in recent times after it had happened in Kankara, Kagara and Jangebe towns all for north-western Nigeria. BBC reports that the suspected gunmen attacked the school late on Thursday, March 11, 2021 and targeted only the female students. Security agents have been mobilised to the school to restore calm and launch a rescue operation. Kaduna Commissioner for Internal Security and Home…

President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, officially inaugurated Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Headquarters Complex worth the N16 billion in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Buhari who inaugurated the complex virtually commended the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio for facilitating the completion of the complex, pleading with the people to bear with the government until the forensic report is ready for implementation. In his speech, Akpabio said the completion of the 13-floor building shows the focus and determination of the commission. He recalled that the building which started in 1996 witnessed a slow pace of work until 2019 when President…

In 24 hours, Nigeria’s Bauchi State got 75 COVID-19 infections to become a first among other states in the country, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reported on Wednesday. So far, Bauchi State has gotten 1,420 confirmed, 1,227 had been discharged while 17 persons have died. Lagos State, the usual epicentre in the pandemic, recorded 36 cases seen as the lowest from the state to occupy second on the COVID-19 log. Already, the state has recorded 56,697 confirmed cases, 55,436 had discharged while 418 persons died. Akwa Ibom recorded 33 cases to occupy the third position for the day, thus bringing…

Alkali Dan Tsoho  The purported ambition of Senator Ahmad Rufai Sani to vie for the No. 1 position in Nigeria has pitched him against some political gladiators in Zamfara State and other regions. His first baptism was the glitch to revalidate his APC membership in the ongoing nationwide revalidation exercise embarked upon by the party. As the first civilian governor and Number One Citizen of Zamfara State, political analysts did not predict what looked as the voodoo to truncate his ambition. Foreseeing the game, the ace politician lamented over the alleged ploy to ruin his presidential ambition using the on-going revalidation and registration…

Governor Ben Ayade has stated politicians have no conscience and always fail to fulfill their promise to those who elected them. Speaking at the flag-off of enrolment into the states’ Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF), Ayade challenged National Assembly members to reveal whatAyade they have done for members of their constituents. The Governor said, “After donations of Keke, they pay millions to national television to advertise instead of spending the money for the people. “Let the politician show us what they have done for the people, stop abusing the poverty of the people, when the election comes you look…

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has emerged the ”Best Multilateral Financial Institution in the World for 2021.” The prestigious U.S. magazine, Global Finance, specialising in financial markets and investment banking, did the assessment and announced the award. It is a global recognition for the path breaking efforts of AfDB as it transforms itself into a solutions bank for Africa through a combination of its operations, knowledge services and investment positioning, which continue to help accelerate Africa’s development. Just last month, Standard & Poor, a global rating agency affirmed the African Development Bank’s “AAA/A-1+” foreign currency issuer credit rating with a stable…

Popular Kenyan gospel artiste, Loise Kim, has enjoined women not leave their marriages over infidelity of their husbands. Taking to her Instagram, the divorced mother of two said it is unwise to leave a man over infidelity, adding that no man is better than the other. While arguing that she is not encouraging adultery or polygamy, Loise said she learned from experience that most women who leave their marriages because their spouses cheated end up finding even worse philanderers. Speaking on International Women’s Day, March 8, Loise celebrated Hilary Clinton and all the women who forgave their cheating husbands. According to…

The Director-General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), Salihu Moh. Lukman, sees the Wednesday’s protest by organised labour to the National Assembly in Abuja against decentralizing the minimum wage structure in Nigeria as ‘needless.’ Lukman, who was once a top notch of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, spoke at news conference in Abuja Wednesday, said labour’s usual resort to protest and strikes have become outdated, urging workers to perfect their negotiation skills. The protest, according to him, will not stop the National Assembly from considering bills that have to do with decentralizing the minimum wage structure. A member of the…