General News
P/Harcourt disco urges FG, states to pay N10.2bn electricity debt
By Desmond Ejibas The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) has urged both the Federal and State Governments to pay the N10.2 billion electricity…
Year: 2023
Business & Economy
Exploiting cassava for food security and industrial revolution
By Oluyinka Fadare, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Cassava or manioc (Manihot esculenta) is a perennial woody shrub with an edible root, which grows…
General News
157 Lagos prison inmates set to write WASSCE, as 2 pursue PhD
By Chinyere Nwachukwu The Lagos Prisons Command says education behind bars is getting more interesting with two of its inmates already pursuing their PhDs…
Religion
Nigerian pilgrim recovers lost $700 BTA in Saudi hotel
A lucky second Nigerian pilgrim on Sunday in Madinah, Saudi Arabia, recovered her lost Basic Traveling Allowance (BTA) from her hotel camp. The pilgrim,…
Security and Crimes
4 policemen die during gun battle with bandits in Kaduna State
Police Command in Kaduna State said four of its operatives had died during a gun battle with bandits in the state. The Public Relations…
Security and Crimes
NASS Blockade: Leaked police report shows why Daura did it
A leaked report of the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris on the reckless and unauthorised blockade of the National Assembly on Tuesday by…
Security and Crimes
Police arrest ATM fraud syndicate, recover 30 ATM cards in Enugu
By Maureen Ojinaka The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested a three-man Automated Teller Machine (ATM) fraud syndicate operating within Enugu city. In…
General News
Low global cocoa prices crippling Ghana – official
(Xinhua/NAN) Without government subsidy, Ghana’s cocoa sector would have difficulty financing its core activities, said Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD),…
Foreign
‘Fears of nuclear war still with us’ – Guterres
By Prudence Arobani The fears of nuclear war are still with humanity, 73 years since the catastrophic Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombs in August…