Members of the Poultry Association of Nigeria, PAN, has called on the Federal government to stem the tide of smuggled poultry products into the country as over 1.2 million metric tons of poultry product estimated at about 2.75 billion dollars get into the country illegally annually. Speaking at the 3rd edition of the Nigeria Poultry Summit, President of the association, Dr. Ayoola Oduntan disclosed that the continued smuggling of poultry products is depriving the country foreign exchange and job opportunities for Nigerians.

The president-elect, General Mohammadu Buhari, yesterday, lamented that the out-going administration of President Goodluck Jonathan has failed to provide the in-coming government with all the necessary information needed for a smooth take-off next week, particularly on how to tackle the current fuel scarcity in the country.

Unknown gunmen have kidnapped a woman on her way to drop off her children at school in Aba, Abia State

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Two men, Ismaila Oladosun, 28, and Monday Paul, 35, have been arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court over allegations of robbery and firearms.

Ijaw youths, under the aegis of Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, worldwide, met in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, to x-ray the condition of Ijaw and Niger Delta youths, especially beneficiaries of the amnesty programme with a view to getting them employed.

Only very few cities in the world can match the cost of living in Abuja, the Federal Capital City of Nigeria. Of all Abuja’s mounting needs, as in all new cities, housing remains the most acute. It is so bad that one-room self-contained goes for up to half a million Naira in the city centre, and only slightly less in the adjourning districts.

At least 10,000 trucks now park daily within the Ogun State territory because of their evacuation from Lagos roads and bridges From the number, the state government rakes in 80 per cent of the accruable revenue while the remaining 20 percent go to private companies and individuals. The state government which charges N500 per day makes over N120 million per month or N4 million per day.

The Election Petitions Tribunal in Minna, Niger State, has received seven petitions relating to the March 28 and April 11 elections in the state.

The belief in the words of “Lá iláha illallah” is one of the basis for being a Muslim, to refute all deities and accept Allah as the only God and Lord of the Universe. No one can be a Muslim without believing and adhering to the tenets of of Lá iláha illallah. Lá iláha illallah is the belief in the divine lordship of Allah (referred to as “rububiyyah”), meaning believing that Allah is the only one power who creates, gives life and death, and maintains the affairs of all that’s in this universe.

The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Chairman, Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, has said that he was not afraid of probe by the incoming administration, adding that it will take an angel for his successor to attain the feat he recorded in the last four years of his leadership of the Amnesty office.

Member-elect for Obingwa East state constituency in Abia State House of Assembly, Solomon Akpulonu, has decried the deplorable state of Aba-Ikot Ekpene highway and called on the federal government to urgently rehabilitate it.

Nigerian consumer stocks are struggling through a “lost year” as a slump in oil prices buffets the nation’s economy, according to Renaissance Capital Ltd. Fuel shortages are making it harder to distribute goods as companies including Guinness Nigeria Plc, Nestle Nigeria Plc, and Unilever Nigeria Plc grapple with a slowing economy and weaker local currency, said Benjamin Samuels, head of equities at the Moscow-based investment bank that focuses on emerging markets.

The outgoing Chief Executive of Akwa Ibom State, His Excellency Governor Godswill Akpabio ( CON) will tomorrow be treated to a “thank You Championship” by Nigerian Scrabble players.

THE five-man ad hoc committee set up by Delta State House of Assembly to investigate land allocations in the state in the last four years, has recommended the revocation of some plots of land allegedly allocated to faceless individuals.