“Mechanised farming will make farm produce to be available in large quantities even in their off seasons and the prices will not be ridiculously expensive,” he said. In addition, Alhaji Mohammed Tijani, a beans seller, attributed the increase in the price of beans to the ongoing planting season, and increased demand for the item because of Ramadan.

Police released new images Thursday of the man suspected of killing nine people in a shooting at a historic black US church. Initial security camera footage released by authorities in Charleston, South Carolina shows a slender young white man with dark blond or brown hair in a distinctive bowl-type haircut and wearing a grey sweater.

CHAIRMAN, Chairman of Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, Engr. Elias Mbam said yesterday that report on the N8.64 billion wardrobe allowance for Senators and Members of the House of Representatives as being over exaggerated.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Presidency to stop making mockery of governance with premature celebration of imaginary achievements except if the intention is to set up President Muhammadu Buhari for national and international ridicule.

SENATE President, Bukola Saraki, has reiterated the commitment of the Senate towards conclusive passage of the Petroleum Industry Bills, PIB. But he said the present Senate will rather engage in what he called “intensive dialogue” that will address the bottleneck which made the bill recalcitrant.