Nigeria loses N5trn to 40m tonnes of food waste yearly over logistics challenges
By Cynthia Alo Stakeholders in the transport and logistics sector have said Nigeria is losing between N3.5 trillion and N5 trillion every year as about 40 million metric tonnes of food are wasted due to logistics challenges across the country’s food supply chain. They said poor road infrastructure, multiple illegal checkpoints, inadequate storage facilities and an […]
Fire guts building in Lagos’ Alapere area
By Olasunkanmi Akoni A fire broke out on Friday night at a building on Abiola Street in the Alapere area of Ketu, Lagos, prompting an emergency response from the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service. Eyewitnesses said the fire started at about 9:00 p.m., with flames engulfing parts of the building before firefighters arrived at […]
NARD threatens indefinite strike at LUTH over call meal dispute
By Chioma Obinna The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) over the hospital’s continued failure to restore call meals for resident doctors. The association warned that the dispute, which it said has lingered for months, could disrupt healthcare services at […]
Osun 2026: Don’t harbour criminals, DIG Fayoade warns politicians
The Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), South-West, Adegoke Fayoade, has warned politicians in Osun State against harbouring criminals ahead of the 2026 governorship election, declaring that security agencies will not tolerate violence or lawlessness.
NDC, Peter Obi, Sowore, Bolaji, Paul Ibe, PDP reject Lokoja court ruling
The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, activist Omoyele Sowore, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), African Democratic Congress (ADC) spokesman Bolaji Abdullahi and Paul Ibe, media adviser to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, have rejected Friday’s ruling of a Federal High Court in Lokoja setting aside its earlier judgment that […]
Trump blasts ‘godless’ Democrats in incendiary speech to evangelicals
US President Donald Trump accused the Democratic left of being “hardcore, godless communists” in a divisive, politicized speech Friday full of falsehoods about his perceived foes as he addressed evangelicals at a right-wing Christian conference.
