Sokoto attack: Beggar’s son shot by terrorist needs N190,000 for scan
By Evelyn Usman One of the five persons who sustained bullet wounds during last week’s attack on Girkau community in Kebbe Local Government Area of Sokoto State by suspected bandits is lying helpless at the Usman Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), unable to afford the N190,000 required for aMagnetic Resonance Imaging ,MRI and Computed Tomography […]
Troops arrest suspected bandit in possession of military kits – Army
The Nigerian Army says its troops operating along Mokwa-Jebba road, intercepted and arrested a fleeing bandit in a vehicle traveling from Zuru to Ibadan during a stop and search operation on Sunday. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the vigilant troops spotted […]
POLLUTION: N’Delta fishermen cry out as IOCs cripple local fishing industry
•Over 6 million fishers threatened — Nnimmo Bassey, environmentalist •Stakeholders demand onshore contamination clean-up before IOCs go offshore •Oil firm workers sidetrack compensation for oil leaks — Mrs. Talani, angler By Samuel Oyadongha Indigenous fishing folks in Niger-Delta, weekend, lamented they could no longer ply their trade, following the colossal pollution of water bodies in the oil […]
At Ojodu PHC, healthcare services’re rendered with torchlight
THIS is not the best of times for patients that are seeking health care services in Ojodu Primary Healthcare Centre in Ojodu Local Council Development Area of Lagos State.
Why price of rice increased from N19,000 to N23,000, RIPAN explains
The Rice Processors Association of Nigeria (RIPAN), Kano State Chapter, has attributed the hike in price of rice from 19,000 to N23,000, to the increase in price of paddy rice. Alhaji Abba Dantata, a member of RIPAN stated this in Kano Monday during a joint press briefing with Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission […]
Despite declining inflation, prices of beans, garri show sharp rises — NBS
Further insight into Nigeria’s inflation figures has indicated that basic food items were the inflation leaders in the last month’s figures published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The staples are beans and garri which are mainly consumed by low income earners.
