Dangerous spices: How melted nylon additive keeps plantain chips crunchy
By Elizabet Adegbesan For some years, plantain chip has been one of Nigeria’s ultimate snacks which is affordable, accessible, and portable.But as inflation hovers at historic highs, a sinister economic survival tactic has crept into the informal food sector. Economy&Lifestyle discovered that to cut costs and keep chips crispy for days, some street entrepreneurs are […]
STREET HAWKING: Why we defy FCTA to sell on Abuja streets
It is 1:45pm on Herbert Macaulay Way, one of the busiest roads in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. Top ranging vehicles ply here as a routine because of the presence of the National Oil company on this road.
Police officer killed as suspected armed herders attack checkpoint in Benue
According to a local source, the attackers took to their heels and disappeared into the nearby bushes on sighting the advancing troops.
Police rescue 10-year-old boy stuffed in sack, two suspects arrested
The Sokoto State Police Command has on Wednesday intensified its crackdown on kidnapping and other violent crimes, recording major breakthroughs in separate intelligence-led operations that led to the arrest of two suspected kidnappers and the dramatic rescue of a 10-year-old boy abducted in Tangaza Local Government Area.
Benchers back CJN’s push to retire colonial titles
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri Willy Mutunga was sworn in as the first Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya on June 20, 2011, under the country’s 2010 Constitution. Barely months in office, he took a revolutionary step with the enforcement of a reform policy that historically altered Kenya’s legal practice. Mutunga moved Kenya’s […]
‘Kidnappers spoke Igala, Fulani, Hausa,’ Kogi victims recount ordeal
‘One of the abductors identified himself as Peter; they spoke Igala, Fulani and Hausa, so we won’t understand their conversations’
