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• Inflation decelerates slightly to 15.6 per cent• ‘Data is a mockery of market reality’• Food crisis not reflecting govt’s ‘investment’ in agric, says farmers’ association • NNPC imports 2.3b litres as queues persist nationwide The near-term inflation outlook appears increasingly unpredictable, as the petrol shortage crisis and the rising cost of diesel have added to other challenges driving up prices of essential …

Six months after sacking a military base in the area, bandits have collected at least N40.7 million as protection levy from residents of Mutumji communities in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Residents said they delivered N9.7 million to the bandits on February 4 as the last instalment of the levy collected from various peasant communities in Mutumji. PREMIUM …

The ECOWAS Court has dismissed the application by the Federal Government seeking to stop the judgment in the Twitter ban case. The court said the application is frivolous and lacking in merit. The case is now adjourned to 10 May 2022 for judgment. The President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration had filed an application asking the ECOWAS court to dismiss a suit …

Residents of Imo state, completely obeyed the sit-at-home order of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in solidarity with Wednesday’s court case in Abuja, of the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Vanguard in Owerri observed that the compliance to the sit-at-home was total from the areas visited. Also, the residents of Orlu and Okigwe joined in the sit-at-home order where the …

Organiser of the historic Okpekpe international 10km road race, Mike Itemuagbor, has dedicated his award as the pioneer of world acclaimed road races in Nigeria to the Governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki. Itemuagbor’s effort at organising the first World Athletics label road race in West Africa was recognised at the SportsVille awards on Sunday.  According to the organiser, Itemuagbor …

Imo State governor, Hope Uzodimma on Tuesday said that there is nothing wrong if the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC decides to shift its national convention from the February 26 scheduled date. Uzodinma who had a separate session with President Muhammadu Buhari on issues concerning the state said this while fielding questions from State House correspondents, according to Vanguard News …

Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, didn’t shut down satellite units of the Intelligence Response Team and Special Tactical Squads in the country, acting Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, has said. Adejobi made this clarification in a telephone chat with The PUNCH on Tuesday while reacting to reports (not by The PUNCH) that the police boss ordered the closure …

Academic activities will begin at the newly revamped multi-campus Edo College of Education with sites in Igueben, Abudu and Afuze before the end of 2022, Edo State Government has hinted. The government, however, said the academic calendar of the defunct College of Education in Igueben will not be truncated, promising that students of the college will graduate as and when …

Okhide Em’ya David Activities at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) were temporarily disrupted on Tuesday morning as members of the Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) protested the killing of their member, identified as Dr. Otote Osaikhuomwan, aged 36. He was of the Department of Ophthalmology. Osaikhuomwan was reportedly killed at his Residence in Ugbor area of Benin City …

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has eulogised Greg Ogbeifun, for his outstanding contributions to the development of the state’s education sector, especially the setting up of the Greg Ogbeifun Maritime Institute of Technology (GOMINT). The governor gave the commendation during a book launch, titled; “Not Always Easy: My Voyage from Obscurity,” as part of activities to mark the …