Human-induced climate change made recent extreme heat in the US south-west, Mexico and Central America around 35 times more likely, scientists say. The World Weather Attribution (WWA) group studied excess heat between May and early June, when the US heatwave was concentrated in south-west states including California, Nevada and Arizona. A billboard shows the temperature on 5 June in Phoenix, …
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A Federal High Court in Kano, on Thursday, nullified the reinstatement of Muhammadu Sanusi II as the 16th Emir of Kano. The court also nullified all the actions taken after the controversial reinstatement. The presiding judge, Justice Abdullahi Liman, said, “I hereby order that every step taken by the government is hereby nullified and becomes null and invalid and that …
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The average price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, has skyrocketed by 223.21% to approximately ₦770 per litre in May 2024, compared to ₦238.11 per litre recorded in May 2023. This increase was highlighted in the latest Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) Price Watch report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). According to the NBS report, …
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•Both cities rank 1st, 2nd cheapest to live in Africa Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre and Abuja, the nation’s capital, have been listed as the cheapest cities in the world for international workers to live in. According to the 2024 Mercer cost of living survey released recently, naira depreciation has been identified as reason for the lower costs of living …
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The price of cassava flakes, popularly known as garri and rice have recorded more than a 50 per cent increase in Enugu metropolis, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The NAN Correspondent, who conducted a market survey on Thursday in Enugu, observed that prices of foodstuffs such as garri and rice have increased by 50 per cent in the …
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By Eben Enasco Very Reverend Father Charles Omogiate, the Parish Priest of the St. Paul Catholic Church, Airport Road Benin City, Edo State has admonished lawmakers of the 8th Edo State House of Assembly to continue to embrace peace in the delivery of people’s friendly policies. The presiding priest also warned against turning their backs on members of their various …
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Federal Government mining officers in the State involved in issuing illegal authorization for the operations of borrow pits in the Obagie N’ Evbosa axis, in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of the State are to be severely sanctioned. Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, gave the threat on Wednesday during an inspection tour of the borrow pit site at Obagie ‘N …
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The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has expressed his readiness to enter into a negotiation with the Federal Government Kanu took the position on Wednesday, at the resumed proceeding on the seven-count terrorism and treasonable felony charge the FG entered against him before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. His team of …
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Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, dismissed a fresh bail application the detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, filed to be released on bail, pending the conclusion of his trial. Kyari is facing an eight-count charge bordering on drug trafficking brought against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NLDEA). At today’s sitting, …
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This was contained in a charge statement dated 11th June 2024 and signed by the General Officer Commanding (GOC), 8 Division, Major General GM Mutkut, which was obtained by SaharaReporters on Wednesday. No fewer than nine soldiers detained at the 8 Division of the Nigerian Army provost group detention in Sokoto State, for different offences have been charged with nine …
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