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“When we started this business in February 1994, the prices for commodities at the time were okay. My husband and I started with just N15,000 but without a minimum of over N1 million capital, I don’t think someone can start a comfortable foodstuff business now,” a trader said. Standing behind a parked vehicle in front of her shop loaded with …

NLC on February 16 announced a nationwide protest scheduled for February 27 and 28, in response to the astronomic rise of cost of living and hardship Nigerians are facing across the country. Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has told the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) that its planned nationwide protest against hardship in …

CSO carpets police overaction Former National Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) and frontline governorship aspirant of the Labour Party (LP), for the September 21st gubernatorial election in Edo State, Olumide Akpata has denied involvement in the arrest of the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure and five others in Benin.    Akpata in a statement slammed another aspirant of …

Kherson, Ukraine — If one man’s story encompassed all two years of Ukraine’s war you might expect it to have ended abruptly long ago. Yet Oleksandr, 38, is somehow alive, burdened with lessons from a fight he did not predict. His prosthetic eye twinkles, damaged from the siege of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, one of the more savage battles of the invasion’s first three …

He also said that that the need to bag the grains, caused the delay as the bags were freshly ordered by government. The President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government has said that it is in the final stage of releasing 42,000 metric tonnes of assorted food commodities to support the vulnerable population across the country. According to the Special Adviser to …

The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has advised three military-ruled West African nations that recently announced their exit from the community to reconsider their decision. Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, who gave the admonition on Saturday in his opening address, during an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS …

Ahead of September 2024 Edo State Gubernatorial election, renowned Philanthropist and Televangelist, Dr Azemhe Azena has emerged the Candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP. In a statement yesterday by the NNPP National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Yakubu Shendam, Dr. Azemhe Azena polled 211 votes to defeat three other Aspirants, to emerge victorious at a keenly contested primary held at …

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has removed the economic sanctions imposed on Niger Republic, Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea The decision was adopted on Saturday, February 24, in Abuja during the extraordinary summit on the political, security, and peace conditions in the ECOWAS subregion. The regional bloc, however, said the political and targeted sanctions remain. THE NATION

CHARLESTON, S.C.— Former President Donald Trump is looking to win his fourth straight primary state on Saturday over Nikki Haley in South Carolina, aiming to hand a home-state embarrassment to his last remaining major rival for the Republican nomination. Trump went into the primary with a huge polling lead and the backing of the state’s top Republicans, including Sen. Tim Scott, a former rival in the race. …

As the week comes to a close, here are the top stories from across the country. From a dip in the Gross Domestic Product to controversial primary elections in Edo State, to tragic news involving a lion and a zookeeper in the Zoological Garden of the Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Osun State, and discussions on cement prices and government …