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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said over 80 per cent of Nigeria’s crude oil were stolen. Obasanjo stated this in Abuja at the launching of a book titled, ‘Court and Politics,’ written by Dr. Umar Ardo, a former associate of the ex-Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. According to the former president, one of the reasons why Nigeria’s economy is in ruins is …

WASHINGTON — Inflation has changed the way many Americans shop. Now, those changes in consumer habits are helping bring down inflation. Fed up with prices that remain about 19%, on average, above where they were before the pandemic, consumers are fighting back. In grocery stores, they’re shifting away from name brands to store-brand items, switching to discount stores or simply …

The withdrawal of the three-member states could result in the halt or the suspension of all ECOWAS projects and programmes worth more than $500 million,” a communique issued at the end of Saturday’s extraordinary summit said. West Africa’s regional bloc, ECOWAS, on Saturday, said that the exit of three of its members would cost the region a lot including projects …

Mexico City – CNN — Alejandro Gomez has been without proper running water for more than three months. Sometimes it comes on for an hour or two, but only a small trickle, barely enough to fill a couple of buckets. Then nothing for many days. Gomez, who lives in Mexico City’s Tlalpan district, doesn’t have a big storage tank so can’t get water truck …

A pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere has begged the Yoruba people not to participate in the protests breaking out from some parts of the country over the current economic hardship. Reuben Fasoranti The Yoruba people are indigenes of the six southwestern states of the country which include Osun, Ogun, Ondo, Lagos, Ekiti and Oyo. Although, residents of the Yoruba-identified states and …

Donald Trump is one step closer to the Republican presidential nomination after a massive win over Nikki Haley in South Carolina. The former president won his primary opponent’s home state by a 20-point margin, his fourth consecutive victory. As he celebrated, Mr Trump made no mention of Ms Haley, who vowed to stay in the race. Instead he set his …

With the harsh economic conditions in Nigeria today, following the removal of petrol subsidy and other policies of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration, Nigerians have come to terms with the revelation by former president Muhammadu Buhari that his administration didn’t withdraw fuel subsidy to enable his party to secure electoral victory in the 2023 presidential election.  Buhari had in …

• The Problem Is Affordability Of Commodities Not Availability, Says Oladunni• Seeks Conducive Environment For Farmers To Operate• Govt At All Levels Must Harmonise Efforts In Agric Sector – Oba Thompson• Don’t Allow Current Hardship Destroy Gains Of Democracy, Hayab Appeals To Nigerians As the Federal Government continues to throw various solutions at the food crisis in the country occasioned …

Nigerian human rights and pro-democracy activist, Comrade Igbotako Nowinta, has called for the establishment of a people’s vanguard, consisted of uncompromising patriots and nationalists, who will ultimately wrestle power from the present incompetent conservative political class in Nigeria. “As we face a deeply uncertain future, even as the country is turning into a massive graveyard of dizzying hunger and impoverishment, …

“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 …