Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi and the Chairman, Presidential Taskforce on Rice and Wheat Production, has assured Nigerians of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration’s determination to ensure rice availability and affordability.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Bagudu gave the assurance when he spoke to newsmen after meeting...
Trucks of fertilizers disappeared under previous govts – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari again on Friday took a swipe at his predecessors, saying trucks conveying fertilizers disappeared “miraculously” in transit under previous governments.
Buhari spoke while granting audience to members of the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He promised that his...
Detained Independent Bureau Chief's Life In Danger, Says Newspaper Management
The management of Daily Independent has disclosed that the publication's Abuja Bureau Chief, Mr. Tony Ezimakor, who has been detained by the Directorate of State Security (DSS) since Wednesday, is hypertensive and has been denied access to his medication.
The disclosure was made in a statement...
Zuckerberg sells $482m Facebook stock in February
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer, Mark Zuckerberg, sold nearly 500 million dollars in the company’s shares in February to fund his philanthropic investment vehicle, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), regulatory filings showed.
The move is not a surprise, being part of Zuckerberg’s plan to expedite stock sales to fund the initiative he set...
Zuckerberg sells $482m Facebook stock in February
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer, Mark Zuckerberg, sold nearly 500 million dollars in the company’s shares in February to fund his philanthropic investment vehicle, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), regulatory filings showed.
The move is not a surprise, being part of Zuckerberg’s plan to expedite stock sales to fund the initiative he set...
299 Nigeria's Voter Cards Retrieved From Foreigners, Says INEC Chairman
The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has revealed that 299 Nigeria voters card have been seized from foreigners.
The electoral commission head said that the retrieval was done in collaboration with Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS.
Mahmood, who revealed...
EFCC Arraigns Man For Stealing $56, 000 From Bishop Oyedepo's Book Store
he Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on Wednesday, February 28, 2018, arraigned one Chimezie Chuta before Justice Mojisola Dada of the State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on one-count charge bordering on stealing to the tune of $56,000.00 (fifty-six thousand United States...
You Can't Win Election On Twitter, Facebook, Others, Gov. El-Rufai Advises Nigerian Youths
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has called on Nigerian youths to stop discussing about politics only on the social media, but to also get involved in ‘real life’ politics.
El-Rufai who spoke in Kaduna on Thursday said Nigerian youths must actively participate in politics if they want to take...
Nigerian Govt Says New Minimum Wage Will Address Poverty
Mr. Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, has said the new national minimum wage being formulated by government will address the issue of social imbalance, inequality and the increasing rate of poverty in the country.
Mr. Mustapha said this on Thursday, at an award event to celebrate 40th anniversary of the Nigeria Labour...
ICYMI: Robbers kill driver, set bus ablaze
Some suspected robbers of Iceland cult have reportedly attacked a commercial bus belonging to the Akwa Ibom Transport Company, killing the driver while no fewer than eight passengers escaped with bullet wounds.
It was learnt that the incident happened around 1.22pm on Wednesday at the Edem Akai end of the Iwukem-Etim Ekpo-Abak highway, Akwa Ibom...
Boy narrowly misses death as classmate shoots him during argument
A 16-year-old pupil and his father have been arrested after the former shot his classmate during an argument within the school premises.
The boy shot his 18-year-old classmate in the bathroom at the Denga Tshivhase High School, situated in Phiphidi village in South Africa.
Police spokesperson, Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo, said the incident...
Police Promotion Scandal: Leaked Phone Conversation Exposes Buhari's Chief of Personal Security In Promotion-Solicitation From PSC Chair Mike Okiro
A leaked phone conversation exclusively obtained by SaharaReporters reveals a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DSP) Abdulkarim Dauda, soliciting promotion from the Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Mr. Mike Okiro.
DCP Dauda, who is the Chief Personal Security to President Muhammadu Buhari, is overhead on the tape first soliciting...
IPOB explains reasons for attacking Igbo leaders, apologises
The Indigenous People of Biafra on Thursday explained why its members attacked Igbo leaders at a rally in Enugu on Tuesday, offering apologies for the incident.
The group also said it was averse to the philosophies of the late pioneer president of Nigeria, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe.
In a statement made available to our correspondent in Awka, Anambra State,...
Fear of poverty made me think out of box, D’banj reveals
Nigeria’s music star and entrepreneur, Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo popularly known as D’banj has said that fear of poverty made him think out of the box to create wealth, urging youths to follow suit.
D’banj said in Lagos on Wednesday that Nigerian youths must go the extra mile, be creative and have a new perspective to be relevant and make wealth.
He...
Nigeria sues Alabama university
The Nigerian government has dragged a university in the United States, the Alabama State University, to court for allegedly mishandling the scholarship meant for students’ rent, books and food.
According to a BBC report, Nigeria also accuses the university of charging them for accommodation they did not use and lessons they did not take.
It...
Google introduces new job search feature
The global search engine, Google, on Wednesday announced the introduction of a new feature that allows job seekers to find employment opportunities.
The company said job seekers in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria would be able to use the new job search experience to easily find opportunities suited to them.
Job seekers will be able the use their...
Military employs fishermen, farmers to search for missing Dapchi schoolgirls
The military has employed the services of local fishermen and farmers in the search for the abducted Dapchi schoolgirls, the head of counter-insurgency operation in the North East (Operation Lafiya Dole), Maj. Gen. Rogers Nicholas, has said.
Speaking at the inauguration of helipad, office complex and residential quarters for officers and airmen at...
Court jails pastor who sprays insecticide on followers for healing
A South African court has fined a self-styled prophet who sprayed his followers in the face with insecticide as a supposed cure for illness.
Pastor Lethebo Rabalago was found guilty by a court in the northwest town of Limpopo of five charges of grievous assault and contravening chemicals laws .
He used “Doom”, a household insecticide on his followers,...
CBN warns against investment in virtual currencies
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Wednesday night cautioned Nigerians to be wary of investments in crypto-currency, stating that virtual currencies are not legal tender in Nigeria.
The apex bank in a statement issued in Abuja, stated that crypto-currencies such as Bitcoin, Ripples, Monero, Litecoin, Dogecoin, Onecoin, and exchanges such as NairaEx were...
2019: Imo deputy gov reportedly rejects Okorocha’s senate offer
Imo state deputy governor Eze Madumere disclosed why he turned his principal Governor Rochas Okorocha’s offer down
- Madumere said his zone has not produced a governor since the return of democracy in 1999
- The deputy governor, however, said he has made up his mind to contest for the office of the governor in 2019
Imo state deputy governor Eze Madumere...
