Be ruthless with bandits, Buhari orders military

President Muhammadu Buhari has charged the military to be more spontaneous in restoring peace to the country, particularly in states troubled by bandits. He gave the order in Katsina on Saturday while ordering them “not to spare bandits’’. A statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu released in Abuja […]

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Buhari returns to Abuja after Sallah break

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday, returned to Abuja after spending his Eid -El-Kabir holiday in his hometown of Daura in Katsina State. The President who arrived the Umaru Musa International Airport, Katsina from  Daura about 10.29 a.m, was seen off at the airport by Governor Aminu Masari and top government officials. Before departing for Abuja,the […]

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NAFDAC storms Ondo, Ekiti, investigates ‘poisonous fufu’

Government vows to punish culprits Officials of the National Agency For Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, from Abuja have visited Ondo and Ekiti States to take samples of fufu being produced in the two states for laboratory investigation. Fufu is a locally made food produced from cassava. A source within the agency who […]

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Poisonous fufu on sale in Ondo markets

By Maria Famakinwa Investigations have shown that fufu, a delicacy produced from cassava and favorite solid meal (or swallow) in many Nigerian homes, is now being adulterated and sold by unscrupulous producers to consumers in many markets in Ondo State. It was gathered that hypo, detergents and potash are mixed with cassava during processing to […]

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NNPC partners China to boost crude oil reserves

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC) says strategic partnership and new investments in the Upstream Petroleum Sector are essential to actualise the growth of the nation’s crude oil reserves . Group Managing Director of NNPC Malam Mele Kyari, disclosed this when the Executive Vice President of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), Mr Lu Yan Ji, […]

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Court rules Monday on suit against Buhari ministers’ inauguration

The Federal High Court Abuja will, on Monday, deliver its ruling in a suit seeking to stop President Muhammadu Buhari from inaugurating the 43 ministerial nominees over the exclusion of an FCT indigene from his cabinet list. The applicant, Mr. Musa Baba-panya, who was also the counsel in the case, had, on Thursday, approached the […]

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