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The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, has said the major factor affecting food availability in Nigeria, is the smuggling of food out of Nigeria to neighbouring countries.   Kyari stated this on Tuesday, March 5 while addressing members of the House of Representatives during the sectoral debate …

Cryptocurrency exchange, Binance has announced that it will stop providing all services related to the Nigerian naira (NGN).    According to the platform’s announcement on Tuesday, March 5, starting at 8:00 UTC on March 8, all remaining NGN balances in Binance users’ accounts will be automatically converted to USDT stablecoin …

Osita Chidoka, a former Aviation Minister, has said the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party’s Peter Obi would have faced similar issues as Bola Tinubu is currently facing if they had emerged as the winner of the 2023 election.     Chidoka claimed …

Reno Omokri has berated Peter Obi for describing reports of Nigeria receiving food aid from war-torn Ukraine as a National disaster.    Obi in a post shared today said while it is commendable for Ukraine to give Nigerians food, the gesture shows how Nigeria has become less productive as it …

A Nigerian man has slammed traders in Southern Nigeria for selling a bag of sachet water at a higher rate compared to the amount it is being sold for in Northern Nigeria.    In a post shared on X, the man wrote; ‘’In North Pure water is 150-200 but in …

Politician, Peter Obi, says it is a ‘National disgrace’ for war-torn Ukraine to be donating food to Nigeria.  Ukraine donated 25,000 tons of wheat to Nigeria, in a move it says will help tackle the emergency food crisis-affecting over 1.3 million people in northeast Nigeria. (Read here) In a statement …

The food donation is said to be part of Ukraine’s humanitarian initiative launched by the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In a series of tweets on Monday, March 4, 2024, Obi thanked Ukraine for helping Nigeria in the fight against hunger despite its political situation. He said the country’s rare generosity …

The report, released ahead of World Obesity Day on Sunday, projected an increase from 0.81 billion people in 2020 to 1.53 billion in 2035. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the World Health Organisation (WHO) defines obesity as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation posing health risks. It affects …

Reno Omokri has stated that gospel artiste, Moses Bliss left Nigerian girls to get married to a Ghanaian bride because Nigerian girls especially girls from the south,like to obtain money from men. ‘’I can understand why Moses Bliss married a Ghanaian. I have been to Ghana, and their women tend …

The bank is providing 134 million dollars to achieve this, its president, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said on Saturday after visiting the Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA) at Bayero University, Kano. Adesina told newsmen that the bank would support Nigeria in cultivating 300,000 hectares each of rice and maize, 150,000 hectares …