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On Monday, July 15, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, attributed approximately 80 percent of the current insecurity in Nigeria’s North Western region to the activities of illegal miners.   Speaking at the start of an investigative hearing on illegal mining in the solid minerals sector, the …

Tax revenue from manufacturers in the country dropped sharply by 70.24 percent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to N43.2 billion in the first quarter of 2024 (Q1’24), down from N145.1 billion in the previous quarter (Q4’23).    This data is from the Company Income Tax (CIT) Q1 2024 report by the National Bureau …

The federal government has reportedly approved power companies’ move to raise electricity prices to N200 ($0.15) per kilowatt-hour from N68 for urban consumers this month.    Bloomberg news agency reported that these customers represent 15% of the population that the government says consume 40% of the nation’s electricity.    The …

Matthew Perry’s beauty queen friend has said the star was ‘100 per cent’ sober before his tragic death at the age 54 as she hit back at speculation over his death.     Matthew was found unresponsive in a hot tub at his Pacific Palisades home on Saturday, October 28. He had …

A health expert who turned up with other experts in public health and community medicine for a medical event, has lamented the helplessness faced by medical practitioners across the country.   President of the faculty of public health and community medicine, national postgraduate medical college of Nigeria, Professor Akinsanya Osibogun, …

– We Are Happily Married     In a momentous twist of fate, a sacred bond spanning three decades has taken center stage, as Abiola Ayeni, the wife of a Nigerian business titan and former chairperson of the bygone Skye Bank, Tunde Ayeni, grants a revelation-laden interview—an explosive revelation that …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has said that prevalent use of skin bleaching creams in Nigeria has become a national health emergency.   The director-general of NAFDAC, Mojisola Adeyeye, stated this at the Media Sensitization Workshop on Dangers of Bleaching Creams and Regulatory Controls, …

Governor Babagana Zulum has said that Borno state is 90% safe for elections to take place.    Fielding questions from reporters at the presidential villa in Abuja on Friday, January 6, Zulum said the security situation in Borno has greatly improved. He further disclosed that his administration is working to rehabilitate and resettle …

by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, December 12, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Dec 12 (IPS) – The digital divide – between the world’s rich and poor nations —remains staggeringly wide. For over 2.7 billion people, many of them living in developing and least developed countries (LDCs), meaningful connectivity remains …

Cardi B opened up to her followers about her latest surgical procedures in a new Instagram Live video.   The rapper disclosed that she went for another round of surgery back in August.   She said the procedure was to get her butt shots removed and she says it was …