This is N1,000 bread. By Dada Ahmed in Lokoja. The highest price of bread, a commodity once regarded as staple food and affordable by “the common man” in Nigeria, has risen from N300 to N1,000 in Lokoja, Kogi State, central Nigeria. Investigation conducted by The Reporters at the popular Ganaja junction and Lokongoma market,both in…
Notes From Atlanta: By Farooq A. Kperogi Saturday, August 20, 2022 https://www.farooqkperogi.com/2022/08/asuu-call-off-this-strike-now.html?m=1 People who have read me in the past few months know that I am unambiguous in my support for ASUU’s 6-months-plus-old strike even though I am personally affected by it because I have siblings and cousins that I support financially in Nigerian universities….
Osogbo. The Police Command in Osun State says it has arrested five suspects in connection with the attack on the convoy of the First lady of Osun state, Mrs Kafayat Oyetola. The Reporters recalls that the convoy of the first lady of the state was attacked by hoodlums on Friday at Owode in Ede. In…
By Dada Ahmed in Lokoja. The Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Command, CP Edward C. Egbuka has decorated 26 Newly promoted officers and urged them as well as other officers and men of the Command to live a life discipline and professionalism. Egbuka told the personnel at the M.M. Katsina Conference Hall, State Headquarters, Lokoja…
Osogbo. The convoy of the wife of the Osun State,Mrs Kafayat Oyetolawas on Friday night, attacked by some people suspected to be hoodlums The Reporters gathered that the incident,which sources said lasted for five minutes, happened at Owode-Ede, in Ede-North local government area of the state. Our Correspondent learnt that the convoy was heading for…
By Correspondent in Lokoja. The President, World Medical Association (WMA), Dr. Osahon Enabulele on Friday, urged medical doctors to take up the challenge of leadership by participating actively in politics in advancing the medical profession. Enabulele made the call at the 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Scientific Conference of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA),…
From Abuja. A faction of striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has called for liberalization of University academic unions to end incessant strike in public universities in Nigeria. The National Coordinator,Congress of University Academics, CONUA, CONUA, Dr Niyi Sunmonu, made the call at the media briefing in Abuja. According to him,the union is made…
By Dada Ahmed. Media Rights Agenda (MRA), has condemned revocation and withdrawal of the broadcast licenses of 52 broadcast stations across Nigeria by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) describing the action as ill-advised, insensitive and antithetical to the interests of the Nigerian public. In a statement by Ms Obioma Okonkwo, Head,Legal Department, MRA and a…