The first batch of 187 Nigerians being evacuated from South Africa has arrived Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
Toyib Aremu is one of the three Nigerian students studying at the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Benguerir, Morocco. He shares with NURUDEEN ALIMI his experience in Morocco and how he plans to return to Nigeria to bring his expertise to bear on the development of agriculture in Africa and Nigeria.
There was heavy security presence at the Berger to Ogun River section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Monday morning as operatives of Julius Berger blocked the outward Lagos stretch of the road for rehabilitation works while making a diversion on the inward Lagos stretch, thereby causing heavy traffic build-up along the single lane.
The leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, has faulted the Federal Government's claims that he was unruly in India in a new video released on Thursday.
Onlookers held their hands to their chests on Thursday as two suspected ritual killers, Dotun Ogunlade, a self-acclaimed spiritualist, and Mutiu Ayorinde were taken to the shallow grave of a victim, Mrs Bose Oguntunde, at Igboora in Oyo State, where they had buried her remains after severing her head and hand, for exhumation.
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Residents of a one-storeyed building in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, lost property worth millions of naira to a fire incident Friday night. The fire incident which occurred at No 36, Adeniji Street, around Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, in Ibadan, at 11:00 pm, saw the two top flats in the one-storeyed building completely razed.
Cashew nut exportation has been a constant source of foreign exchange earning for Nigeria over the years and farmers especially in Kishi town in Irepo Local government area of Oyo state had made it a source of livelihood creating an economic chain and providing employment opportunities.
But the story changed this year when the price crashed from N70, 000 a bag to N15, 000 creating massive loss and a drop in economic powers of the people who solely depend on cashew nut for livelihood.
The farmers who are still counting losses have called on the government to intervene in their situation.
Hon. Saheed Fijabi, a former member of the House of Representatives from Ibadan, Oyo State, X-rays the currently National Assembly members, explains how effective curses placed on politicians by Nigeria are, assures APC will take over Oyo State in 2023.
Ajegunle community, popularly called AJ city, is one of the oldest communities in Lagos State. And like all old settlements, old buildings are giving way to new structures daily. Yejide Gbenga-Ogundare who took a tour of the community reports that despite the new structures springing up daily within the community, nothing has changed; it is still a community permeated by filth, poverty, decay and crime. https://tribuneonlineng.com/207672/
The Police AIG Leye Oyebade and some State Commissioners of Police recently met with stakeholders to find a lasting solution to the kidnapping and banditry issues in south-west Nigeria.
Confederation of African Football (CAF) has ordered a replay of abandoned African Champions League final yesterday. On Talking Sports today, our Sports Editors review the action of CAF and also dwell on the purported arrest of CAF president, Ahmad Ahmad in Paris, France.
