•Boat mishap The District Head of Gbajibo, Alhaji Mahmuda Ibrahim, has lamented that incessant boat mishaps in his domain have exterminated many families, with no one left in some homes. Ibrahim stated this when the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) paid a condolence visit to the community over the recent accident that claimed 44 live...
•Animal feed Following the present economic hardship in the country, occasioned by the hike in fuel prices and food inflation, Nigerians have devised ingenious means to survive. The hardship has driven many to do the unimaginable just to survive such as feeding on animal feeds, reports Saturday Vanguard. Some residents have resorted to selling...
•Presidential jet Landowners of Nuwalege, Abuja ejected by the federal government, have called on the government for compensation. More than 200 families who resided in Nuwalege, a rural community along the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Road in Abuja, have been reportedly rendered homeless, following the demolition of their homes to acc...
•Momodu and Fayose Prominent journalist and publisher, Chief Dele Momodu has criticised former Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose over his recent comments that poor men having multiple wives and children is a hindrance to Nigeria’s growth. Fayose in an interview with Channels TV yesterday, claimed that poor men having many wives and children, ci...
•Pope Francis during a meeting with relatives of Israeli hostages Pope Francis yesterday met relatives of several Israelis taken hostage by Hamas in the October 7 attacks. The 87-year-old pontiff had previously met a group of relatives of hostages at the Vatican in November, the same day as meeting Palestinians who have family in Gaza, [&helli...
The bereaved families and friends of some of the police officers who were ambushed and killed while investigating the disappearance of three colleagues by unknown persons in Delta State have demanded justice for their loved ones. The spokesperson for the Nigeria Police Force, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, had disclosed the killing of the six police offic...
•Japa The Canadian government has relaunched two programmes called to invite caregivers for fresh applications into Canada from January 1, 2024. Canada disclosed that the two schemes are 5-year pilot programmes that allow qualified caregivers and their family members to relocate and become permanent residents, reports Vanguard. In a released m...
•Most motor park The leadership of the Kaduna State branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers says travellers in the state have reduced by over 50 per cent as the Yuletide approaches. The state NUTRW Secretary, Malam Bature Suleiman, disclosed this yesterday in an interview with NAN. Suleiman said the development was due […...
•Food market Many families risk celebrating the approaching Christmas and New Year in hardship due to the hike in the prices of goods and services, and are devising life-changing ways to cut costs. Several families told our correspondents that life had become tougher for them as a result of the economic hardship in the country […]

