The President of the Premium Breadmakers Association of Nigeria, Emmanuel Onuorah, has disclosed there will be an increase in bread prices ranging from 15 to 20 percent in Nigeria starting January 2024. During a Wednesday interview with Channels Television, he linked the anticipated rise in bread prices to mounting production costs attributed to heightened cargo…
An NGO, Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education, CHRICED, has called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on unemployment in the country. Executive Director of CHRICED, Ibrahim Zikirullahi, made the call at a news conference on the state of the nation on Wednesday in Abuja. He also called on…
In Nigeria’s Omo Forest Reserve, a protected tropical rainforest, cocoa farmers are illegally cultivating cocoa beans, a practice that poses significant environmental threats. Despite the area being designated for conservation, farmers have been documented harvesting cocoa in zones where such activities are banned. This encroachment has been linked to some of the world’s largest cocoa…
The Port Harcourt Refining Company, PHRC, Limited, with a combined capacity of 210,000 barrels per day, on Wednesday commenced operation. According to a video sighted by DAILY POST, the refinery’s flare indicated the commencement of oil refining. The development comes months after the Minister of State for Petroleum Senator Heineken Lokpobiri said in August that…
An Oklahoma judge has exonerated a man who was in prison for almost half a century for a 1974 murder, the longest wrongful sentence to be served in the US. Glynn Simmons, 70, was freed in July when a judge ordered a new trial. But a county district attorney said on Monday there was not…
At least one person was confirmed dead in an accident involving a Truck and a motorcycle The incident which happened On Wednesday 20th Dec 2023, along Umunze-Ekwulobia road in Anambra State also left one person injured An eye witness said, the truck rammed into a tipper and motorcycle killing the rider of the motorcycle instantly…
The State Chairman of Labour Party Anambra State Chapter, Chief Ugochukwu Emeh, has said that nemesis will catch up with the state governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, for working against the LP presidential candidate, Me Peter Obi, in the 2023 general elections. Recall that Soludo, had in the buildup to the 2023 general elections authored an…
The training of 2,000 Participants which commenced in Awka, the Centre for Environmental Impact Analysis and Laboratory Services, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka has commenced The third phase of special training workshop on waste management, environment and entrepreneurship, in partnership with Nivi Chim Consult, Chicason Group, Carbon Africa and other international collaborators, and would last for…
Colorado’s Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump cannot run for president next year in the state, citing a constitutional insurrection clause. The court ruled that Mr Trump was not an eligible candidate because he had engaged in an insurrection over the US Capitol riot nearly three years ago. It does not stop Mr Trump…
A former doctor in Rwanda has been jailed for 24 years by a French court for his involvement in the 1994 genocide in the east African country. Sosthene Munyemana was found guilty of crimes including genocide and crimes against humanity. He was accused of organising torture and killings in the genocide, in which 800,000 people…
