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The Federal Government has said it neither banned nor restricted importation of food items into the country. It also explained that the recent directive by President Muhammadu Buhari to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to stop providing foreign exchange for importation of food items did not mean a restriction on importation of food items. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, in Abuja further stated that any importers of food items that wished to source their forex from non-government…

The clash between Yoruba and Hausa traders at the Ilepo Market in the Oke Odo area of Lagos State, has reportedly left one person dead and many others injured on Sunday. It was gathered that a Hausa porter, popularly known as Alabo or Bolar boy, mistakenly hit a Yoruba man with the tray he was using to convey goods for traders. The disagreement was said to have degenerated into a fight between the duo. Soon, hoodlums from both ethnic groups took over the fight, which turned to a free-for-all. Policemen from the Oke Odo Division…

The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has expressed satisfaction over the attack on the former deputy senate president, Dr Ike Enweremadu, accusing Igbo leaders in the national assembly of proscribing IPOB. He exonerated the Federal government from the group’s proscription. Kanu also vowed to reward anyone with useful information on overseas traveling schedule of South-East governors and other Igbo leaders. “So if you are working in any Government House in Southeast and you know which city in the world the governor is going…

In the latest fiscal assessment of the country, almost all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) have been indicted for financial wrongdoings. The indictment came against the backdrop of the much-talked-about fight against corruption being waged by the Federal Government. Some of the cases of irregularity included improper records of transactions, unsubstantiated claims and outright non-report. For instance, an estimated N500 billion was submitted to the National Assembly. But the money, according to the 2016 report by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation, was not properly accounted for. The…

A measles epidemic has caused more than 2,700 deaths between January and early August in the DRC, killing more people in seven months than Ebola in one year, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reported in a tweet read on Saturday. “The measles epidemic declared on June 10 is the deadliest that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has known since 2011-2012 Between January and early August 2019, it infected more than 145,000 people and resulted in 2,758 deaths” , according to the MSF-DRC tweet dated Friday. “Despite the magnitude of the…