Federal Government has approved certification and compliance processes for five proposed deep seaport projects to reclaim the over 70 per cent of Nigerian-bound cargo transported to other Africa nations.
Photo 1) Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho, managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).
Olokola and Badagry deep seaports are quite okay but would have some competition from the Lekki deep sea port which is a PPP project initiated by the then Governor 'Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Tolarams Group of Singapore back in the 2000s with FG equity as well which is standard practice for all PPP deep sea port projects.
The deep sea ports in the Eastern division are way too much and overextended.
Ibom, Bakassi and Bonny would be competing for ships to berth at their various ports thereby thinning out the market space. However, Nigeria's population is GROWING so, the increased population in years to come would mitigate the negatives of the overcompetition from the Eastern ports of Ibom, Bakassi and Bonny. Since the deep sea ports are PPPs, they can go ahead with the constructions and we'll see how things pan out.
Bsssss: If Peter Obi takes the oath of office in 2027, let’s be honest: the era of "business as usual" will end the very next morning. It won't be a magic wand performance, and it won't be an overnight fix—but it will be a level of disruption that the establishment is not prepared for. If you are expecting a "soft landing" for the corrupt, think again. Here is exactly what we should expect during those first 100 days:
1. The End of Waste: Say goodbye to endless convoys and frivolous foreign junkets. The era of government-funded luxury is ending.
2. Audit Season: Ministries and agencies will face serious heat. Expect hidden contracts and inflated budgets to become front-page national scandals.
3. The Subsidy Reality: The conversation will return immediately. It will be painful, but this time, there will be a structure behind it.
4. Market Sentiment: The Naira might swing wildly at first...but watch as serious investors start taking notice once they see fiscal discipline.
5. Silence of the Parasites: The political middle-men and "connection" contractors will go quiet once the supply chain of free money dries up.
6. Renewed Hope: The energy among Nigerian youths will shift the national mood. Hope is a powerful tool for rebuilding.
7. The "Old Guard" Resistance: Expect the status quo to fight back. The old elite will not give up their grip on power without a massive, noisy battle.
8. Institutional Friction: Expect tension between the Presidency and established institutions that have grown comfortable with corruption.
9. Competence over Godfatherism: Appointments will be driven by merit. The era of "Who is your godfather?" is heading to the exit.
10. Education First: ASUU and universities will finally get the attention they deserve, not just in words, but in policy and funding.
11. The Brain Gain: Nigerians in the diaspora will start looking back home. Stability is the only thing they need to return.
12. Corruption Headlines: Expect a flurry of cases in the news. The cleanup will be visible and loud.
13. Forced Transparency: Governors will suddenly realize that "transparency" is the new trend.
14. Digital Revolution: The civil service will be forced to move from paper files to digital, efficient operations.
15. NASS Drama: Attempts to cut National Assembly waste will create enough drama to last a lifetime, but it’s a necessary fight.
16. Market Confidence: Watch the stock market. Confidence returns when investors see that the leader is actually in charge.
17. Initial Hardship: Fuel prices won't drop overnight. It will be tough, and the critics will try to use this to fan the flames of unrest.
18. The Media War: Once reforms touch the pockets of the powerful, the media attacks against Obi will intensify to an unprecedented level.
19. The Digital Battleground: Online division will hit an all-time high. The clash between those who want progress and those who want the status quo will be daily.
20. The Psychology of Leadership: Most importantly, Nigerians will finally feel a sense of responsibility from the top. That alone is a massive shift.
We are talking about a total reset. It won't be easy, and it won't be pretty for those feeding off our national wealth, but it is necessary for a New Nigeria.
What do you think? Will the establishment be able to stop this, or is the change inevitable? Let's discuss.
"We Are Angry"— Imo Nurses Stage Fresh Protest Over Killing of Wendy Achumba
Nurses took to the streets last night to møurn their colleague, late Ms. Chinwendu Achumba, who was mûrd€red at her lodge in Obowo, Imo State, days ago.
Capital punishment is key to serve as an urgent deterrent. Period.
[quote author=EmmyMaestro post=139508255]“He wanted to sleep with me” – Phyna speaks on fallout with VDM during late sister’s case, shares alleged screenshot
Former Big Brother Naija winner Phyna has accused social media critic VeryDarkMan of allegedly damaging her image during the controversy surrounding her late sister’s case late sister’s case.
In a viral video circulating online, Phyna claimed she was deeply hurt after VDM allegedly made statements about her that she insists were false, including claims that she demanded ₦1 billion from businessman Aliko Dangote.
“VDM came out and started saying opposite of what happened. I can never forgive him. I no fit. Because of my sister’s case, he turned me into a bad person. I can never forgive him. Never,” she said.
The reality star stated that she once held the activist in high regard and was shocked by his alleged actions during the controversy.
Phyna also alleged that their issues began after she reportedly rejected the activist’s advances, while sharing alleged screenshot online.
“He is someone I held in high esteem, and he switched up on me. When I came online and started seeing that he said I requested for ₦1 billion during my late sister’s case, I was shocked because the conversation never happened.
“Maybe because he said he wanted to sleep with me and I didn’t accept, that was why he started holding grudges against me,” she added.
Her allegations have sparked mixed reactions online, with social media users divided over the claims and alleged screenshots.
It will be recalled that Phyna’s younger sister, Ruth Otabor, passed away last year, following injuries from a road accident near Auchi Polytechnic.
VDM had earlier intervened during the situation but later fell out with Phyna, accusing her of being selfish and of demanding ₦1 billion from the Dangote Group.
The controversy continues to trend online as many await a response from VeryDarkMan regarding Phyna’s allegations.
Breaking News: “Convicted Liar VDM must B¥ry all his younger siblings just the way I b¥ri£d my sister, VDM tried to sl££p with me but I refused” - Phyna cries out on how VDM ruined her sisters case and lied that she requested 1 billion Naira from Dangote pic.twitter.com/4O9leIR4wT
— Gossip Mill Nigeria (@GossipMillNaija) May 24, 2026
fergie001: Kperogi: I will not call Tinubu a tribalist, that's a word every African shouldn't use, he is an ethnic jingoist. Look at his economic appointments, everyone that matters there is a Yoruba person... I call it Lagos-centric Yorubacracy. Lagos is a cosmopolitan city and has always been cosmopolitan since the 1800s. Been the melting point of Nigeria so you expect people who grew up there to be sensitive to this but Tinubu who is not originally from the Tinubu family but grew up in Lagos and is being associated with that family, has been disappointingly narrow-minded and provincial about this, in a way that no one else has ever been in the history of Nigeria.
SO: Will it cost him re-election?
Kperogi: No, the opposition cannot defeat him. They are too fragmented and fighting internal crisis here and there. I wrote sometime ago: "Tinubu won't win, the opposition will lose" which simply is the loss of the opposition by default gives victory to Tinubu. The objective factors for his loss are there but the subjective factors which the opposition should have taken advantage does not exist. So, all the opposition appeal to the same slice of voters from 1999 until now but they are now splintered. Peter Obi, I don't know whether former President Goodluck Jonathan will still run, but even if he does, he appeals to the same kind of voters that Peter Obi appeals to. Atiku Abubakar appeals to the same voters these other people appeal to but they are now splintered. So, it's even a worse situation than 2023 so how do you expect to win.
SO: So, the only way anybody could have beaten Tinubu in 2027 is if all these forces will come together excepting there is a miracle.
Kperogi: Absolutely. Even if all the forces come together, that will still be difficult because Tinubu doesn't seem to want to leave power even if he loses, however, if the defeat is so decisive, is so phenomenal that even the blind could see, they could make an appeal to the International Community, they could appeal to the broader community and say, hey, this man doesn't want to leave but right now, he doesn't even need to do a lot. The incumbency factor that he has, and the capacity to persuade people to vote against their interests through financial inducement which is a thing in Nigeria and infact actually to be fair, it's a thing among all voters. Voters are not always rational so expecting that voters will always use rationality to vote is not guaranteed. So when you factor that in, I don't even see why any opposition person is campaigning, it's already a lost election.
SO: So everybody should go to sleep, Tinubu is re-elected in 2027, that's what you are saying.
Kperogi: From my perspective, but you know politicians are some of the most optimistic creatures on the surface of this Earth and their optimism is something of study. Seun Okin's interview with Professor Kperogi
RichBoy247: Tinubu has apponited the people that ran Lagos with him and make Lagos what it is today where everyone is leaving their states of origin and running to. Do you expected him to appoint those that ran Anambra with Obi such that all Anambra indegens have fled to Lagos? Or should have appointed those that are running Adamawa such that the only business thriving there are Atiku companies? Or shoudl he have appointed those that ran the country with Buhari who have stolen more than their generations yet unborn can spend?
When Jonathan surrounded himself with hsi fellow drunks from his home town, where were you? When Buhari appointed only his family members including his uncle and cousins to run the country, where were you? Tinubu will teach you sense. We are the Lagos Cartel, we will run this administration the way we like
Prevail123: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's flanked by APC officials receiving the certificate of return from Prof. Nentawe after he was declared winner of the primary on Sunday in Abuja.
Amotolongbo: PUNCH journalist and founder of Sikirabu Africa Limited, Shefiu Olabode, speaks with BIODUN BUSARI on the idea behind creating Yoruba board games
Invented Síkírá-bù To Make People Think In Yoruba — Shefiu Olabode by Amotolongbo(op): 6:08pm On May 24 PUNCH journalist and founder of Sikirabu Africa Limited, Shefiu Olabode, speaks with BIODUN BUSARI on the idea behind creating Yoruba board games
Could you introduce yourself?
I’m the Chief Executive Officer of Sikirabu Africa Limited. The company is registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission. It was trademarked, copyrighted, and registered with the Design and Patent Agency.
I started it in 2021 to begin operations in producing Yoruba board games across the country. We’re breaking barriers with our Sikirabu game itself by inventing the game. It is pronounced Síkírá-bù.
How will you describe Síkírá-bù?
Síkírá-bù is a crossword board game that I invented to make people think in the Yoruba language. The board game is unique as it makes people place words together.
So, the idea of the crossword game is to put the letters of the alphabet into four words, either vertically or horizontally, on the game board.
How is what you studied contributing to your work?
Aside from the fact that I’m an inventor, I also graduated with the best grade possible in all of my academic courses. I’m a graduate with distinction from the Department of Yoruba Language in Ansarudeen College of Education in Isolo, Lagos.
Moreover, I graduated with a first-class honours in Linguistics Yoruba from the Department of Linguistics, African and Asian Studies.
Since my graduation, I’ve dedicated a number of years of my life to these studies. I’ve been using my education to contribute my own quota to the world of knowledge, especially in Yoruba. This is one of the reasons I also work with the video unit of PUNCH.
When did you establish your company?
Establishing my company was hinged on my hobbies. I love playing Scrabble. The idea has been with me almost from the time I started playing it, but it didn’t come to fruition until 2020.
I thought about the idea fully in 2020, but it materialised first when I registered the company in 2021. The whole idea of game boards for Yoruba started in that year, and it formed the basis of my company.
Have you played any other board games at competitive levels?
Yes. I was one of those who represented my department and faculty when I was in university. I have laurels for those games, which I still cherish till date. These medals and the memories that accompany them have become significant highlights of my life.
What other things are you passionate about apart from the invention of board games?
I also have a passion for anything that has to do with tradition. I’m passionate about the development of the Yoruba language and culture. I think that is where my strength lies.
It is what helps me showcase my talent, such as recitation of Yoruba eulogies. I know how to play with words in Yoruba, which often dazzles people.
What is the uniqueness of the Síkírá-bù as a game?
We call it Síkírá-bù, a Yoruba crossword board game, and not Yoruba scrabble because of its uniqueness and disparities from the other international scrabbles.
Did you share the idea with anyone before its inception?
When the idea came, the first person I reached out to was my lawyer. So, the lawyer gave me tips on how to go about it and everything. He thought of names that I could pick that would make it more interesting and marketable.
He let me know that the name the public will be familiar with is also an essential ingredient of the innovation. After many thoughts, we came up with one indigenous name — Síkírá-bù.
It is a proper noun in Yoruba that we are familiar with. Síkírá is a Yoruba name, while bù is anything that comes to your mind. There is a peculiarity to Síkírá-bù that is not in all other games I played in the past.
In Síkírá-bù, proper nouns are allowed. The Yoruba names of people can be found in Síkírá-bù. Everything that comes to your mind in Yoruba, be it the name of a person, animal, or thing, is there.
What other games have you invented?
We are taking it one at a time. We are still doing a lot of work on Síkírá-bù. From there, we can look at others like chess. Since I also play chess, we’ve been considering the Yoruba version of chess.
Was there any fear when the idea sat in your mind?
There were plenty of challenges and limitations when the idea first came. The fear I had was in terms of obstacles that could stand in my way of achieving it. The major fear was funding of the project.
I thought of creating a website and other digital tools to drive it. We have a website now, so we are currently online. The official website is an official channel for everything. The game can be ordered online.
Another limitation was fear about the ability to keep up with the pace of market demands, so what I did was to define my target audience, which are secondary school students.
Another point I considered was that some people might have attempted creating a game like this in the past, but couldn’t do it. I pondered on what might have stopped them, so I tried to solve this challenge.
Can you give an example of the challenge?
Instead of going to those schools and sharing with them individually, I just dealt directly with the government. So, I wrote a letter to the office of the Deputy Governor of Lagos State.
Consequently, he forwarded my letter to the Commissioner for Education in Lagos State and also the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board. They worked on it.
On Friday, May 15, 2026, we flagged it off in Lagos State. As a start, 2,052 copies were distributed to all the primary schools in Lagos State.
I learnt that there are 1,028 public primary schools in Lagos. So, two copies were distributed to each school. That makes it 2,052 copies. It was a sponsored effort.
The government sponsored it for the students. We did not pay for it at all. So, it was sponsored by Lagos State. It was documented, and the document was copyrighted.
What can you point to as your fulfilment with this project?
I’m happy that I have been able to work with the Lagos State Government on the project. I’m happy with the production of copies to reach young people.
Síkírá-bù has approvals from the Ministry of Education in Lagos State for both public and private schools. The innovation will help students play the games as well as pay attention to the language of their immediate environment, irrespective of their states of origin.
It serves as a game offering education and promoting language. Aside from Lagos, we’re in talks with Ogun State, and we have endorsements, especially from the Ministry of Tourism and Culture.
This means Síkírá-bù can be used in schools and cultural centres in Ogun State. We are trying to reach other states. All this makes me fulfilled.
My goal is to reach all Yoruba-speaking states in Nigeria. We are also going to take it overseas, but one step at a time.
What impact have you recorded with the innovation?
Our unique game board can actually accommodate up to four students. It has 2,052 copies distributed already. That’s more than one million students.
For me, that’s a very good impact. It makes students think in Yoruba, which is the indigenous language of their immediate environment, as I pointed out earlier. It is one of the best ways to preserve our future with the Yoruba language and culture.
That is exactly what we are seeing in our future. It is a tool for thinking and playing. It is something you can describe as learning with fun, especially at this time when many parents are unaware of the eroding Yoruba cultural values.
We are helping to build this from the grassroots. At the launch of the project, I was happy to see some students delighted to play.
What are the digital means to contribute to the significance of the board game?
We are creating awareness and working on how it can be downloaded online. This is where sponsorship comes into play. When we have sponsors to achieve this, we can bring this game online, so that everybody will be able to download the game and play it online anywhere they are in the world. We have talked to those who will develop the app, but it needs funding.
Is there a lesson for other young people thinking of innovations in the country?
The lesson for Nigerian youths is that we should always think out of the box. We should not let the story of those who tried and failed discourage us.
Rather, we should shun the limitations around us and embrace the possibilities that come with all projects.
What kind of support system did you receive to make this project a success?
It is at this point that I need to appreciate those who encouraged me to have this invention. I must mention the Managing Director of Punch Nigeria Limited, Mr Adeyeye Joseph. He has always been supportive.
I grew up in Mushin, but he told me I could do something meaningful with what I have. He groomed me to become what I am currently.
He has purchased several Síkírá-bù copies for the companies. Another person, Abdulamid Solade, also invested N4m in it.
He embraced the idea the very first time I told him. Other people also provided moral support.
Biodun Busari Biodun Busari is a journalist at Punch Newspapers with five years of experience reporting on human interest, crime, diaspora issues, and feature storytelling. He focuses on producing engaging, informative stories that enlighten the public and provide context on complex topics. Biodun’s work demonstrates hands-on newsroom experience and a strong commitment to accurate, purpose-driven journalism
ogododo: Terrorism In Oyo And Tinubu’s Yoruba Test- Farooq Kperogi by ogododo
For more than a year, a conscientious, cosmopolitan retired senior military officer from the North has told me that his worst fear for Nigeria is the prospect of terrorists and bandits from the North extending their bloodstained tentacles into Yorubaland. He said it would provoke the sort of communal convulsion that would take on a regional and ethnic hue. He doubts Nigeria can survive it.
When news emerged of the abduction of students, teachers and other residents, including the chilling, tear-jerking slaughter of a teacher known as Michael Oyedokun in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State by armed terrorists, he reached out to me again yesterday to say his worst fears appeared to be materializing.
Before he reached out, my own thoughts had gone to what he had been telling me immediately after I read the news. I kept thinking: How will the people of the Southwest react to this heartrending incident?
What happened wasn’t a run-of-the-mill terrorist or bandit attack. It was a vile, criminal spectacle calculated to elicit raw emotions. It’s the kind of tragedy that every part of the North has endured in silence for years.
Several people forwarded to me the video of Oyedokun’s beheading. I couldn’t bring myself to watch it. I simply lack the mental and emotional strength to put myself through that kind of soul-depressing anguish. Yes, I confess to being a wimp when it comes to issues like that.
Even so, the story of Oyedokun’s decapitation, especially the last words he was reported to have uttered before he was beheaded, still haunts me. What sort of insensate beasts in human form snuff out life like that for fun?
My older friend’s fear is that, human beings being human beings, villainy from outsiders tends to be refracted through primordial lenses. And recriminatory responses to assaults against a group identity tend to target innocent people living among the victims, which provokes an endless cycle of unjustified retaliatory violence.
We have seen that in the tragic rupture of the centuries-old relational harmony between Hausa and Fulani people in northern Nigeria, about which the country seems oblivious, but which has spilled over to social media and is becoming the inspiration for so-called Hausa-Zalla [Hausa-only] associations.
Years of sustained rural and urban banditry in the Northwest, particularly in Zamfara, Kebbi and Sokoto, have caused many Hausa people to interpret what is happening to them in ethnic terms, which is perplexing to outsiders because the depth and breadth of the ethnic and cultural alchemy of the two groups is such that only self-conscious genealogy can tell them apart.
Ordinary Fulani people in rural Northwest Nigeria, who are not bandits and who are themselves victims of the horrors of bandits who happen to be Fulani, became targets of attacks by Hausa victims of persistent banditry who had been stumped by the steadily escalating virulence of attacks against them.
The tit-for-tat violent attacks between Hausa and Fulani people in the Northwest are off the radar of the institutional media because, as I pointed out in my December 29, 2018, column titled “Triple Jeopardy of the Unending Zamfara Mass Murders,” the media “lack ready-made, stereotypical mental representations with which to frame the conflict, so they either avoid reporting it altogether or minimize its horrors if they report it at all. The news media thrive on Manichean binaries, conflictual differences, and sensation. The Zamfara mass slaughters don’t lend themselves to that.”
Of course, under Buhari’s presidency, many northern Muslims had an incentive to conceal the recriminatory violence that went on between the Hausa and the Fulani in rural areas. They did not want to “embarrass” or undermine Buhari. That incentive is gone now.
If attacks like the tragic incident at Community High School, Ahoro-Esinle, persist, extend to other parts of Yorubaland and cause serious threats to education, the most prized commodity in the region, something is going to give, and it won’t be pretty for Nigeria. That was the core of my friend’s concern.
Human beings, in general, do not interpret identical acts through identical moral categories. They interpret them through group identity, threat perception and prior suspicion. Had an armed gang of Yoruba youths done exactly what the terrorists from the North did in Ahoro-Esinle, Yoruba people would likely say, “These are criminals,” “These are area boys,” “These are jobless youths,” or “The state has failed.” The crime would be individualized.
But because the perpetrators are northerners, it is more likely to be ethnicized or Islamized. The perpetrators cease to be merely criminals. They become representatives of a larger feared category.
As I said, this isn’t unique to Yoruba people. It’s a human trait. And it’s not hypocrisy. Were the situation to be reversed, that is, an armed gang that happened to be Yoruba abducting and slaughtering innocents in any part of the North, it would be interpreted in ethnic terms.
Scholars actually have a name for this. It’s called intergroup attribution bias. Some call it the ultimate attribution error. It means people tend to explain bad behavior by in-group members as situational, individual or exceptional, but explain bad behavior by out-group members as revealing something about the out-group’s character, culture or hidden agenda.
As I despair over the disquieting prospect of terrorist and bandit attacks by northerners devolving into a theater of mutually assured destruction, I recall President Tinubu’s self-professed raison d’être for being president in his memorable 2022 “Emi lo kan” speech in Abeokuta, and it gives me a little relief.
He said the irreducible minimum condition he gave Muhammadu Buhari for supporting his presidential aspiration in 2015 was that Buhari “must not joke with Yoruba interests” [“Mo sì sọ fún un pé kí ó má fi ọ̀rọ̀ Yorùbá ṣeré.”]
He also framed his presidency as the turn of the Yoruba. People don’t seem to realize that before he said “Emi lo kan” [It is my turn], he first said “Yoruba lo kan” [It is the turn of the Yoruba]. “This time, it is the turn of the Yoruba,” he said. “And among the Yoruba, it is my turn.”
Especially with the appointment of Major General Adeyinka Famadewa (rtd) as Special Adviser on Homeland Security, perhaps Tinubu will prove, as he told Buhari not to “joke with Yoruba interests,” that his presidency won’t countenance terroristic banditry in Yorubaland.
Should he do that, that would be one instance when I would celebrate ethnic particularism. It would be a positive use of ethnic solidarity for at least two reasons.
One, seeing the government aggressively and concertedly go after these bloodthirsty scum of the earth whose only reason for existing is to visit violence, death and misery on innocent people will reduce the temptation toward retaliatory violence against innocent northerners in the Southwest, which could propel reprisals against innocent southerners in the North.
We all know that in moments of inflamed national passions, most southerners can’t tell Hausa, Fulani, Nupe or Angas people apart. And northerners lump Yoruba, Igbo, Bini, Efik and other southerners into one undifferentiated group.
Second, if the terrorists from the North who have crossed over to the Southwest are vanquished, they won’t be alive to torment our people anywhere. And, of course, they won’t be alive to “repent,” be “de-radicalized” and “re-integrated” back into society, from where they wreak more havoc.
Yoruba lo kan shouldn’t be limited to exclusivist elite appointments. It should manifest in protecting the people from the existential threats posed by terrorists and bandits. That would, interestingly, benefit everyone in the country. I hope Yorubaland is where terrorism and banditry finally go to die. https://www.farooqkperogi.com/2026/05/terrorism-in-oyo-and-tinubus-yoruba-test.html?m=1
Marvieduke: BUSINESSMAN LUCKY ADIMIKE STABBED TO DEATH BY HIS OWN SON
Businessman Chief Lucky Adimike, also referred to as Lucky Godwin Adimike, was allegedly stabbed to death by his 19-year-old son in Abuja. The incident is said to have happened after an argument at their home in Guzape.
A report says the son, who was reportedly keeping late nights and returning from a night club allegedly stabbed him multiple times and is currently in police custody while investigations continue.
The police reportedly confirmed that a homicide investigation is ongoing. The incident allegedly happened at his residence in Guzape, Abuja. He was described as a businessman and electrical dealer.
Sources claimed there was an argument between him and his son, reportedly a nightcrawler, in which his scolded him to be more serious with his studies and life instead of roaming aimlessly, spending lavishly and getting into substance abuse
The disagreement allegedly also involved money, lifestyle expectations, and accusations about business funds.
Police reportedly found him injured after a distress call and later confirmed him dead at the hospital.
The Nigeria Police Force reportedly said several people, including a relative, were taken into custody while investigations continue.
Businessman Lucky Adimike Stabbed To Death By His Own Son by Marvieduke(op): 1:05pm On May 23 BUSINESSMAN LUCKY ADIMIKE STABBED TO DEATH BY HIS OWN SON
Businessman Chief Lucky Adimike, also referred to as Lucky Godwin Adimike, was allegedly stabbed to death by his 19-year-old son in Abuja. The incident is said to have happened after an argument at their home in Guzape.
A report says the son, who was reportedly keeping late nights and returning from a night club allegedly stabbed him multiple times and is currently in police custody while investigations continue.
The police reportedly confirmed that a homicide investigation is ongoing. The incident allegedly happened at his residence in Guzape, Abuja. He was described as a businessman and electrical dealer.
Sources claimed there was an argument between him and his son, reportedly a nightcrawler, in which his scolded him to be more serious with his studies and life instead of roaming aimlessly, spending lavishly and getting into substance abuse
The disagreement allegedly also involved money, lifestyle expectations, and accusations about business funds.
Police reportedly found him injured after a distress call and later confirmed him dead at the hospital.
The Nigeria Police Force reportedly said several people, including a relative, were taken into custody while investigations continue.
Why youth corps member stabbed billionaire father dead -Associate
Friday, May 15, 2026, will linger in the memories of family members of the late multi-billionaire business tycoon, Chief Godwin Adimike, as the day he was allegedly killed by his 21 -year-old son.
Chief Adimike, popularly known as Egonaejeije Na Awka-Etiti, was killed in the early hours of that fateful day at his Number 3, Hassan Adamu Street, Guzape home in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
Findings revealed that Adimike, a native of Awka Etiti in Anambra State, a major figure in Nigeria’s electronics and import business, was renowned for his strong presence and influence at the Alaba International Market in Lagos.
Having built a vast business empire over the decades, he was widely respected as one of the leading merchants in the popular market.
Findings revealed that Adimike was killed by his son, a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), on that night following a heated argument at their Guzape home.
When our correspondent visited the Guzape home of the deceased on Friday, the premises were cordoned-off with security operatives still carrying out forensic analysis in his apartment.
One of his close friends resident in Abuja and pleaded anonymity told our correspondent that Adimike owned houses in Lekki, Lagos and in Guzape and Maitama, Abuja, frequently shuttling between the two cities for his business interests.
He explained that the news of the incident reached the union after reports emerged that the businessman was allegedly stabbed three times by his son, who had returned from a club before the confrontation.
He said: “We received news that one of our members, one of the big boys in the market, was involved in a tragic incident. He is an importer, a major dealer, and also involved in real estate.
“He travelled to Abuja to see his first son who is working there as a youth corps member and also manages some of his father’s real estate business.
“Godwin shuttles between Abuja and Lagos because of his business.
“We were told that his son went to a club and later returned to his Guzape home, one of the estates he manages for his father.
“Apparently, a heated argument ensued after the son confronted his father about being unfair with money, citing how some of his friends’ fathers, who are not as wealthy, buy cars for their children.
“Following the confrontation and an argument over mismanagement of business funds, the son allegedly stabbed his father three times in different parts of the body as seen in the body of the deceased.
“The boy is currently in police custody in Abuja, and the wife of the deceased has also been invited for questioning”.
Adimike belongs to the Electrical Dealers Association of Nigeria (EDAN).
A neighbour, who also pleaded anonymity, said: “It was my husband that his son called at about 1am that day that he should come and see his father on the floor.
“When my husband got to their apartment, because we have six flats here, our own is the first while Adimike’s own is the second. My husband got there and saw Adimike on the floor, and he was the one that called the police. The son did not call the police.
“That day, the son was with two ladies and another of his friends.”
Another neighbour described the incident as unfortunate, saying: “That night to the following morning, there is a dog in the neighborhood that barks whenever there is a stranger.
“But that day, the dog did not bark, and this tells a lot about the situation.
“My prayers are that the police should do their investigation and come out with results. This is not funny.”
Details of the incident remain sketchy as investigations are ongoing. The motive behind the incident is yet to be established by the police.
The death of Adimike has left many people in deep shock and mourning. A man widely known for his generosity, kindness and support for the less privileged, whose name echoed across Awka-Etiti and beyond because of his philanthropic lifestyle.
Another close friend said: “What an abomination and painful tragedy. A man known for helping widows, supporting the church, empowering people and touching lives positively did not deserve such an ending.
“This heartbreaking incident is a reminder that anger, lack of self-control and family conflicts can destroy lives within seconds.
“It is also a painful lesson that wealth, fame, and influence cannot replace peace at home.
“The entire Awka-Etiti community, friends, business associates and loved ones are mourning the fall of a great iroko tree.”
Many people who knew him described him as a humble and cheerful giver whose doors were always open to the needy.
During the COVID-19 period, he reportedly distributed food items and cash worth millions to members of his community in Awka-Etiti, showing his heart for humanity and the welfare of others.
It will be recalled that the FCT Police Command on Tuesday issued a statement confirming the incident and the arrest made.
FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Ade, said the police had commenced investigation into the death of Adimike, whose body was discovered following a distress call from concerned persons.
Reacting to the incident, Adeh said the police responded to the report and discovered the victim lying injured in a pool of blood at his residence.
Adeh said he was immediately rushed to Karu General Hospital where doctors on duty confirmed him dead.
“Following the incident, the police swung into action and arrested five suspects, including a relative of the deceased, as part of ongoing investigations.
“The Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, Ahmed Muhammed Sanusi, ordered a discreet investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death.
“The Command urged residents to remain calm and cooperate with investigators by providing any useful information that could assist the investigation,” Adeh said.
As of Friday, Adeh told our correspondent that investigation was still ongoing. “I would not want to disclose any information now till we conclude our investigation. This is a very serious case,” he said.
While all of these are unfolding, the family members issued a statement over the circumstances surrounding his death, frowning at growing speculations and unverified claims over the tragedy.
In a statement issued on Wednesday and signed by the Adimike Family, a copy of which was obtained by THE NATION, the family cautioned the public against what it described as misinformation, speculation and false narratives circulating across social media and some news platforms regarding the gruesome killing of the businessman.
The family said many of the claims being circulated about the circumstances surrounding Adimike’s death were speculative, misleading and unsupported by facts emerging from the ongoing police investigation.
“The Adimike Family of Awka Etiti, Anambra State, wishes to strongly caution the public against the growing wave of misinformation, speculation and false narratives being circulated across social media and certain news platforms regarding the tragic circumstances surrounding his death,” the statement said.
The family stressed that contrary to widespread reports, no official determination had been made regarding the identity of the perpetrator or the brains behind the killing.
“As of this moment, no official determination has been made regarding the identity of the perpetrator(s), and the family considers it irresponsible and deeply hurtful for individuals and platforms to spread unverified allegations and assign blame without evidence,” the statement added.
The family further appealed to members of the public and media organisations to avoid sensational reporting and allow law enforcement authorities to conclude investigations professionally.
“The family respectfully appeals to the public and media organisations to refrain from sensationalism, allow the police to conclude their investigations professionally, and keep the family in prayers during this difficult period,” it stated.
News of Adimike’s death had sparked widespread reactions after reports emerged alleging that the prominent businessman and philanthropist was killed inside his Abuja residence following a domestic altercation.
However, the family’s statement appears to push back against what it described as premature conclusions while police investigations continue.
Our correspondent also saw a viral audio sound of the deceased’s wife crying and saying in Igbo language that she is being accused of killing her husband.
chopnaira: Ambassador Kayode Are Presents Letters Of Credence To President Trump
Hearty congratulations to my friend, His Excellency, Colonel Kayode Are (Rtd), Nigeria's Ambassador to the United States of America, who has presented his Letters of Credence to President @realDonaldTrump, after his posting to the USA by His Excellency, @officialABAT , GCFR, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria, on Thursday, January 22, 2026.
After his sterling military career, followed by his unblemished service to Nigeria as Director General of the Department of State Services and National Security Adviser, it is certain that Nigeria will be brilliantly represented by this specimen of the highest epitome of what it is to be an officer and a gentleman.
I also acknowledge and celebrate the fact that you displayed Nigeria's culture and projected our nation's soft power by dressing in an elegant and flawless Aṣọ òkè ensemble. This, to me, is quite exemplary and celebratory, as I have dedicated much of my life to promoting authentically made-in-Nigeria clothing and fashion.
My family and I congratulate Ambassador Are, and I, in particular, extend the right hand of fellowship to this patriot par excellence!
truxperteam: We all have that one bank app that has embarrassed us at the worst possible moment. You're at the counter trying to pay. The app crashes. You're sending urgent money to someone. The app says "transaction failed" but your account is debited. You're trying to check your balance. The app is "undergoing maintenance" for the third day in a row. Nigerian bank apps have put us through genuine suffering and we need to talk about it. So which bank app is the worst in 2026?
GTBank GTWorld Access Bank AccessMore First Bank FirstMobile UBA Mobile Zenith Bank Mobile Union Bank Fidelity Bank Sterling Bank Stanbic IBTC Other (drop the name)
Share your worst experience below 👇🇳🇬 You can also search Truxper on Google to rate your bank permanently so others know what to expect before opening an account.
Two US Navy jets collided during an air show at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, sending both aircraft crashing to the ground in front of spectators. All four crew members ejected safely before impact. pic.twitter.com/fbcoZCpKQR
— Al Jazeera Breaking News (@AJENews) May 18, 2026
Two US navy fighter jets collided mid-air and crashed into a ball of fire in front of thousands of spectators at an air show.
BREAKING: Two U.S. Navy jets collided mid-air and exploded during the Gunfighter Skies Air Show at Mountain Home Air Force Base. pic.twitter.com/R66ADWM2TY
Footage of the mid air collision between a pair of Navy Super Hornets/Growlers during the Gunfighter Skies Air Show at Mountain Home Air Force Base moments ago. pic.twitter.com/yQqPavmSWk
NaijaphiliaBlog: Renewable Energy: Adamawa & Kaduna Solar Mini-Grids To Electrify 33,000 Homes Nigeria’s Adamawa and Kaduna states have issued Certificates of Occupancy (C of Os) for mini-grid projects being developed by the Rural Electrification Agency (REA).
Adamawa issued C of Os for 3 major interconnected mini-grid sites:
* Kofare in Yola South LGA wirh 19,220 projected connections & 8.0 megawatt peak (MWp) solar capacity. * Mbamba in Yola South LGA with 2,282 projected connections & 0.8 MWp capacity. * Saminaka in Fufore LGA with 4,660 projected connections & 2.5 MWp capacity.
Kaduna issued C of Os for:
* Trapco site in Chikun LGA with 3,100 projected connections & 2.0 MWp capacity. * Makarfi 1 site in Makarfi LGA with 4,000 projected connections & 4.0 MWp capacity.
BACKSTORY
Nationally, the Rural Electrification Agency’s Nigeria Electrification Project (NEP) is being rolled out in phases.
The first phase prioritizes more than 163 sites across multiple states that include Abia, Anambra, Bauchi, Cross River, Kano, Kebbi, Niger, Ondo, Ogun, and Plateau.
Collectively, the program will deploy about 213.436 MWp of solar PV capacity in the participating communities.
The first phase prioritizes more than 163 sites across multiple states that include Abia, Anambra, Bauchi, Cross River, Kano, Kebbi, Niger, Ondo, Ogun, and Plateau.
Collectively, the program will deploy about 213.436 MWp of solar PV capacity in the participating communities.
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says more than 20 ISIS/ISWAP fighters have been killed in multiple US-Nigeria air strikes in Metele, Borno state.
Samaila Uba, director of defence information at the DHQ, in a statement on Monday, said the strikes followed “observed convergence and migration of terrorist elements”.
“The ongoing operations follow the neutralisation of ISIS commander Abu-Bilal al-Minuki and are part of sustained efforts to disrupt terrorist networks, remove them from the battlefield and deny the terrorists any safe haven within Nigeria,” the statement reads.
“The Armed Forces of Nigeria will continue to aggressively defend the sovereignty, security and territorial integrity of the nation.
“Terrorists who threaten our citizens, communities and national stability will be located and defeated.
“There will be no safe haven for all terrorists anywhere in Nigeria.”
The United States Africa Command (US-Africom) confirmed the development on its website, stating that the “kinetic strikes against ISIS in Northeastern Nigeria” were carried out on Sunday in coordination with the Nigerian government.
“Intelligence confirmed the targets were ISIS militants. Complete assessments are ongoing. No U.S. or Nigerian forces were harmed,” US-Africom said.
“The removal of these terrorists diminishes the group’s capacity to plan attacks that threaten the safety and security of the U.S. and our partners.”
Last Saturday, US President Donald Trump announced that Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, ISIS second-in-command, had been killed in Nigeria.
Trump said al-Minuki was killed in a “complex mission” carried out by Nigerian and American troops.
The US president shared updates of the operation in a social media post in the wee hours of Saturday.
nlfpmod: How I was sent out of the hospital after three nurses fought over me for having sex with them — Veteran actor Tioruju Mondusi shares shocking experience
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Meat Disappears From Nigerian Homes As Cow Prices Soar by (op):
4:35pm On May 17 2026
As soaring cattle prices push up the cost of beef across Nigeria amid deepening poverty, low-income families are increasingly forced to remove meat from their meals. Many can no longer afford not only beef, but also fish, chicken, turkey, and other sources of animal protein. In this report, IDOWU ABDULLAHI examines how shrinking purchasing power is pushing nutritious diets beyond the reach of millions of poor households and worsening the country’s malnutrition crisis
On a sunny afternoon on May 13, 2026, in Isheri, a border town nestled between Lagos and Ogun States, Olaide Alarape stood quietly beside the butchers’ section of the Kara market, mentally calculating how far the cash in her hand could go.
Around her, market traders shouted prices to the attention of intending customers, but Alarape’s attention remained fixed on the displayed meat already surrounded by customers bargaining for smaller portions.
For the 37-year-old vegetable seller, feeding her family a balanced diet has become an exhausting daily struggle shaped by rising food prices, particularly the prices of animal protein, such as cow meat.
Meat, once a regular part of family meals, has gradually disappeared from her cooking pot.
“It’s been more than two months since I last bought meat. There are times I cook without any animal protein because things are now difficult, and the beef my children love to eat is now three times as expensive,” she told PUNCH Healthwise.
Like many Nigerians struggling with the rising cost of living, the mother of three now relies heavily on eggs to provide some form of protein in her children’s stew.
“When you go to the meat seller now, if you want to buy meat worth N2,000, how many will they give you? Meat worth N2,000 is available, but it is cut into tiny pieces. The N2,000 meat may just be about four small pieces.
“My children love meat, and I cannot afford meat that will last us for a few days. I just buy N1,000 eggs and use them to make stew instead of buying meat worth N5,000 that we’ll finish at once,” she told PUNCH Healthwise
Meals without protein
From the beginning of 2026, 40-year-old Nnena Victor had mastered the art of stretching a pot of soup.
Each evening, Victor, who survives on the meagre amount she makes from washing clothes for people in the Berger Area of Lagos State, serves her four children’s meals without animal protein.
Her children, once used to eating beef and fish in their meals at least a few times weekly, now survive mostly on garri, noodles, yams, and thin soups with barely any protein.
Before the worsening economic hardship, she said her family could afford meat several times a week without much difficulty.
“At least before things became this costly, we used to eat meat properly, maybe even several times a week. But now, I just buy eggs for them once or twice a week because meat has become like gold,” she lamented.
She said the rising prices had discouraged her from buying meat the way she once did.
“The cost is something else. I have to consider the amount I have and those of us who need to eat. If we buy meat worth N2,000 or N3,000 now, the quantity they will cut for you is very small compared to before. I no longer find it easy to buy meat.
“When we cannot afford meat, we buy cheap fish or eggs instead. Eggs, especially,” she told PUNCH Healthwise
Olaide and Victor’s experiences are not isolated. Their situation mirrors the growing reality for millions of vulnerable Nigerians who are increasingly unable to afford meat, a major source of animal protein amid worsening economic hardship.
Households reality
Across markets in Lagos, Ogun, Enugu, Kano, Port Harcourt and other cities, the prices of beef, fish, turkey, eggs, and other protein products have continued to rise, forcing many households to either reduce their intake or eliminate animal protein from their diets.
Findings by PUNCH Healthwise revealed that protein-dense foods, including beef, chicken, turkey, fish, crayfish, and dairy products, have become luxury items for many low-income households.
For instance, a kilogram of beef ranges from N8,000 and above, goat meat is higher at N10,000, and turkey costs around N8,000, chicken is around N7,000 and above, depending on the types, while fish ranges from N3,000 to N10,000, depending on the types.
Findings by PUNCH Healthwise show that even eggs, which many vulnerable Nigerians have turned to, are not spared. Some Nigerians just buy in smaller quantities, which costs N200 or N250 per egg, depending on size.
A crate of eggs that sold for less than N2,000 a few years ago now costs N6,000 and above, depending on the markets or neighbourhoods.
Also, a paint bucket of crayfish that cost around N8,000 before now generally ranges between N12,000 and N18,000 depending on the density of the paint bucket.
Worryingly, while many vulnerable families cannot afford animal proteins, protein-rich fruits and vegetables that could also bridge the gap of protein deficiency are also costly, making them no options for Nigerians battling economic hardship.
The consequences, PUNCH Healthwise findings show, are increasingly visible in homes where families now prioritise filling their bellies with carbohydrate-dense foods over balanced, nutritious meals, a situation further worsening Nigeria’s malnutrition crisis.
Protein deficiency looms
Nutrition experts warned that the trend could lead to protein deficiency and worsen Nigeria’s already troubling malnutrition burden, particularly among children, pregnant women, and low-income families.
Protein is widely regarded as an essential building block of life. It is found in every cell of the body. When people do not get adequate amounts of protein from their diet, it leads to protein deficiency. Protein deficiency is today a major cause of malnutrition. The World Health Organisation describes malnutrition as “the gravest single threat to the world’s public health.”
Protein is a macronutrient that is basic for the development, upkeep, and repair of all your body’s cells.
Nigeria’s malnutrition burden
Already, about two million Nigerian children suffer from severe acute malnutrition, with only two out of every 10 children affected reached with treatment.
The United Nations Children’s Fund says malnutrition is a direct or underlying cause of 45 per cent of all deaths of children under five, adding that seven per cent of women of childbearing age suffer from acute malnutrition.
According to UNICEF, Nigeria carries the second-highest burden of stunted children in the world and the highest in Africa.
The 2023–2024 National Demographic and Health Survey revealed that nearly 40 per cent of Nigerian children under five are stunted, up from 37 per cent in 2018.
It added that about 8.0 per cent suffer wasting, compared to 7.0 per cent previously, and a quarter of children under five are underweight, up from 22 per cent.
Similarly, in January 2026, the United Nations, through its Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Nigeria, disclosed that 35 million Nigerians are at risk of acute hunger this year.
The Médecins Sans Frontières, in its 2025 Country Activity Report released on May 13, 2026, raised concerns over worsening malnutrition in Nigeria.
The international medical humanitarian organisation revealed that more than 440,000 children were treated across its operations in Nigeria in 2025, adding that it recorded its highest number of malnutrition admissions in recent years last year.
Further findings by PUNCH Healthwise show that the alarming burden of malnutrition is tied to poverty, with over 60 per cent of Nigerians living below the poverty line, and survival often comes before nutrition.
The situation is further complicated by Nigeria’s low life expectancy, which health experts said was influenced by poverty, poor healthcare access, infectious diseases, and inadequate nutrition.
The latest United Nations 2025 global report placed Nigeria’s average life expectancy at 54.9 years.
Nigeria trails behind war-torn nations like Sudan, where life expectancy stands at 66.5 years, as well as Ghana at 65.7 years and South Sudan at 57.7 years.
Findings by PUNCH Healthwise showed that inflation and the resulting surge in food prices continue to weigh heavily on households, leaving many families unable to meet their daily nutritional needs.
We ration eggs, ponmo, fish
According to nutrition experts, animal proteins provide essential nutrients needed for growth, brain development, immunity, and overall body function.
However, for many Nigerians struggling to survive the current economic realities, balanced meals are becoming increasingly difficult to achieve.
More than 10 women told PUNCH Healthwise that they now ration protein in their children’s meals, with beef mostly out of the equation because of the prices.
For a single mother living in the Alagbole area of Ogun State, Idayat Olayemi, protein-rich meals are now reserved for special occasions.
The 29-year-old said feeding her two children without animal protein like meat and fish had become a thing of the past.
“Before, I could buy meat, but not anymore. Now, I buy eggs or ponmo (cowhide) once in a while because I have to consider other things I need money for as a single mother. Most times, we just eat whatever can satisfy hunger,” she said.
Similarly, a hairdresser based in the Ogba area of Lagos, Toyin Alawode, said the economy has forced her to cut her coat according to our resources.
The mother of three explained that she now goes for eggs or buys N1,500 panla fish to make stew for her children.
“If you go to the butchers and ask them to cut meat worth N1,000 for you, they will only give you about three or four pieces. So, instead, I prefer to buy eggs or panla fish for my children. At least, if they cannot eat meat, they can eat eggs,” she said.
On her part, a full-time housewife, Rasaq Oluwakemi, said she had to devise means of making eggs into balls to mimic meat for her children.
“If I buy just two eggs, which is N500, I will mix them with pepper like I’m preparing it for frying, but I will pour it into a nylon, tie it, and boil it in the rice I’m making. Once it is cakes, I cut it into slices, and I use it to make stew so everybody can eat from it, including myself.
“That is how we are managing now. As long as there is at least something on the food for my children, we can manage it,” she said.
Also, a low-level civil servant and mother of three, Olawunmi Hajarah, said her family had drastically adjusted their feeding habits over the last two years.
The Mile 12-based 35-year-old explained that the rising cost of living had affected nearly every aspect of daily survival.
“My salary has not increased significantly, but food prices keep going up every week. We used to buy meat, chicken occasionally, and eggs regularly. Now, we ration the ones we can afford, and we most times depend on eggs and ponmo,” she said.
According to her, feeding a household has become one of the biggest financial burdens for many Nigerians.
“We just try to manage. School fees, electricity bills, transportation, and rent are competing with food. Sometimes, nutrition becomes secondary because survival comes first,” he added.
Cows now cost N3 Million – Cattle dealers, butchers
To find out why cow meat has become pricey lately, PUNCH Heathwise visited the abattoir in Oko Oba, Kara cattle market, and Mile 12 to speak to cattle dealers and butchers.
The stakeholders who spoke to PUNCH Healthwise blamed fuel subsidy removal on the astronomical rise in the prices of cow, which is reflected in the high prices of beef on butchers’ tables across the country.
They listed transportation costs from north to south, insecurity affecting farming communities, and the high cost of animal feed as other factors contributing to the increase in prices.
The Financial Secretary, Cattle Dealers Association of Nigeria, Alhaji Isa Muhammed, said that following the removal of the fuel subsidy, the business changed drastically.
“Before the subsidy was removed, even the biggest cow you could find was not more than N700,000. But after the subsidy removal, prices started rising. Now, in the North, some cows cost N2,500,000.
“Before the increase in fuel price, transporting a full truckload of cattle from Maiduguri to Lagos used to cost about N450,000 to N500,000. But everything changed after fuel prices increased.
“Even the brown animal feed we buy from Nigerian Flour Mills has become very expensive. Before, we used to buy it for around N1,000 per bag. Sometimes, during August, we bought it for N870. But today, we buy the feed for about N18,000 per bag.
“Everything has become costly — animal feed, transportation, and even the people who escort the cattle trucks for security from North to Lagos. Their charges, which used to be N50,000 has now increased to N200,000,” he told PUNCH Healthwise during a visit to Abattoir in Oko Oba.
Corroborating Muhammed’s claim, the Chairman of the Cattle Dealer Association, Isheri-Olofin, Ogun State, Alhaji Kolo Muhammed, explained that transporting one cow from the North that used to cost about N50,000 is now N120,000 per cow.
“That is the reason why the price of cows is high. In fact, it is even higher than what we expected,” he said.
He explained that cow prices vary based on size, adding that there are cows that now cost over N3,000,000.
“The smallest one is sold for about N600,000, N650,000, or N700,000. The medium size is between N1.4 million, N1.5 million, and N1.6 million. Then the biggest ones are sold for N3 million, N3.1 million, or N3.3 million. That is how we sell them,” he said.
Many are in debts
Both cattle dealers’ executives lamented that many people in business are in debt, including the dealers and butchers.
The national secretary said, “Sometimes, you can spend N50 million or N60 million buying cattle from the North and transporting them to Lagos, only to return without making any profit. Sometimes, after two months, you still may not recover one naira. That is why many people are leaving the business.
“Even the butchers are suffering. Many of them buy cattle on credit and owe the dealers. Some butchers owe one person N30 million or N40 million.”
He added, “It is also not easy on their (butchers’) parts. Let me give you an example, if you buy a cow for N2 million and slaughter it for sale in pieces, you will need cut about 4,000 pieces at N500 each before you can recover the N2 million. Even after recovering the money, what about the other expenses? What about feeding yourself and your family? That is the present situation of the cattle business in this country.”
Also speaking to PUNCH Healthwise, the Chairman, Lagos State Butchers Association, Mr Ismaila Babalola, urged the government to support butchers across the country.
He noted that due to the rising cost of cattle, many butchers have abandoned the business and some retired.
Babalola said, “The cost of a cow is something else now. We now buy cows for 2 to 3 million. Many of our members have abandoned the business. Those who are still young left for other businesses, while those a bit older just stop working entirely. There is also the aspect of debt.
“We want the government to support our members by providing grants to help keep our members in business. We’d appreciate it if the government could support us to cushion the effect of the subsidy on our business.”
Customers beg to buy N1000 meat – Butchers
Speaking to PUNCH Healthwise, a butcher at Mile 12 Market, Kehinde Alabi, said many customers beg butchers to buy meat worth N500 or N1,000.
“The problem is that things are very hard for people now, and meat is expensive. We still sell meat in portions of N2,000 or N1,000 when customers cannot afford more. We understand the condition of the country.
“Some people even beg us, saying they and their children have not eaten meat for a while, and ask us to help them with N1,000 worth of meat, or even N500 worth. That is how things are now.
“Some people even plead for free meat because they have no money at all. Some buy N1,000 or N2,000 worth, and even N2,000 or N3,000 now feels too much for them,” he said.
Another butcher, Musiliu Adepoju, said customers now purchase fresh meat in smaller quantities than before.
According to him, many customers who previously bought sizable quantities of meat now request tiny portions.
“People price meat and walk away because they cannot afford it anymore. Some buy just one N1,000 or N2,000 for an entire family meal,” he said.
As protein prices continue to rise, the shrinking presence of meat and other nutritious foods across homes is becoming more than a household adjustment.
Experts said the high cost of animal protein, like cow meat, which is gradually disappearing from vulnerable Nigerians’ meals and other nutritious diets, may expose many to hidden hunger.
Children are most at risk – Experts
The nutritionists explained that while many Nigerians may still consume enough calories to feel full, the absence of nutrient-rich foods, such as animal protein, exposes them to deficiencies in essential vitamins and minerals.
According to the nutritionists, animal proteins provide nutrients such as iron, zinc, vitamin B12, calcium, and high-quality amino acids needed for healthy growth and body repair.
Without adequate intake, they said, vulnerable groups, especially children, may experience stunted growth, poor cognitive development, weakened immunity, fatigue, and increased risk of illness.
A registered dietitian nutritionist and former Director of Nutrition Services, Osun State, Mr James Oloyede, said, “When there is low intake of animal protein like beef, fish, among others, individuals are at risk of micronutrient deficiency.
“The greatest implication is on the children. Children less than five years old are going to have what we call severe acute malnutrition. When a child is malnourished in early childhood, it affects the child’s intellect because the brain will not be well-formed. Such a child is unable to develop as expected intellectually.
“There’ll be a high prevalence of stunting, underweight, and wasting in Nigeria. And this will weaken child is malnourished in early childhood, it affects the child’s intellect because the brain will not be well-formed. Such a child is unable to develop as expected intellectually.
nairalanda1: We have always had this report over and over again for decades. We are running out of meat, government is making life harder, etc.
I even recall the NRC advert from 1989...where the party promised meat on the table if you voted for them. Featured a guy buying bones because he could not afford meat.
The issue is simple...large scale commercial farming of animals in Nigeria is so bad that we can't have a sustainable source of meat. We are left with cow meat from fulani herdsmen who wander around with their cows, and who do not run ranches, where they can produce meat in larger amounts using modern techniques.
And governments have not fixed the problem over the years. Tinubu just dey look at the farmers, and is doing nothing about the herdsmen farmer crisis. And you know, he no wan take loans for raliways, which would have reduced the transport of cows on foot.
ogododo: Meat Disappears From Nigerian Homes As Cow Prices Soar by ogododo(op): 4:35pm On May 17 As soaring cattle prices push up the cost of beef across Nigeria amid deepening poverty, low-income families are increasingly forced to remove meat from their meals. Many can no longer afford not only beef, but also fish, chicken, turkey, and other sources of animal protein. In this report, IDOWU ABDULLAHI examines how shrinking purchasing power is pushing nutritious diets beyond the reach of millions of poor households and worsening the country’s malnutrition crisis
On a sunny afternoon on May 13, 2026, in Isheri, a border town nestled between Lagos and Ogun States, Olaide Alarape stood quietly beside the butchers’ section of the Kara market, mentally calculating how far the cash in her hand could go.
Around her, market traders shouted prices to the attention of intending customers, but Alarape’s attention remained fixed on the displayed meat already surrounded by customers bargaining for smaller portions.
For the 37-year-old vegetable seller, feeding her family a balanced diet has become an exhausting daily struggle shaped by rising food prices, particularly the prices of animal protein, such as cow meat.
Meat, once a regular part of family meals, has gradually disappeared from her cooking pot.
“It’s been more than two months since I last bought meat. There are times I cook without any animal protein because things are now difficult, and the beef my children love to eat is now three times as expensive,” she told PUNCH Healthwise.
Like many Nigerians struggling with the rising cost of living, the mother of three now relies heavily on eggs to provide some form of protein in her children’s stew.
“When you go to the meat seller now, if you want to buy meat worth N2,000, how many will they give you? Meat worth N2,000 is available, but it is cut into tiny pieces. The N2,000 meat may just be about four small pieces.
“My children love meat, and I cannot afford meat that will last us for a few days. I just buy N1,000 eggs and use them to make stew instead of buying meat worth N5,000 that we’ll finish at once,” she told PUNCH Healthwise
Meals without protein
From the beginning of 2026, 40-year-old Nnena Victor had mastered the art of stretching a pot of soup.
Each evening, Victor, who survives on the meagre amount she makes from washing clothes for people in the Berger Area of Lagos State, serves her four children’s meals without animal protein.
Her children, once used to eating beef and fish in their meals at least a few times weekly, now survive mostly on garri, noodles, yams, and thin soups with barely any protein.
Before the worsening economic hardship, she said her family could afford meat several times a week without much difficulty.
“At least before things became this costly, we used to eat meat properly, maybe even several times a week. But now, I just buy eggs for them once or twice a week because meat has become like gold,” she lamented.
She said the rising prices had discouraged her from buying meat the way she once did.
“The cost is something else. I have to consider the amount I have and those of us who need to eat. If we buy meat worth N2,000 or N3,000 now, the quantity they will cut for you is very small compared to before. I no longer find it easy to buy meat.
“When we cannot afford meat, we buy cheap fish or eggs instead. Eggs, especially,” she told PUNCH Healthwise
Olaide and Victor’s experiences are not isolated. Their situation mirrors the growing reality for millions of vulnerable Nigerians who are increasingly unable to afford meat, a major source of animal protein amid worsening economic hardship.
Households reality
Across markets in Lagos, Ogun, Enugu, Kano, Port Harcourt and other cities, the prices of beef, fish, turkey, eggs, and other protein products have continued to rise, forcing many households to either reduce their intake or eliminate animal protein from their diets.
Findings by PUNCH Healthwise revealed that protein-dense foods, including beef, chicken, turkey, fish, crayfish, and dairy products, have become luxury items for many low-income households.
For instance, a kilogram of beef ranges from N8,000 and above, goat meat is higher at N10,000, and turkey costs around N8,000, chicken is around N7,000 and above, depending on the types, while fish ranges from N3,000 to N10,000, depending on the types.
Findings by PUNCH Healthwise show that even eggs, which many vulnerable Nigerians have turned to, are not spared. Some Nigerians just buy in smaller quantities, which costs N200 or N250 per egg, depending on size.
A crate of eggs that sold for less than N2,000 a few years ago now costs N6,000 and above, depending on the markets or neighbourhoods.
Also, a paint bucket of crayfish that cost around N8,000 before now generally ranges between N12,000 and N18,000 depending on the density of the paint bucket.
Worryingly, while many vulnerable families cannot afford animal proteins, protein-rich fruits and vegetables that could also bridge the gap of protein deficiency are also costly, making them no options for Nigerians battling economic hardship.
The consequences, PUNCH Healthwise findings show, are increasingly visible in homes where families now prioritise filling their bellies with carbohydrate-dense foods over balanced, nutritious meals, a situation further worsening Nigeria’s malnutrition crisis.
Protein deficiency looms
Nutrition experts warned that the trend could lead to protein deficiency and worsen Nigeria’s already troubling malnutrition burden, particularly among children, pregnant women, and low-income families.
Protein is widely regarded as an essential building block of life. It is found in every cell of the body. When people do not get adequate amounts of protein from their diet, it leads to protein deficiency. Protein deficiency is today a major cause of malnutrition. The World Health Organisation describes malnutrition as “the gravest single threat to the world’s public health.”
Protein is a macronutrient that is basic for the development, upkeep, and repair of all your body’s cells.
Nigeria’s malnutrition burden
Already, about two million Nigerian children suffer from severe acute malnutrition, with only two out of every 10 children affected reached with treatment.
The United Nations Children’s Fund says malnutrition is a direct or underlying cause of 45 per cent of all deaths of children under five, adding that seven per cent of women of childbearing age suffer from acute malnutrition.
According to UNICEF, Nigeria carries the second-highest burden of stunted children in the world and the highest in Africa.
The 2023–2024 National Demographic and Health Survey revealed that nearly 40 per cent of Nigerian children under five are stunted, up from 37 per cent in 2018.
It added that about 8.0 per cent suffer wasting, compared to 7.0 per cent previously, and a quarter of children under five are underweight, up from 22 per cent.
Similarly, in January 2026, the United Nations, through its Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Nigeria, disclosed that 35 million Nigerians are at risk of acute hunger this year.
The Médecins Sans Frontières, in its 2025 Country Activity Report released on May 13, 2026, raised concerns over worsening malnutrition in Nigeria.
The international medical humanitarian organisation revealed that more than 440,000 children were treated across its operations in Nigeria in 2025, adding that it recorded its highest number of malnutrition admissions in recent years last year.
Further findings by PUNCH Healthwise show that the alarming burden of malnutrition is tied to poverty, with over 60 per cent of Nigerians living below the poverty line, and survival often comes before nutrition.
The situation is further complicated by Nigeria’s low life expectancy, which health experts said was influenced by poverty, poor healthcare access, infectious diseases, and inadequate nutrition.
The latest United Nations 2025 global report placed Nigeria’s average life expectancy at 54.9 years.
Nigeria trails behind war-torn nations like Sudan, where life expectancy stands at 66.5 years, as well as Ghana at 65.7 years and South Sudan at 57.7 years.
Findings by PUNCH Healthwise showed that inflation and the resulting surge in food prices continue to weigh heavily on households, leaving many families unable to meet their daily nutritional needs.
We ration eggs, ponmo, fish
According to nutrition experts, animal proteins provide essential nutrients needed for growth, brain development, immunity, and overall body function.
However, for many Nigerians struggling to survive the current economic realities, balanced meals are becoming increasingly difficult to achieve.
More than 10 women told PUNCH Healthwise that they now ration protein in their children’s meals, with beef mostly out of the equation because of the prices.
For a single mother living in the Alagbole area of Ogun State, Idayat Olayemi, protein-rich meals are now reserved for special occasions.
The 29-year-old said feeding her two children without animal protein like meat and fish had become a thing of the past.
“Before, I could buy meat, but not anymore. Now, I buy eggs or ponmo (cowhide) once in a while because I have to consider other things I need money for as a single mother. Most times, we just eat whatever can satisfy hunger,” she said.
Similarly, a hairdresser based in the Ogba area of Lagos, Toyin Alawode, said the economy has forced her to cut her coat according to our resources.
The mother of three explained that she now goes for eggs or buys N1,500 panla fish to make stew for her children.
“If you go to the butchers and ask them to cut meat worth N1,000 for you, they will only give you about three or four pieces. So, instead, I prefer to buy eggs or panla fish for my children. At least, if they cannot eat meat, they can eat eggs,” she said.
On her part, a full-time housewife, Rasaq Oluwakemi, said she had to devise means of making eggs into balls to mimic meat for her children.
“If I buy just two eggs, which is N500, I will mix them with pepper like I’m preparing it for frying, but I will pour it into a nylon, tie it, and boil it in the rice I’m making. Once it is cakes, I cut it into slices, and I use it to make stew so everybody can eat from it, including myself.
“That is how we are managing now. As long as there is at least something on the food for my children, we can manage it,” she said.
Also, a low-level civil servant and mother of three, Olawunmi Hajarah, said her family had drastically adjusted their feeding habits over the last two years.
The Mile 12-based 35-year-old explained that the rising cost of living had affected nearly every aspect of daily survival.
“My salary has not increased significantly, but food prices keep going up every week. We used to buy meat, chicken occasionally, and eggs regularly. Now, we ration the ones we can afford, and we most times depend on eggs and ponmo,” she said.
According to her, feeding a household has become one of the biggest financial burdens for many Nigerians.
“We just try to manage. School fees, electricity bills, transportation, and rent are competing with food. Sometimes, nutrition becomes secondary because survival comes first,” he added.
Tired of seeing people post: “Fish farming changed my life.” “₦500k profit in 4 months.” “Catfish farming is the new oil.”
Everywhere he turned on Facebook and YouTube, somebody was smiling beside ponds and holding big fish.
So one day, he made a decision.
He borrowed money.
Five Million naira
Money from cooperative. Money from friends. Money from family savings.
Because in his mind, fish farming was simple: 👉 Buy fish. 👉 Feed fish. 👉 Sell fish. 👉 Make profit.
What nobody told him was that fish farming can humble a grown man emotionally.
Muyiwa had no mentor. Only Online Social Media Mentors
No practical training.
Though he has little understanding of feed and feeding based on what was told online, but lack understanding of stocking density, grading, fish behavior, sales and marketing
But confidence was high.
He stocked 5000 of post-fingerlings immediately because he wanted “Good ROI.”
The first few weeks looked exciting.
The fish were active. They rushed feed aggressively. Friends visited the farm and praised him, uploaded the videos and posted it
He started calculating profit in his head already.
Then reality started quietly.
First problem: Feeding reduced.
Then mortality started.
2 fish. 5 fish. 12 fish.
People told him: “That one is normal.”
So he ignored it.
One morning, he got to the pond and saw dozens floating.
Dead.
That was the first day panic entered his heart.
He changed water anyhow. Added salt because somebody online recommended it. Reduced feed. Add bitter leaf, add antibiotics Increased feed again.
Nothing was coordinated because he never truly understood what he was doing.
Then, the price of feed went up as a result of inflation.
Almost every week, the price of fish was going up.
The money he borrowed was disappearing faster than the fish were growing.
Soon, feeding became fear.
Every bag opened felt like money burning. He started Rationing, someone advised him to formulate local feed to save cost. He did, then another problem for a newbie. Then water management became a problem because of the sinking feed that pollutes water so fast, he would have to pump water more than expected.
At this point: The fish were not growing uniformly.
Some were big. Many were tiny. His Cost started going up because of frequent water changes
Cannibalism had reduced the pond density because he never graded on time. The locally formulated feed was not giving the expected result. The nutrient requirements were not met
Like Yakubu, he endured and ‘managed’ for 4 months.
But the biggest shock came during sales.
The buyers he expected never showed up.
When they showed up the price was ridiculous.
Middlemen even offered worst prices.
Some said: “The fish never reach size.” “The Price of Fish have come down” “That’s the price farmer A, B, C, D and E is selling” “Town I, J, K, L are even selling lower than town U”
Meanwhile the fish were still consuming feed every single day. He had stayed additional 3 weeks beyond the expected sales day
Debt pressure started building.
Calls started coming.
“When are you paying back?” “How far with the farm?” “You said harvest was this month…”
Muyiwa stopped sleeping well. Praying, the fish should not die. Hoping the price will go up.
The same business that looked exciting online was now giving him anxiety in real life.
One evening, after calculating his expenses, he realized something painful:
He was not farming fish anymore.
He was feeding debt. More than 40% of his capital has gone.
This is the hidden side of fish farming nobody posts online.
Many people enter this business because of motivation… Filtered Online Post, etc. But stay trapped because they ignored Preparation.
Fish farming is profitable.
But experience matters. Mentorship matters. Training matters. Planning matters. Starting small Can teach you a lot.
Before you borrow money for fish farming…
Please learn first.
— The Hidden Sides of Fish Farming Nobody Posts Online (Series), by Olaide Abayomi
CyynthiaKiss: By Steven Skiena and Charles B. Ward
Top 100 Most Influential Persons in History
1. Jesus 2. Napoleon 3. Muhammad 4. William Shakespeare 5. Abraham Lincoln 6. George Washington 7. Adolf Hitler 8. Aristotle 9. Alexander the Great 10. Thomas Jefferson 11. Henry VIII of England 12. Charles Darwin 13. Elizabeth I of England 14. Karl Marx 15. Julius Caesar 16. Queen Victoria 17. Martin Luther 18. Joseph Stalin 19. Albert Einstein 20. Christopher Columbus 21. Isaac Newton 22. Charlemagne 23. Theodore Roosevelt 24. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 25. Plato 26. Louis XIV of France 27. Ludwig van Beethoven 28. Ulysses S. Grant 29. Leonardo da Vinci 30. Augustus 31. Carl Linnaeus 32. Ronald Reagan 33. Charles Dickens 34. Paul the Apostle 35. Benjamin Franklin 36. George W. Bush 37. Winston Churchill 38. Genghis Khan 39. Charles I of England 40. Thomas Edison 41. James I of England 42. Friedrich Nietzsche 43. Franklin D. Roosevelt 44. Sigmund Freud 45. Alexander Hamilton 46. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 47. Woodrow Wilson 48. Johann Sebastian Bach 49. Galileo Galilei 50. Oliver Cromwell 51. James Madison 52. Gautama Buddha 53. Mark Twain 54. Edgar Allan Poe 55. Joseph Smith, Jr. 56. Adam Smith 57. David, King of Israel 58. George III of the United Kingdom 59. Immanuel Kant 60. James Cook 61. John Adams 62. Richard Wagner 63. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 64. Voltaire 65. Saint Peter 66. Andrew Jackson 67. Constantine the Great 68. Socrates 69. Elvis Presley 70. William the Conqueror 71. John F. Kennedy 72. Augustine of Hippo 73. Vincent van Gogh 74. Nicolaus Copernicus 75. Vladimir Lenin 76. Robert E. Lee 77. Oscar Wilde 78. Charles II of England 79. Cicero 80. Jean-Jacques Rousseau 81. Francis Bacon 82. Richard Nixon 83. Louis XVI of France 84. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor 85. King Arthur 86. Michelangelo 87. Philip II of Spain 88. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 89. Ali, founder of Sufism 90. Thomas Aquinas 91. Pope John Paul II 92. René Descartes 93. Nikola Tesla 94. Harry S. Truman 95. Joan of Arc 96. Dante Alighieri 97. Otto von Bismarck 98. Grover Cleveland 99. John Calvin 100. John Locke
Source: Steven Skiena and Charles B. Ward are the authors of Who’s Bigger? Where Historical Figures Really Rank, Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Disclaimer: The views expressed are solely their own.
Mattswaggz: Businessman Adani was accused on bribing Indian officials and misleading US investors to a secure solar power plant project in India.
The administration of United States President Donald Trump has moved to dismiss criminal fraud charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani in a case where he is accused of bribing Indian officials for as much as $265m to secure contracts and lying to US investors to land a solar energy project in India, allegations that his company has long denied.
The case was dropped by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) after Adani pledged a $10bn investment in the US.
"The Department of Justice has reviewed this case and has decided, in its prosecutorial discretion, not to devote further resources to these criminal charges against individual defendants,” the DOJ said in a short letter sent to Judge Nicholas Garaufis at the US District Court in the Eastern District of New York.
A judge must still sign off on the DOJ’s request.
The case, originally brought by the DOJ under the administration of former US President Joe Biden, accused Adani of bribing officials to secure solar energy contracts at the expense of US investors.
“The defendants orchestrated an elaborate scheme to bribe Indian government officials to secure contracts worth billions of dollars and Gautam S Adani, Sagar R Adani and Vneet S Jaain lied about the bribery scheme as they sought to raise capital from US and international investors,” Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said at the time.
Adani Green Energy was accused of bribing officials in order to win a contract to build the largest solar power plant in India. Adani allegedly misled investors by providing information about the company’s anti-corruption practices. Prosecutors said he and his alleged co-conspirators raised more than $3bn in the process.
The government dropping the case comes amid recent changes in Adani’s legal team. The billionaire, the 17th richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of $108bn according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, appointed to his legal team Robert J Giuffra Jr, who also happens to be one of US President Donald Trump’s personal attorneys, according to reporting from The New York Times last week.
Giuffra Jr said that Adani would pledge an investment of $10bn in the US, which, according to the newspaper, would bring in 15,000 jobs. He also stressed, according to the paper, that the billionaire denied the allegations.
Adani said that he wanted to invest in the US but “could not do so while the cases proceeded”, according to the Reuters news agency, which cited unnamed sources familiar with the case.
On Monday, the US Department of the Treasury announced a $275m settlement with Adani over alleged sanctions violations involving Iran. The company was accused of buying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from a Dubai-based trader purporting to supply Omani and Iraqi gas that had actually originated from Iran.
Adani Enterprises has also ceased imports of LPG into India and created a head of compliance role to ensure it follows US Treasury Department guidance.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) also settled a civil suit with Adani last week over the alleged bribes, though the agreement still needs legal approval.
“If approved by the court, [it] would order Gautam Adani and Sagar Adani to pay civil monetary penalties of $6,000,000 and $12,000,000, respectively,” the SEC said in a statement released on Thursday.
The irresponsible foreign Fula militia bandits and Tuareg Lakurawa militia bandits operating in the NW, Middle Belt and parts of the SW MUST be taken down totally with advanced surveillance and attack drones (including Infrared devices and LEO satellite tracking technologies). These foreign Fula bandits such as Turji also use drones and CCTVs for surveillance.
Fekumzi123: The Sunday was not that dull after all. After seeing West Ham utd loosing 3-1 to Newcastle, I decided to go back to work. I work in a gas station.
All of a sudden, someone saw a bush meat hiding very close to us.
Meanwhile, I have a plank hidden around in preparation for such occasion. I successfully grabbed it and I became the most prepared person for such opportunity. In life, you have to prepare. Yes.
Even if opportunities comes, if you're not prepared you might lose it. The rest is history.
"6 Billionaires Worth A Combined $1 Trillion Join Trump On His China Trip"
A group of billionaires, worth a combined $1.07 trillion, joined US President Donald Trump on his trip to China this week to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, marking their first summit of Trump’s second term.
The meeting comes amid tensions over trade, the US-Iran war and the future of artificial intelligence.
fergie001: Federal Government introduces Mandatory Tax ID for all Nigerians
The Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), in collaboration with the Joint Revenue Board (JRB), has announced the implementation of a unified Taxpayer Identification (Tax ID) system aimed at strengthening tax administration and improving service delivery across the country.
In a public notice issued in Abuja on Monday, the agencies said the initiative was introduced in line with Sections 6, 7, and 8 of the Nigeria Tax Administration Act, 2025, which mandates every taxable person in Nigeria to obtain a Tax ID.
According to the notice dated May 18, 2026, the new Tax ID system is designed to create a single, harmonised identity for taxpayers nationwide, enabling seamless interaction with tax authorities at both federal and sub-national levels.
The agencies explained that the initiative forms part of ongoing reforms targeted at improving transparency, simplifying tax processes, enhancing accountability, and reducing leakages within the nation’s tax administration framework.
Under the new arrangement, the Tax ID will consolidate taxpayer records into a unified database, eliminate duplication of records, and ensure more efficient management of tax-related information.
The NRS and JRB highlighted several benefits expected from the implementation of the system, including simplified registration, filing, and payment of taxes, improved visibility and tracking of taxpayer records, enhanced revenue assurance, and harmonisation of taxpayer information across all tiers of government.
They added that the reform would also support better coordination between federal and state tax authorities while making tax compliance easier for individuals, enterprises, and businesses.
The notice further stated that Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs), financial institutions, and organisations currently utilising the existing Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) Validation API would now transition to the newly introduced Tax ID system.
To facilitate a smooth migration process, organisations requiring integration or validation services for individuals, enterprises, and business names were directed to contact the Standardisation and Modernisation Department of the JRB, while corporate entities were advised to liaise with the Tax Automation Department of the NRS for access to the Tax ID API and related integration guidelines.
Politics › Re: FG Approves 5 Deep Sea Ports (List) by AlphaTaikun: 7:29am On May 25
