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Politics › Anglican Archbishop In Enugu Rejects Palliative, Says It’s Insult To People by KEVIND(op): 6:29am On Sep 21, 2023

Outspoken archbishop of Enugu Anglican Diocese, Dr. Emmanuel Olisachukwuma, has flatly rejected bags of rice sent as palliative for his members to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal.

Chukwuma who was visibly livid at the gesture noted that it was an insult that they were given 200 bags of rice to share wondering what the people would take home.

The Anglican archbishop who made the rejection at the Cathedral of Good Shepherd, Independence Layout, Enugu could not hide his anger.

“Having seen some of the bags of rice called palliatives for the people of Enugu state, we feel dejected and very much disappointed that even the 200 bags for each ward, that the local government chairman withdrew five bags from it.

“Two, how do you expect this type of palliative to cushion the effect of the subsidy for the people that you are saying palliative? Five persons per a 20kg bag of rice. So we are feeling that federal government palliative for Nigerians is insulting, it’s disgraceful and it’s a failure, it’s fraud and we completely reject it.

“For me as Archbishop Chukwuma, I will not accept this type of rice as palliative, it’s an insult to the people. And so I am calling on the federal government and state government to look into it properly, that this is not a palliative that can cushion anything at all.

“It is a way of insulting the people, creating more hunger and we feel that if federal government is sincere, which I feel they are not sincere about the palliatives, It think Labour should go ahead with their strike because what the Labour is talking about is still what we are seeing now, insincerity of the government.

“The palliative is a disgrace, is a failure, to cushion any effect of fuel subsidy removal. So for me I feel disappointed to see this type of rice which is already getting spoilt to be distributed to human beings, whoever is responsible should please come and withdraw it. We reject it and we cannot accept it, is a failure. Federal government palliative is a failure and not a sincere way of cushioning the effect of fuel subsidy removal for Nigerians.”

https://blueprint.ng/anglican-archbishop-in-enugu-rejects-palliative-says-its-insult-to-people/

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Politics › Re: Presidential Poll: Abuja Can’t Be 37th State, Atiku, Obi Tell Supreme Court by KEVIND: 3:40pm On Sep 20, 2023

Righthussle:
I am totally against giving special status to FCT. In our various states, I want to ask, do we need to win the capital to become governor? Come on.

having 25% is not a win in FCT

Politics › Re: UAE Official Says Visa Restrictions Not Lifted For Nigerians:CNN by KEVIND: 7:29pm On Sep 15, 2023

Tinubu is following every footsteps Buhari did perfectly.
1.Buhari started with appointing his tribesmen into all vital positions & Tinubu is doing the same.
2. Buhari started with propaganda & ended with propaganda, thereby making Nigeria the poverty capital of the world., Tinubu is trying to beat Buhari on that.
Oh Nigeria which way.

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Politics › Re: U.S. Court Reserves Judgement In Atiku Records Case After CSU Confirmed Female B by KEVIND(op): 4:33am On Sep 15, 2023

So the result Tinubu is parading from Chicago state University is even a diploma certificate. Not even a degree. Wonders oooo

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Politics › U.S. Court Reserves Judgement In Atiku Records Case After CSU Confirmed Female B by KEVIND(op): 4:19am On Sep 15, 2023

U.S. court reserves judgement in Atiku records case after Chicago university confirmed female Bola Tinubu transcript.

A befuddled Judge Jeffrey Gilbert of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Tuesday reserved judgement on the subpoena application for Bola Tinubu’s records, after learning that the Nigerian president’s college transcript, which he used to gain admission into Chicago State University (CSU) in 1977, indicated it belonged to a female.

The judge said he was prepared to rule on the matter when he scheduled a hearing for September 12, but he needed additional time to digest his decision after learning that there was a transcript bearing Bola A. Tinubu released by CSU under a separate court subpoena that carried the owner’s gender as female.

The female issue was raised by Mr Tinubu’s lawyer, Christopher Carmichael, who tried to use it to demonstrate the frivolity of the case before the court, dismissing it as a fishing expedition based entirely on a conspiracy theory being peddled in Nigeria by Mr Tinubu’s political detractors.

‘It is like Donald Trump coming up in 2010 to claim that Barack Obama was not born in the United States,” Mr Carmichael said.

But Alexandre de Gramont, lawyer to plaintiff Atiku Abubakar, quickly informed the court that the possibility of Bola Tinubu, who attended CSU in the same 1970s, being a woman was first revealed in records produced by the school itself. The school had, in mid-2022, submitted Mr Tinubu’s records in its possession while complying with a state court subpoena.

The records, handed over to Nigerian civil rights lawyer Mike Enahoro-Ebah, showed that Bola A. Tinubu was admitted into CSU in 1977 based on a transcript from Southwest College Chicago that was marked as belonging to a female.

Judge Gilbert became confused after CSU lawyer Michael Hayes confirmed that the school had indeed turned in records to Mr Enahoro-Ebah in 2022, but insisted that Mr Tinubu, the Nigerian president, was the one who attended and graduated from the school.

Mr Hayes, however, said he could not explain the contradictions, and the school’s administrators would not be able to state under oath that the certificate Mr Tinubu has been parading was genuine or otherwise.

“Is the diploma authentic or is it a forgery? My client can’t answer yes to either of those questions,” Mr Hayes said of Mr Tinubu’s certificate that he submitted to be Nigeria’s president.

Consequently, a confused Judge Gilbert said he would need additional time to process the confusion, especially given Mr Hayes’ confirmation of the records released last year by CSU.

“I will have to take this matter under advisement,” the judge said, adding that his court would communicate a new judgement or hearing date with counsel to all parties. The judge said additional documents or clarification about already submitted documents may be required from the parties.

Mr Gilbert’s docket was updated at night on September 12, hours after the judgement, and also confirmed that the matter is “taken under advisement for the reasons stated on the record.”

Judge Gilbert had earlier in the hearing said the court has always taken a liberal and broad view in granting similar requests under Section 1782, a statute that allows the release of documents and evidence domiciled in the U.S. to be obtained and used in a foreign proceeding, especially with countries that have legal reciprocity arrangements with the U.S. like Nigeria.

Mr Abubakar, the plaintiff and presidential candidate of the February polls, seeks the subpoena to clarify outstanding questions regarding Mr Tinubu’s background, particularly the age, gender and citizenship status under which he was admitted to CSU, records he said he wanted to use to prove his case that Mr Tinubu should not be Nigeria’s president because he submitted a forged certificate to electoral office INEC in violation of Nigeria’s Constitution.

https://gazettengr.com/u-s-court-reserves-judgement-in-atiku-records-case-after-chicago-university-confirmed-female-bola-tinubu-transcript/

Politics › Chicago State University Caught In Dispute Over Nigeria's Presidential Election by KEVIND(op): 3:38am On Sep 15, 2023*

CBS News don carry am. It’s global now

CBS) -- Chicago State University finds itself at the center of a political dispute involving the newly elected president of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu.

Tinubu's political rival, Atiku Abubakar, claims that documents showing that Tinubu graduated from Chicago State in 1979 are not authentic, and that is grounds to nullify Tinubu's election victory earlier this year.

According to the People's Gazette, Tinubu submitted the diploma to Nigeria's election commission. It was purportedly issued in 1979 and signed by university President Elnora Daniel. But Daniel didn't arrive at CSU until 1998 and left about ten years later. Submitting false records to the National Election Commission before the vote should nullify the election, Abubaker claims.

At a hearing in Chicago this week, Abubakar's lawyers asked a federal judge to compel CSU officials to turn over Tinubu's academic documents and appear for depositions. Judge Jeffrey Gilbert of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois did not rule on the request.

CSU's lawyer, Michael Hayes, told Gilbert that the university wouldn't be able to certify Tinubu's diploma under oath.

A CSU spokeswoman said the university can confirm the president graduated. However, it cannot authenticate the diploma because it is a ceremonial document that is not part of a student's official academic file.

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-state-university-nigeria-bola-tinubu/

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Politics › CSU Doubts Authenticity Of Tinubu’s Certificate- Leadership Newspapers by KEVIND(op): 11:30am On Sep 14, 2023

The Chicago State University (CSU) has said that it was unsure whether the certificate that President Bola Tinubu submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 2023 presidential election was genuine or not.

Counsel to the university, Michael Hayes, told the court during its hearing on Tuesday, September 12, that the CSU could not validate whether the certificate Tinubu presented to INEC was a genuine or forged document.

This position contradicts an earlier stance of the CSU that it issued a certificate to the Nigerian president after he graduated in 1979.

“Is the diploma authentic, or is it a forgery? My client can’t answer yes to either of those questions,” Mr Hayes said at the hearing in Chicago that began at about 1:30 p.m. (local time) and lasted several hours in the lawsuit brought by Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 general election and Tinubu’s main rival.

According to the lawyer, the CSU cannot say if placed under oath, “where and how” Tinubu obtained the certificate.

“My clients just don’t know,” Hayes said on Monday, in a move that seems a possible push back from the CSU after Tinubu, during a previous sitting of the court, blamed the discrepancies on the certificates purportedly issued by the CSU on the school’s clerk.

Mr Hayes was responding to the judge’s inquiry into the school’s ability to confirm under oath that Mr Tinubu was issued the certificate he tendered to INEC in June 2022, in fulfillment of a constitutional requirement to qualify him to run for the office of the President.

It is against the Nigerian Constitution to submit forged documents to INEC.

Mr Hayes insisted that CSU records showed Mr Tinubu attended the school, but admitted there were several contradictions that the school’s administrators won’t be able to clarify under oath.

Those discrepancies include the June 22, 1977, date that Tinubu’s certificate asserts, as well as the school’s president at the time the certificate was obtained and typographical, font and header errors on the document.

However, on June 17, 2022, Tinubu submitted a certificate to INEC that was purportedly issued in 1979 and signed by Elnora Daniel, who was not yet a staff member of the CSU until 1998 – same year that Tinubu incidentally contested election as governor of Lagos State.

Ms. Daniels was said to have left the school in 2008 following a financial mismanagement scandal, or 14 years before June 2022 when CSU issued yet a fresh certificate in Tinubu’s name under subpoena from a Nigerian lawyer who had inquired about Tinubu’s education there.

These contradictions, among others, are the reasons that Atiku filed the suit to compel CSU to produce records relating to Tinubu and make its top officials available for deposition to certify the produced records.

Alexandre de Gramont, who appeared in court for Atiku, said the documents and depositions are being sought for use in the Nigerian Supreme Court, where the final battle over Tinubu’s election is now headed.

Gramont said the Nigerian Court of Appeal upheld Tinubu’s election in its September 6 ruling because the panel did not have CSU’s position on the authenticity of the certificate presented by Tinubu, and that the Supreme Court in Nigeria might be able to admit CSU’s position on the document under a special rule.

“Your Honour, we don’t know whether the Nigerian Supreme Court would be receptive to the new evidence or not, but we just want to be able to present the new evidence to them from CSU,” Mr de Gramont said.

“We already have them (the documents), what we are seeking is CSU’s authentication or their explanation for some of the discrepancies.”

The presiding judge, Jeffery Gilbert, said the court has always taken a liberal and broad view in granting similar requests under Section 1782, a statute that allows the release of documents and evidence domiciled in the U.S. to be obtained and used in a foreign proceeding.

Tinubu’s lawyers, represented via telephone conference by Christopher Carmichael, said Atiku was on a fishing expedition, noting that the previous statements of CSU to the effect that Tinubu graduated from the school were enough.

Carmichael said there was no need to produce further evidence or place the school’s officials under oath to speak to the authenticity of Tinubu’s certificate, saying the proceeding would only fuel online trolls because the Supreme Court won’t accept new evidence even if produced.

Consequently, Judge Gilbert said he would need additional time to reflect before ruling on the matter, but asked lawyers to all the parties to go through records submitted before the court and update them if necessary in the meantime.

He said a date for a final ruling or additional hearing would be communicated to the parties.

https://leadership.ng/csu-doubts-authenticity-of-tinubus-certificate/

N/B
The mods have been tagging this news as fake news since yesterday & suppressing it.
How is news from Leadership newspapers fake news?

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Politics › Re: US: The Man You Should Be Scared Of Is Peter Obi —Atiku & Tinubu Lawyer Clashes by KEVIND: 2:37pm On Sep 13, 2023

HeadlessMob:
Confirmation of their headless mob nature. They will wail till eternity as Obi will never smell presidency in his lifetime

The man who claimed Tinubu is his class mate, said they were class mate in Department of "Collage of Accounting Business and Administration", but guess what, there is no such thing as Collage of Accounting in Chicago State University 😂

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Politics › Re: President Tinubu Was My Classmate In Chicago State University, by KEVIND: 9:38am On Sep 13, 2023

9jatriot:
Which 2? This is the one he submitted to INEC. Did any of the other candidates other than submitting it to INEC which is what he did. What else do you want the poor man to do?

Chicago University Denies Knowledge Of Certificate Tinubu Submitted To INEC -PG
https://www.nairaland.com/7838959/chicago-university-denies-knowledge-certificate
😆😆😆

Politics › Re: President Tinubu Was My Classmate In Chicago State University, by KEVIND: 3:45pm On Sep 12, 2023

9jatriot:
That is the problem, you guys only listen to what you are told on your whatsapp groups. If not, you would have know that his result has been in the public domain since last year. Here is a thread to that effect: https://www.nairaland.com/7199996/premium-times-photocopy-original-certificate

When we say you guys are going round in circles, e get why.

We have 2 certificates of Tinubu in circulation, there's nothing wrong in telling your media aid to send it out by himself. Instead of relying on premium times newspaper which Tinubu can deny tomorrow.

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Politics › Re: President Tinubu Was My Classmate In Chicago State University, by KEVIND: 3:45pm On Sep 12, 2023

9jatriot:
That is the problem, you guys only listen to what you are told on your whatsapp groups. If not, you would have know that his result has been in the public domain since last year. Here is a thread to that effect: https://www.nairaland.com/7199996/premium-times-photocopy-original-certificate

When we say you guys are going round in circles, e get why.

We have 2 certificate of Tinubu, there's nothing wring in telling your media aid to send it out by himself. Instead of relying on premium times newspaper which Tinubu can deny tomorrow.

Politics › Re: President Tinubu Was My Classmate In Chicago State University, by KEVIND: 1:59pm On Sep 12, 2023

lexylaw40:
President Tinubu Was My Classmate In Chicago State University, He Was A Good Student — Durojaiye Ogunsanya
porscheclassy.comSep 12, 2023 9:56 AM

Durojaiye Ogunsanya, a public affairs analyst, has reacted to allegations that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu did not attend Chicago State University and that he can’t point to anyone who was his classmate in the institution.

Ogunsanya, in an interview with TVC News, affirmed that Tinubu attended Chicago State University and they were classmates in the school. He also said they graduated from the school in the same year 1979 and he was a good student.

According to Ogunsanya, “We met in the school, Chigaco State University and we were in the same department, College of Accounting Business and Administrative with a major in Accounting and we were in the same class together and we graduated. He did attend the University and he graduated in 1979 in the same year as I did. I am here to testify that he did attend University and he was a good student”.

This issue is very simple just publish your 1st class certificate & every speculations will fixile out
automatically.
Since i was born, have never seen a 1st class graduate hiding his or her certificate from who may care to ask. Only Tinubu

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Politics › Re: Nigerians Are Hungry, Facing Hardships – Emir Of Kano Tells Tinubu by KEVIND: 2:36am On Sep 11, 2023

KanwuliaExtra:
Why did he not tell BUHARIDIOT the same?
Pnockung bigots!

ah, why insult the grandfather of Agbado league-Buhari.
I thought its only Obidients & Igbos the economy is bitting hard on. We're in part one of the renewed shege & everybody is running helter skelter, wait for part 2.

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Fashion › Re: Miss Imo Duru Chidera Wins Beauty Of Africa International Pageant 2023 (photos) by KEVIND: 8:07pm On Sep 10, 2023

Michaeljames22:
Congratulations.
Such a beautiful damsel. Nigeria is indeed blessed

is she not from the yeast again? I thought everyone from that zone are called Obidients or Ipob.🥸🥸🥸

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Politics › Re: Niger: Tinubu Displayed Strong Leadership In Defence Of Democracy – Biden by KEVIND: 8:00pm On Sep 10, 2023

Acekidc4:
While President Tinubu is having real important World discussion with the POTUS, some Pathetic Losers are busy celebrating one of their own snapping ordinary Photo with the same POTUS!! Mediocrity at it highest peak!!

That picture Tinubu rushed to take with Biden on the main road, is that when they discuss that propaganda from vanguard newspaper?
For your information Biden was already on his way out when Tinubu rush to ask for a photo op, at least to massage the ego of his Agbado supporters to masturdate on. That picture with Biden will be use to dish out a lot of Propaganda in days to come

Politics › Re: Biden Meets Tinubu At G20 Summit. by KEVIND: 7:35pm On Sep 10, 2023

Tochitee:
What will our southeast slaves say now? They saw Biden with the deltan iweala,they celebrated it as if pandora won election,now that the president is with the same ibo God now,what will they say??

So Ngozi is not longer Igbo but "deltan iweala",
But Nigerians tag 1966 coup led by a Delta man called Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu from Delta state as an "Igbo coup". Funny people!
The earlier you guys know that the Igbo tribe didn't start & end in the 5 Eastern state the better

Politics › Re: Biden Meets Tinubu At G20 Summit. by KEVIND: 7:29pm On Sep 10, 2023*

RockHard:
African Giant meets American Giant.

Tears are welcome..

Look well, na for main road Tinubu rush go meet Biden. All the same, thank God Tinubu finally met Biden, if not Tinubu for use vex increase fuel price again oo.

Next, Tinubu govt'll start doling out another propaganda on how Biden promise to invest all American money in Nigeria.

Politics › Re: Explain Why CTC Of Judgment Is On Tinubu’s Counsel Letterhead - Atiku's Aide To by KEVIND: 6:33pm On Sep 09, 2023

We know those who wrote the judgement.
One day the truth will surface

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Crime › Re: Two Suspected Cultists Arrested In Ogun by KEVIND: 10:49am On Sep 08, 2023

darling4242:
Blame Tinubu

The way things are panning out, if you're asked for your certificate for any reason, just tell them you're the best students in your school. No need to present your certificate or results for verification.
If President Tinubu can do it & be accepted as the right thing, then the same precedent should be adopted in the country.

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Politics › Re: Stop Blaming Me For Your Inability To Do Anything - Ikpeazu Hits Gov. Otti by KEVIND: 2:12pm On Sep 07, 2023

People are talking Kerosene former governor is talking

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Politics › Re: LP Rejects Edo LG Elections by KEVIND: 8:00am On Sep 04, 2023

OkayDaddy:
See the mumu thief wey dey call himself Obidient.

Even Peter Obi children no support their papa. Anyway, na mumu dey call himself Obidient.

That's your headache bro

Politics › Re: LP Rejects Edo LG Elections by KEVIND: 7:57am On Sep 04, 2023*

OkayDaddy:
Why did Obidients refuse to listen to Peter Obi and vote his candidate?

It's all about interest.
Obi did what he suppose to do as a party man but we decide who we will support irrespective of political affiliation.That's Obidients for you.
We're not blinded by political affiliations but our watchword is competency.

Politics › Re: LP Rejects Edo LG Elections by KEVIND: 7:54am On Sep 04, 2023

OkayDaddy:
You are a hungry thief who is Obidient because he lacks opportunity.

Immediately you saw that your friend will give you access to the national cake, you started supporting APC.

Shame on you.

Life is all about interest my friend.
In politics there's no permanent enemy but permanent interest.
If you belong to APC & your brother is contesting under PDP, pls make sure you campaign against him okay

Politics › Re: Despite Peter Obi’s Presence, Labour Party Fails To Clinch A Single Seat In Edo by KEVIND: 7:51am On Sep 04, 2023

fregeneh:
bcaus of personal interest

Call it whatever, life is all about interest. That's why there's no permanent enemy in politics but permanent interest.

Politics › Re: LP Rejects Edo LG Elections by KEVIND: 7:48am On Sep 04, 2023

AntiBalaka:
Story.

That their lie that Edo is Obidient has now been trashed by this elections.

Edo no be yeast

Obidients are not Labour party members, Obidients are only for Obi presidency.

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Politics › Re: LP Rejects Edo LG Elections by KEVIND: 7:47am On Sep 04, 2023*

What many Ignorant people fail to understand is that Obidients are not necessarily Labour party members.
We wanted a change at the federal level (reason for being an Obidient).
A friend is vying for a local government chairmanship election in one of the state soon & he is contesting under APC.
As an Obidient,I'll rigorouslly campaign & vote for him.
Politics is all about interest, no permanent enemy but permanent interest!

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Politics › Re: Despite Peter Obi’s Presence, Labour Party Fails To Clinch A Single Seat In Edo by KEVIND: 3:29pm On Sep 03, 2023

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Politics › Re: Tinubu: 44yr Old Lie Busted! Revelations Show He Didn't Attend CSU. by KEVIND: 4:13pm On Sep 01, 2023

muykem:
IPOB/Obidients will continue to be in depression, frustration, bitterness, anger and annoyance for the next 16 years.

Oga leave talk, ask Ebola to show us his result.
Atiku is now Ipob/Obidient

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Agriculture › Rice Mills In Nigeria Closedown After India’s Ban On Rice Exports by KEVIND(op): 9:13am On Aug 31, 2023

The decision of the Indian government in July to halt the exports of the popular non-basmati rice as a measure to keep prices low in the country is having ripple effects far away from Nigeria.

Nigeria and other West African countries are most reliant on rice imports from India to meet local demands. Although Nigeria has made huge efforts in cutting down its rice imports over the past few years, it still relies on imports to augment local production. In 2021, the country imported $ 5.78 million worth of rice from India.

Following the ban on rice exports in India, local rice millers have been forced to shut down production oversupply scarcity.

Speaking to Voice of America (VOA), Muhammad Salisu Kuna, a rice mill owner in Kano stated thus, “The Indian rice export ban affected us. The absence of Indian rice has led to a shortage of locally grown rice. It is not sufficient to the number of mills and that has caused the price of rice to soar”

The Central Bank’s effort to ensure the country meets its local demand for rice saw the processing capacity rise from 350 thousand metric tonnes in 2015, to almost 3 million metric tonnes in 2022.

Speaking further, Muhammad Sani of the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria noted that about fifty rice mills have been forced to shut down in Kano state alone over the scarcity of rice.

In his words, “The absence of Indian rice coupled with Nigeria’s border closure with the Niger Republic because of sanctions and farmers’ inability to access their farms because of bandits is hitting hard on rice mills”

The recent increase in rice prices

In the past few months, the price of rice has increased significantly in the market. According to an investigation by Nairametrics, the price of rice in local markets increased by 29% within two months.

The latest food price watch by the National Bureau of Statistics reveals that the price of a kilo of rice increased from N555.18 in May to N608.20 in June 2023.

For the past three years, a slew of factors has seen food prices, especially grains, increase beyond the reach of the poor. The war in Ukraine, insecurity, flooding of 2022 and others can be attributed to being responsible for food price increase.

To stem this increase, the Federal government has declared a state of emergency on food production and recently ordered the distribution of grains across the country.

https://nairametrics.com/2023/08/30/rice-mills-in-nigeria-closedown-after-indias-ban-on-rice-exports/

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Politics › Re: 'Yorubanisation, Lagoslisation' In Tinubu's Appointments, Arewa Forum Raises Ala by KEVIND: 3:50pm On Aug 30, 2023*

Buhari was busy appointing his Fulani & core northern brothers into all the important positions. Arewa didn't utter a word. When we complain they called us wailers . Infact they said as long as the person is competent it doesn't matter.
Now why are they wailing on who Tinubu appoints.
Tinubu should appoint whomever he likes as long as the person is competent to do the job

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