₦airaland Forum

bizbro:
500naira rice outside is nothing. 1k food inside restaurant is appetizer. Citizen meal that used to be 2500 in Chicken republic is now 5k. Tinibu's leprous hands have touched everywhere!

RichardRexs:
Beans and plantain and meat that used to be N500 is now #1000. at Wuse 2. Steadily raising shoulder with chicken republic food price. PBAT, you no try

Diego35M:
I think this APC government wants to reduce this country's population by starving some (of us) to death, pls everybody should go to farm... And if you find any Fulani man with cow on your farmland, kill am... 😡

A cross-section of residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), says they can no longer fend for their families due to the rising cost of foodstuff.

The residents, who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja, said that eating beans and yam have become a luxury due to its high cost.

This, they said, had affected their domestic food timetable, making it impossible to eat varieties.

Mrs Glory Ocholi, a mother, said that beans have become so expensive that it is difficult to buy in bulk as she usually does to help in her nutrition plan.

“Before now, I used to buy 10 mudus of white beans for between N9, 000 to N10, 000, at N900 to N950 each.

“While the red one was usually slightly above N100 or N200.

“Currently, white beans cost N2,800 while red beans are sold for N3,000 to N3,500 , yam, Irish and sweet potatoes are also very expensive, it is only the rich that can afford them.

“You cannot buy corn or sorghum, vegetables are a no-go area, so at the end of the day, our children are forced to eat whatever we can provide,’’ she said.

Ocholi said that buying foodstuff at a higher cost had forced her to take off meals like ‘akara’ and pap which used to be a Saturday morning meal in her home.

She appealed to both the government and Nigerian Food Products Suppliers and Manufacturers to find ways to address the situation.

Mr Habila Makama, said that he could no longer afford certain foods in his household due to the high prices.

“I used to compliment yam with sweet or Irish potatoes when yam is not in season but now, I cannot afford any of them.

“Sweet potatoes that used to be the cheapest are also expensive. Rice is the only available food now in spite of the cost.

“We eat it every day of the week and probably exchange it with any available swallow with the soup you can afford,’’ he said.

A NAN correspondent who visited the Dutse-Alhaji market reported that five big tubers of yam now go for a negotiable price of N12, 000 to N14, 000.

At Karu market, corn and millet which previously sold for N850 and N900, is now being sold for N1, 300 per mudu.

NAN also reports that a bag of corn which was previously sold for N40, 000 and millet for N65, 000, are now being sold for N90, 000 per bag.

One of the traders in karu market, Mallam Bashiru Ahmed, said that prices of goods fluctuate daily and could increase by 20 per cent or more, within a week.

He said that traders sometimes go to the market to buy a bag of beans for N160, 000, but end up buying for between N180, 000 or N200, 000 due to price fluctuation.

Ahmed attributed the high cost to transportation of the goods from the northern states to the distribution units or towns, where other middle men or traders go to buy from.

“The cost of transportation has contributed to the increase in cost of these foods and it has really affected our business.

“We had to increase the price of grains to meet up with the expenses in logistics, and this is making our customers complain, thereby affecting patronage,’’ he said.

He pleaded with the government to put in place measures that could salvage the cost of transportation and control market price for grains.

This, he said would stop distributors and sellers from inducing unnecessary price increase.

treesun:
https://nairametrics.com/2024/06/20/nigerias-public-debt-rises-by-n24-33-trillion-in-three-months/

WaleBuraimoh:
Gunmen on Thursday killed a Point of Sales operator in the teaching hospital area in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital.

The assailants also shot dead a wheelbarrow pusher hawking rice at the Oja Bisi area of the state capital on the same day.

Sources said that the gunmen, who came on a motorbike, shot the PoS operator and made away with his money and other valuables.

The source, who was familiar with the matter, said, “The PoS operator had just arrived for the day’s business when the gunmen attacked him and left him in a pool of his blood.”

The source also said that the police officers who arrived at the scene shortly after took the body of the PoS operator to the hospital.

Sources also said that gunmen on a motorbike shot dead the rice hawker in the market area.

Another source said, “Traders were shocked and had to flee for safety. The development forced traders and passersby to flee for safety.”

The Ekiti Police Command Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, who confirmed the incidents, said, “Immediately we got the information, we deployed our men to the scenes, the body of the victims had been recovered to the morgue.

“The Commissioner of Police, Ekiti State Command, Mr Adeniran Akinwale, has ordered an investigation into the incidents so that those who perpetrated the incidents can be brought to book.”

https://punchng.com/gunmen-kill-pos-operator-rice-seller-in-ekiti/?

The national average retail price paid by consumers for Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise known as petrol increased year-on-year, YoY, by 223.21 percent to N769.62 per litre in May 2024 from N238.11 per litre recorded in the corresponding period of 2023.

Furthermore, On a month-on-month, MoM basis, an increase of 9.75 percent was recorded from N701.24 per litre in April 2024.

The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, disclosed this in its report, Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) Price Watch for May 2024, which showed that Jigawa State topped the price chart at N937.50 per litre, followed by Ondo and Benue States with N882.67 per litre and N882.22 per litre, respectively.

However, Lagos, Niger and Kwara States emerged with the lowest average retail prices for the product at N636.80, N642.16 and N645.15 respectively according to the NBS report.

On Zonal profile, the North-West Zone had the highest average retail price of N845.26, while the North Central Zone had the lowest price of N695.04.

Meanwhile, the average retail price of Automotive Gas Oil (Diesel) paid by consumers increased by 66.29 percent to N1403.96 per litre in May2024 from N844.28 per liter recorded in May 2023.

On a month-on-month, MoM basis, a decrease of 0.78 percent was recorded from N1415.06 per litre in April 2024.

The report stated “ Looking at the variations in the State prices, the top three State with the highest average price of the product in May 2024 include Adamawa State (N1709.00), Sokoto State (N1675.00) and Bauchi (N1657.92). Furthermore, the top three lowest prices were recorded in the following State namely, Niger State (N1140.20), Kano State (N1153.33) and Oyo State (N1236.92).

The Zonal representation of average price of diesel showed that North-East Zone has the highest price of N1605.91 while South West Zone has the lowest price N1303.60 when compared with other Zones.

This comes as the average retail price per litre of Household Kerosene (HHK) paid by consumers in May 2024 was N1,450.35, indicatiing an increase of 0.74 percent when compared to N1,439.64 recorded in April 2024.

On a year-on-year, YoY,basis, the average retail price per litre of the product rose by 20.26% from N1,206.05 in May 2023.

On state profile analysis, the highest average price per litre in May 2024 was recorded in Benue with N1,790.92, followed by Kaduna with N1,769.65 and Cross River with N1,722.94. On the other hand, the lowest price was recorded in Katsina with N1,230.81, followed by Kwara with N1,260.07 and Jigawa with N1,263.91.

In addition, analysis by zone showed that the North Central recorded the highest average retail price per litre of Household Kerosene with N1,534.12, followed by the South-West with N1,488.97, while the North-East recorded the lowest with N1,408.41.

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has said the reintroduced national anthem, “Nigeria, We Hail Thee”, could have prevented banditry and insecurity if the country had retained it.

Recall that the Senate and the House of Representatives passed the National Anthem Bill 2024 to revert to the old national anthem, “Nigeria, we hail thee”, which was abolished in 1978.

The National Assembly passed the bill to swap the national anthem from “Arise, O Compatriots” to “Nigeria, We Hail Thee.”

The bill, which speedily passed first and second readings on the same day, was assented to by President Bola Tinubu, making it the new anthem of the country.

During a visit to the Nigeria Institute of Legislative and Democratic Studies in Abuja on Tuesday, Akpabio said the reintroduced anthem would foster unity, patriotism and love among Nigerians.

Akpabio said those labelling the re-introduced anthem as an element of colonialism, don’t understand the country’s history and are ignorant of the law.

According to the Senate president, a panel made up of Nigerians was set up in 1959, which received inputs from all over the world regarding the anthem and approved the reintroduced anthem then.

He said: “The other impactful bill signed by the National Assembly is the reverting to our old national anthem.

“A lot of people are not aware that there was a panel set up and made up of Nigerians to receive input from all over the world in 1959.

“So when people are saying we’re bringing in colonial anthem, they need to look into the history of “Nigeria, we hail thee”.”

“If we had kept to that anthem, we probably would not have banditry today in Nigeria because if you take your neighbour as your brother, you will not want to kill him.”

Akpabio also revealed that more than 30,000 Nigerian students have been selected to benefit from the student loan scheme.

The Senate President said the Student Loan bill allows the children of the poor and underprivileged persons in the country to obtain higher education without the financial burden.

According to Akpbaio, the bill was one of the most important pieces of legislation passed by the tenth Assembly of the country.


He said: “One of the most important bills for the tenth Assembly was the bill sent to us by President Bola Tinubu. The Student Loan Bill enables vulnerable Nigerian students, the less privileged, to obtain higher education.

“And as I speak to you now, over 30,000 Nigerian students have already been selected to benefit from that scheme.

“That is one of the bills I will say appeal to me the most.”

Amah70:
In other words, former president Obasanjo who looked away and said it's "political sharia" instead of stopping the political and religious leaders of the 12 far north states from adopting unconstitutional sharia crimimal laws, caused Boko Haram by not stopping the far north political and religious leaders then.
Boko Haram quickly emerged thereafter and says that it's fighting for a country to be governed with Sharia criminal laws.

ApcBacteriafonj:
The Lagos police command has rescued the three abducted Fouani brothers, Abbas Fouani, Youssef Fouani, and Amtal Fouani.

The brothers, who are part of the prominent Fouani Nigeria Ltd family, were kidnapped on June 14 around 6 pm while travelling by boat from their factory.

Fouani Nigeria Ltd, a leading electronics company, is the sole distributor of LG, Hisense, and Maxi products in Nigeria.

POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the Monday night rescue was disclosed by the police spokesperson in the state, Benjamin Hundeyin, on Tuesday.

“They were rescued late last night in Orugbo Iddo. Our marine police with the support of the Nigerian Navy brought them to shore,” Hundeyin said.

“Thereafter, our tactical team in the area took them home on Banana Island in the early hours of today.

“Five of them, three Lebanese, the boat captain and his assistant.”

Sharing an update on the abduction on Monday, the police announced they are working ‘tirelessly’ to secure the safe release of the victims.

https://politicsnigeria.com/breaking-police-rescue-abducted-fouani-brothers-in-lagos/?utm_source=operamini&utm_medium=feednews&utm_campaign=operamini_feednews

National Leader and 2023 Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, has accused the All Progressive Congress, APC-led Federal Government for attempting to create a new breed of Boko Haram terrorists and insurgents in Northern Nigeria.

Kwankwaso was reacting to the ongoing situation in Kano, where federal security agencies, with constitutionally assigned responsibility to ensure peace, law and order, have been backing the deposed Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero. He warns that any intimidation against the people will be resisted.


Kwankwaso spoke during flag-off ceremony for the construction of 82 kilometres of rural roads network at his hometown, Madobi.

The former Senator and Ex-Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives said people of Kano will resist any attempt to undermine the constituted authority in the state.


He notes that they have mass followership because people believe in them, and as pro-people and the NNPP administration is determined to serve them anywhere they voted for it.

Kwankwaso added that as politicians, they will not fold their arms and watch enemies of the state destroy its peaceful co-existence as they will to do everything possible to support the Governor to succeed. He expressed happiness that the Governor is not distracted and he is focused on achieving his goals.

Kwankwaso notes that there are people from Kano, those he termed enemies of the state, who also suffer mental illiness and are the ones advising the Federal Government on how to take over Kano through a State of Emergency. “This is madness of the highest order that the good, peace loving and committed people Kano will resist.”

Kwankwaso also stated that, “In the build up to 2027, some desperate politicians are already on a mission of disruption, but we will rather prefer the two of us to loose than to allow them crush us unneccessarily. We dare anybody, who thinks he can victimise us politically, to go and be rest assured that we are ready for the fight.

“We are not afraid to be out of power because we will remain politicians in or out of government, we cannot run away from our destiny, we are humans, we know what is good for us and we will persue it vigorously,” the former Kano State Governor vowed.

Kwankwaso who was once Defence Minister further stated that the Federal Government is listening to some unpatriotic politicians from Kano, who will only contribute to its failure because, he said, the people of Kano will resist any attempt to undermine the constitutional responsibility of the Governor by any individual or group.

“We are open to dialogue, truce and reconcliation, but we will not accept intimidation and political harassement of any sort. We know how to play politics and we have all it takes to protect ourselves from any evil,” Kwankwaso warned emphatically.

ivandragon:
Cumulatively, the inflation rate is over 300%

Melagros:
COMRADES are speechless, everyday, news about this government of tinubu is negative
Security negative
Football negative
Food negative
Naira negative

Tinubu is too incompetent to govern abeg

helinues:
Ordinary the food wey we go consume by ourselves oo, make we produce am, some regions dey claim Literacy as if foods dey amongst things you fit do yangan to.

Even if those who are living in town are not interested in returning back to the village to do some farming, why can't all this senators, house of representatives members, state assembly members empowered those who are currently in the village, their constituency with faming tools and machineries.

Are those above not the most closest to us, so which excuse do we have as a country not to be able to produce what we are going to consume?

Make una continue with grammar literacy there