Golden Penny Pasta, Nigeria’s favorite and most versatile pasta brand, made from the highest quality Durum wheat and enriched with many nutritional benefits including dietary fibre, energy, protein, and Vitamin A, all of which are essential for healthy growth and vitality invites you to celebrate World Pasta Day like never[Read More…]
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Global food prices hit 10-year high as Nigeria suffers heavy shortages
In May 2021, the prices of major food items across the world rose to their highest level in 10 years — and Nigeria is no different. A visit by TheCable to some markets in Lagos and Ogun states have shown a greater increase in food prices in the last six[Read More…]
Inflation: A Ticking Bomb In Nigeria’s Rural Areas
It’s a known fact that, back in the days, there is always a big gap between the rural and urban inflation rate, but that is not the case in recent times. The rural areas have seen a very close gap in inflation rate between them and urban dwellers. This is[Read More…]
Nigeria’s Food Inflation Worsens, Hits 19.56%: Data Office
Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 15.75 percent in December 2020, a 0.86 percent increase from 14.89 percent in November, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday morning in its monthly inflation report. The statistics office disclosed that food inflation surged to 19.56 percent last month, representing a 1.26 percent[Read More…]
Panic Buying of Palliatives Caused High Food Prices – Governors
The Jigawa State Governor, Abubakar Badaru, and his Kebbi State counterpart, Atiku Bagudu, recently said bulk purchase of food items as palliatives for the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to the high cost of food in the country. The governors spoke alongside their Plateau State counterpart, Simon Lalong, during an interview with[Read More…]
Panic Buying Distrupts food distribution in Lagos
As coronavirus spreads in Lagos State, many people are stockpiling essentials for what they believe will be periods of home confinement and panicked shoppers have stripped many Lagos markets of staples ranging from rice, beans, garri, to meat among others As a matter of fact, the virus currently poses a[Read More…]
Ohanaeze Youths Petition Over Jerome Nwome’s Death
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is seriously concerned over a publication in the Punch Newspaper of 4th January, 2020 captioned ‘Ohanaeze Youths Petition NAFDAC Over Boy’s Death’. Edward Nnachi stated in the publication that the leadership of the apex socio-cultural youth organisation in Igboland,[Read More…]
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FG Revenue Rises 76% to N12.5tn, Fueled by Tax and Oil Gains — Budget Office
The Federal Government’s earnings have increased by 76 percent, rising from N7.1 trillion in 2022 to N12.5 trillion in 2023, due to higher taxes and oil revenues. This information was revealed in the recently released 2025-2027 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper from the Ministry of Budget and[Read More…]