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An international non-governmental organisation, Actionaid, has urged the federal and state governments to adhere to the Maputo Declaration by allocating 10 per cent of their budgets to agriculture to ensure food security in the country. Actionaid gave the advice at the end of a three-day conference, titled “National Stakeholders Consultative Meeting on 2025 Agricultural Budget,”… 
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Property worth millions of naira was razed in three shops yesterday following a fire outbreak at the famous Ladipo plank market, Baale Roundabout, Orile-Iganmu, Lagos. The Guardian learnt that the fire started at about midnight. The spokesperson for the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Nosa Okunbor, who confirmed the incident, said the agency received…
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• NCC keeps mum, service providers deny obstruction • 9mobile blames fibre cuts • Protesters torch, loot NCC Kano facility As the #EndBadGovernance protest lasted yesterday, Nigerians experienced partial Internet service with downtime noticed for the better part of day.The subscribers accused Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the telecoms operators of deliberately ensuring that telephony…
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Apex pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday thanked all Igbos at home and in the diaspora for their unwavering commitment to the decision to boycott the nationwide protests. Taking an inventory of its political stewardship, it further affirmed its support for the President Bola Tinubu administration. In a statement on Thursday by its Secretary-General, Mazi…
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Cross River, Warri, Ughelli, others shun protest Peace in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, was almost breached as Ijaws youths, yesterday, dispersed pockets of protesters who dared their resolve, as well as that of the Niger Deltans by taking part in the ongoing nationwide protest. Aside from pockets of skirmishes, there was a near zero…
