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Helping our poultry farmers’ needs 

Nigeria’s poultry industry is at a dangerous crossroads. The recent call for reforms is therefore more than an industry lobby. It is a warning about food security, nutrition, jobs and the wider economy. An industry capable of supplying affordable eggs and chicken is being strangled by expensive and unreliable inputs. Feed, which can account for…

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As Tinubu’s dark past imperils Nigeria’s future, by Ikechukwu Amaechi

It is indubitable, all pretensions to the contrary notwithstanding, that this is not the best of times for President Bola Tinubu. Granted, he is a hard guy – tough, unyielding and some will say lacking in empathy – but even the hardest of men have their vulnerable moments. This must be such a moment for…

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Zamfara guards arrest bandit doctors, lawyer, couriers, informants

Zamfara State Community Protection Guards (Askarawan Zamfara) have paraded nine suspects in Gusau, including bandits, informants, logistics suppliers and a fake legal practitioner. The arrests followed intelligence-led operations across the state. The commandant of the CPG, retired AIG Shehu Dalijan, disclosed during the parade of the suspects yesterday. He said the breakthrough came from detailed…

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Seven words that quietly damage credibility, by Ruth Oji

I was reviewing a colleague’s presentation draft when I noticed something curious. She had written, “I just think we should maybe consider this approach,” in a slide note, which she planned to say aloud. This was a senior consultant with fifteen years of experience, presenting a recommendation she had spent weeks developing. Yet her language…

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For Jim Nwobodo, it’s about a good name

For some time now, one Basil Ogbuanu, said to be a Lagos-based businessman, has been up and about dragging the name of Senator Jim Nwobodo and his wife, Patricia. At issue is a piece of land at an estate owned by the former governor of old Anambra State. I hear the matter is already in…

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2027: Leave Jesus Christ out of partisan politics – CAN warns Nigerians

The national leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has said it has taken note of the recent comments by Precious Oruche, popularly known as Mama Pee, in which she referenced Jesus Christ while making a political point about Peter Obi and the 2027 elections. President of CAN, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, said that while…

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NPFL: Dare backs Enyimba rebuild after exit of key players 

Enyimba goalkeeper Dede Dare insists that the team will have a successful campaign despite the mass exodus of players from the club. DAILY POST recalls that the People’s Elephant lost most of their key players at the end of last season. The nine-time Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, champions have recruited new players to fill…

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UK-based Nigerian falls asleep at wheel after almost 3 days of driving, kills man

A Nigerian-British taxi driver, Kolawole Erunkulu has been jailed for six years after falling asleep at the wheel and causing a crash that killed a 59-year-old man in Surrey, UK. Surrey Police said Erunkulu of Bexleyheath, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving after his Audi crossed into a roadside layby and struck Philip…

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Babies in the rubble: Inside Lagos’ growing child abandonment crisis

***State records 1,437 child protection cases and 5,708 interventions ***Residents and of-and 5,708 interventions By Olasunkanmi Akoni ON a rainy Tuesday morning in Ikeja, sanitation workers made a grim discovery. Tucked inside a carton by a roadside drain was a newborn, still with the umbilical cord attached and wrapped in a thin cloth. Three days…

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Why I want to be Nigeria’s president — Donald Duke

By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor ABUJA—The presidential candidate of Peoples Redemption Party, Mr. Donald Duke, said yesterday he joined the presidential race to solve Nigeria’s mounting problems and give Nigerians a new lease of life. Duke, who spoke to journalists in Abuja, regretted that Nigeria had not been able to resolve its leadership deficiency…

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