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“I keep receiving toxic calls and messages regarding my meeting with the president yesterday, and from those I hold in very high esteem. Honestly, I am shocked at the contents of the messages and the tone of the callers. Has Nigeria sunk this low? A visit I made for the good of our dear nation is what they are using to threaten my life and family! You don’t recognize someone as your president yet begging him to save you from the hands of killers in your region. I am bringing investors to Nigeria using the president’s commendable policies as bait. Is that too difficult to understand?  President Tinubu’s reforms might be harsh now but they would birth a new and prosperous nation. I have lost count of presidents, respected Institutions, and investors that have called to congratulate me on Nigeria eventually having a focused leader since the reforms were rolled out.  At least, six multi-national manufacturing giants are coming with me by December later this year to see how their f...

The National Public Relations Officer of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Yakubu Suleiman, has said that even with the sudden hike in the pump price of petrol in Nigeria, the country still has the cheapest price of the product among other African countries. He stated this during a chat with ARISE TV concerning the recent hike in the price of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol. Suleiman also blamed the sudden hike in the pump price of petrol on the cost of dollars. He explained that petroleum products are imported to Nigeria using dollars, hence the increase. Fire destroys shops in Kano market Salihu Lukman: Replacing Adamu with Ganduje will be suicidal He said, "The rise in price was caused, as usual, by the market forces. Market now determines prices. And secondly because of the dollar. You know the higher the crude oil price, the product price locally will also be higher. So at the time the crude oil comes down, the product will al...

Hilda Baci.  The Guinness World Records (GWR) has bestowed a new title on Nigerian celebrity chef,  Hilda Baci , naming her ‘protector of the cookathon’. Baci who was recently  officially confirm  as the new record holder for the longest cooking marathon by an individual took to her social media account to show off her official plaque. Recall GWR on the 13th of June, wrote via its official Twitter account:  “After reviewing all the footage, we’re delighted to announce that Hilda Baci is the new record holder for the longest cooking marathon (individual).” Baci now holds the record for the longest cooking marathon by an individual with a time of 93 hours and 11 minutes. On Monday, the 26-year-old Akwa-Ibom-born chef  received   her Guinness World Record plaque for the longest cooking time by an individual. Subsequently, she released an official portrait on Tuesday in which she   posed   with her Guinness World Record (GWR) plaque and shar...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has commenced an investigation into the news of recalled noodles by Taiwan and Malaysia authorities. It was reported days ago that Taiwan and Malaysia authorities discovered ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing agent, in the product. Reaffirming a ban on importation of Indomie noodles, the Director-General of the Agency, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, said on Monday, May 1, that the Director of the Food Lab Services Directorate has been engaged and has started working on the methodology for the analysis. It is also expected that the agency's Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Directorate will on Tuesday, May 2, randomly sample Indomie noodles including the seasoning from the production facilities while Post Marketing Surveillance Directorate samples from the markets. Adeyeye said; "Indomie noodles have been banned from being imported into the country for many years. It is one of the foods on the government prohibitio...