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The Association of Table Water Producers (ATWAP) has raised the price of pure water also know as sachet water from 200 to N300 per bag. National President, Clementina Ativie made the announcement in a statement on Wednesday. The decision was unanimously reached during the ATWAP national convention in Abuja. Ativie explained that the increment was due to current prices of material and Nigeria’s economic situation. “The price of sachet water popularly known as pure water is now N300 per bag as the company price. “There will be no extra bag or extra pieces henceforth for wholesale or retail buyers,” she said. The President added that the cost  of  production had gone far beyond what they can bear. She said the new rate would help them to keep up with bills and remain in business. The statement appealed to citizens to be understanding and bear with the association. Meanwhile, the association had in September 2021, increased the price of sachet water from N180 to N200 o...

President Buhari on Thursday afternoon November 24, departed Abuja for Niger Republic where he will be attending an African Union (AU) summit. According to a statement released by Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, the President will attend the ''African Union Summit on Industrialisation and Economic Diversification, as well as the Extraordinary Session on African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA),”   “The President will also attend the launching of French version of the Book entitled ‘Muhammadu Buhari: The Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria’, as well as inaugurate the ‘Muhammadu Buhari Boulevard’, named after him by the Government of the Republic of Niger. The naming of the Boulevard and launch of the French version of the Book, written by John Paden, a Professor of International Studies at George Mason University, northern Virginia, United States, on Thursday precedes the AU Summit on Friday, November 25, 2022. President Buhari is expected to deliver his ...

A socio-political activist, Reno Omokri has said the newly unveiled Naira notes were redesigned for economic and security reasons and not for beauty. He also said that the Dollar is powerful because of its value and not beauty. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, launched the redesigned Naira notes by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. DAILY POST reported that mixed reactions have trailed the unveiling, with many showing dissatisfaction with the new Naira notes’ appearance, while some have taken to social media to make jokes with them. However, Omokri has come out to criticize those who had shown dissatisfaction with the appearance of the Naira notes. Taking to his verified Twitter handle, he wrote, “The Naira was not redesigned for beauty. It was redesigned for economic and security reasons. And it achieved exactly that. Naira appreciated. Bandits were flummoxed. The dollar is powerful, but not beautiful. Emefiele and the CBN board deserve kudos, not hubris!”

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately resume the continuous voters registration (CVR) until 90 days before the 2023 general elections. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, also directed the INEC to ensure that eligible Nigerians are not deprived the opportunity to have the voter’s card for the forthcoming poll. Justice Ekwo held that it was the constitutional responsibility of the electoral umpire to make adequate provision for the exercise in accordance with the Nigerian laws. “The case of the plaintiffs succeeds on merit,” the judge declared. NAN reports that Anajat Salmat and three others had sued INEC as sole defendant in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1343/2022. In the originating summons filed before the court, the plaintiffs argued that INEC cannot stop the CVR contrary to the stipulated provisions of the constitution. They urged the court to order the electoral umpire to resume the exercise in ...

Presidential candidate of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has warned that persons undermining the capability of Governor Nyesom Wike and his Integrity Group do so at their peril. Kwankwaso spoke just as Wike, yesterday, pledged logistics support for his presidential pursuit. They spoke at the inauguration of the Mgbuitanwo internal road in Emohua Council of the state, performed by Kwankwaso. The governor, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri, expressed concern that  the  diversity of the country had been  threatened by persons campaigning on ethnic and regional sentiments. According to him, such parochial tendency will make Nigerians more divided along religious and ethnic lines than ever before. He said: “It is not to say don’t vote for a Yoruba man, don’t vote for an Igbo man. That is not what we require in this country now; what we require is a man that will put Nigeria together. We, of integrity group, will...

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has warned that it is risky to neglect other ethnic groups in leadership consideration in the country, stating that he will not support anybody who believes that other ethnic groups cannot produce the president of Nigeria except them. While chiding the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, for propagating the ideals he does not practice, Governor Wike argued that no ethnic group has an exclusive right to be the president of the country. The governor stated this yesterday at the inauguration of the Rivers State PDP 2023 election campaign flag-off rally held at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Omagwa, Ikwerre Local Council of the State. The G5 Governors from Abia, Benue, Enugu and Oyo States, attended the inauguration as Wike boasted that no matter the manipulations on the governors by the powers that be, none of them will lose the governorship seat to another party in their respective states. Wike ...

2016 was one of the years Plateau  People groan helplessly over the killing of a Paramount  ruler in Bokkos by the Popular  unknown  Gunmen, this to many was the hight of the enemies plans to desecrate  the Plateau  heritage. Citizens  sort out ways to draw government attention on the need to do the needful in arresting a situation  that has left citizens in fear, like every other time a protest was staged against  the killing  of Saf Ron Kulere, a paramount  ruler from Bokkos. Alot of Plateau  youths took part in the protest with the like of Mashat Alfred Makut , Amos Mabur Yamtal , Taller Digitalsoja , Myself and other notable Plateau  youths, The protest started from old airport  Junction  through Dadin Kowa, down to Zaramaganda  Junction  to the old government House where we met a team of security personnel  stationed ahead of us, the protest was peace until the security  ran o...