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Average price of rice rises by 0.65%  —  NBS

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed that the average price of 1kg of rice (imported high quality sold loose) increased year-on-year by 17.46per cent and month-on-month by 0.65per cent to N544.09 in May 2021 from N540.58 in April 2021.…

School kidnappings: Implications on posterity

By Dakuku Peterside Last week’s abduction by bandits of students of Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State is the latest chapter in the reprehensible attack on innocent children and the educational system in northern Nigeria. While UK-based Reuters News…

MAN better as degree awarding institution — Maiguwa

The President of the Alumni of Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron (AMANO) Emmanuel Maiguwa has  advised the Federal Government to take cautions over the ongoing proposal to convert the Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN) Oron, into a conventional university stating that the Institution is better as a degree awarding…