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Nigeria's First Lady, Remi Tinubu, has posted updates showing the vegetables harvested from her backyard garden at the Aso Villa.  NigerianLifestyle Magazine The harvest included spinach, water leaf, and fluted pumpkin. Tinubu, who launched a home-farming competition called "EveryHomeAGarden" two years ago, stated that domestic farming is an affordable way for families to eat healthy food. The update has reawakened public debate surrounding her recent remarks. Weeks earlier, she advised struggling Nigerians to start low-cost businesses like selling roasted corn, kuli-kuli, or akara to cushion the current economic hardship. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtwG8lGAG1I&t=90s

A young man, Ahmad Dankoli, was reportedly lynched and set ablaze by an angry mob after being accused of attempting to steal a motorcycle in Balare community, Ajingi Local Government Area. The incident reportedly occurred around 9 p.m. on Sunday during the community's weekly market, when the area was crowded with traders and residents. According to reports, Dankoli was severely beaten before the mob set him on fire, despite efforts by security personnel to stop the attack. The councillor representing Balare Ward, Shu'aibu Abdulmumin Yalo, confirmed the incident, stating that the deceased was accused of trying to steal a motorcycle belonging to a trader at the market. Yalo said the suspect attempted to flee after being confronted but was eventually caught by the crowd. "The ...

Former Borno State Governor, Ali Modu Sheriff, has alleged that the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) 2027 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, harbours views that support the division of Nigeria. Sheriff made the remarks on Monday during an appearance on Politics Today, a current affairs programme on Channels Television, while reacting to Obi's recent call for President Bola Tinubu to resign over the country's worsening security and economic challenges. According to Sheriff, Obi's perceived support for the Biafra cause raises concerns about his commitment to Nigeria's unity. He further claimed that the former Anambra State governor has never publicly condemned the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). "Peter Obi, up to this moment, is pursuing the division of Niger...

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has described reports that more than 17 million Nigerians, including infants and young children, are facing acute hunger as a growing humanitarian disaster created by the President Bola Tinubu administration’s incompetence, misplaced priorities and failed policies. ADC’s spokesman, Bolaji Abdullahi said Nigerians are dying of starvation under his administration. He was reacting to a United Nations World Food Programme, WFP, report showing that more than 17 million Nigerians across nine conflict-affected northern states are facing acute hunger. A statement signed by Abdullahi, condemned the Tinubu-led APC Federal Government for what it described as its “cruel indifference” to the growing humanitarian crisis brought about principally by its fail...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Economic Affairs, Tope Fasua, says the living condition of poor people in Nigeria is getting better by the day. Fasua made the remark during an interview with Channels Television while defending the Tinubu administration’s handling of poverty and the economy. In his words “The solution to poverty, really, that I was talking about is actually at the local government level, and that’s the reason why the president has advocated for local government autonomy and has also ensured that the states are a lot more powerful now in terms of the funding that they’re getting. And I mentioned to you the fact that, you know, those days when civil servants would be owed 18 months, 12 months, six months, it’s gone. Pensioners are getting their m...

Abimbola Olawuyi, the widow of late investigative broadcaster and journalist Kola Olawuyi, has died, bringing another wave of grief to a family that has lived with the loss of one of Nigeria's most celebrated media figures for nearly two decades. Abimbola Olawuyi, the widow of late investigative broadcaster and journalist Kola Olawuyi, has died, bringing another wave of grief to a family that has lived with the loss of one of Nigeria’s most celebrated media figures for nearly two decades. PM News learnt that Abimbola died on Monday morning after a brief illness. A member of the Olawuyi family, who confirmed the development to PM News on condition of anonymity, said she passed away peacefully after falling ill. Her death comes 19 years after the passing of her husband, Kola ...

President Bola Tinubu has directed the investigation of big global technology companies and Generative Artificial Intelligence, AI, platforms over allegations of anti-competitive practices and unlawful exploitation of the content of Nigerian media organisations. Tinubu has asked the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to carry out the investigation. This follows a joint petition submitted to the Presidency by the Nigerian Press Organisation, NPO. A statement issued on Monday by the Director of Corporate Affairs at the FCCPC, Ondaje Ijagwu, FULL STATEMENT Big technology companies have come under the radar of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) following allegations of anti-competitive practices, unlawful exploitation o...

The Federal Government has announced that another group of Nigerians stranded in South Africa will be evacuated on Tuesday as renewed xenophobic attacks continue to endanger the lives of foreign nationals. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, disclosed the development in a statement shared on her official X account on Monday. She said the evacuation is part of the government's ongoing efforts to bring home Nigerians who wish to return voluntarily. According to the minister, another evacuation flight will depart for Johannesburg on Tuesday, July 7, to airlift more Nigerians back to the country. The latest mission forms part of the Federal Government's repatriation programme following the resurgence of anti-immigrant violence in South Africa. Since the exercise began...

Reports claiming that music promoter Sam Larry has died following a road accident have been dismissed by one of his associates. According to Mr Lilgaga, who spoke to PUNCH Online, Sam Larry is alive and currently receiving treatment after he was involved in a serious auto crash along the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road in Lagos. The crash reportedly claimed the life of his bouncer, identified as Wale, while videos from the scene showed the vehicle badly damaged after colliding with a trailer. Although there have been widespread rumours that Sam Larry died or may lose his legs due to the severity of the crash, his associate said he spoke with him shortly after the accident and confirmed that he is alive. However, he noted that the full extent of his injuries remains unclear.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Media Centre has shared an AI-generated image of Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, frying and selling akara, days after her comments on micro-enterprises sparked widespread criticism on social media. The image, posted on the Presidency’s official social media accounts on Friday, depicts the First Lady at a roadside akara stand wearing an apron bearing the inscription, “Iya Alakara, fueling the nation with love.” The post followed remarks by the First Lady during an interview in which she said small-scale businesses such as frying akara, roasting corn and making kuli kuli require little start-up capital. She explained that the Federal Government was supporting such ventures with grants rather than loans as part of efforts to improve livelihoo...