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Indian farmer installs spiral staircase on palm tree for easier sap harvesting
The farmer climbing the staircase. Photo: Screenshot from BBC Pidgin video. A third-generation farmer in Tamil Nadu, India, has built a spiral iron staircase around a palm tree on his farm, saying it will make sap harvesting easier and more profitable. The development was reported by BBC Pidgin on Thursday. The report was originally published…
Governor Fubara Presents ₦1.85tn 2026 Budget Proposal To Rivers Assembly (
The presentation signals a turning point in the state’s political landscape, coming after the reconciliation of the governor and lawmakers following nearly three years of parallel legislative sittings and rival budget presentations. FILE PHOTO: Governor Siminalayi Fubara presents the 2024 budget estimates before the Edison Ehie-led group of the Rivers State House of Assembly at…
Police Announce Movement Restriction Ahead Of Edo LG Elections
The police said security personnel have been deployed across the 18 local government areas of the state to enforce the restriction. Edo is in South-South Nigeria The Edo State Police Command has announced a statewide restriction of movement from 12:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 11, 2026, as part of security measures for…
Spain Aim For World Cup Date With France By Beating Belgium
At the spectacular SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, the Belgians face the daunting task of breaking through a Spanish defence that is yet to be breached in the tournament. This combination of pictures created on July 8, 2026, shows Spain’s forward #19 Lamine Yamal (L) running with the ball in Arlington on July 6, 2026;…
President Tinubu Meets With Security Chiefs, Review Strategies
They acknowledged improvement in the security situation in Nigeria with a resolve to build on the current achievements. President Bola Tinubu on Thursday held a strategic meeting with security chiefs at the Presidential Villa in Abuja to review the security situation across the country. The Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, and the National Security Adviser,…
Nigeria pushes for bankable gas projects, de-risking to bridge $200b infrastructure gap
Executive Director, Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund (MDGIF), Oluwole Adama (left); Executive Chairman & CEO, Presidential Initiative on CNG, Ismaeel Ahmed, Team Lead – Projects & Natural Resources Practice, YAWONUGA LP, Yemisi Awonuga, Second Vice President, Nigerian Gas Association, Chichi Emenike and MD, Greenville LNG, Ritu Sahajwalla at a panel discussing in Abuja during…
Again, NHRC raises concern over worsening human rights situation
The National Human Rights Commission The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has again raised fresh concerns over Nigeria’s worsening human rights situation, revealing that it received 326,113 complaints across the country in June 2026, with violations of the right to life emerging as the most prevalent abuse. Presenting the commission’s June 2026 monthly human rights situation dashboard in Abuja…
The Bayeux Tapestry is at the British Museum after a secret journey from France
LONDON (AP) — After almost 1,000 years, the Bayeux Tapestry is back on English soil. In scenes like a heist movie in reverse, the priceless Medieval artwork was spirited into the British Museum on Friday in the dead of night, after a high-tech, tight-security operation where any slip-up could have spelled disaster. On loan from its home in…
Transmission losses cost power sector N2.6bn in three months
File: Electricity poles. Nigeria’s electricity transmission losses cost the power sector an estimated N2.61bn in the first quarter of 2026 as the Transmission Company of Nigeria failed to meet the loss target set by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission. The latest first-quarter report released by the commission showed that the Transmission Loss Factor rose above…
State police: Govs back reforms, SDP rejects Gbajabiamila on panel
The clamour for the establishment of state police gained renewed momentum on Thursday as senior government officials, governors, lawmakers, security experts and international stakeholders converged on Abuja to canvass a comprehensive overhaul of Nigeria’s policing architecture, arguing that the country’s worsening insecurity demanded a decentralised security system backed by strong legal safeguards, sustainable funding, community…
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