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•As high prices degrading quality of food Nigerians eat *Unsafe food kills 53,000 Nigerians annually, sickens 50m, FG raises alarm FOOD prices have rewritten household budgets *Rising prices shrinking meal portions, reducing dietary diversity lHidden deficiencies may worsen among children, pregnant women, experts warn *Nutritionists urge smarter planning, greater use of local foods *Say children bear over 80% of burden; unveils new measures to combat foodborne diseases, others Across many Nigerian homes, meals are changing quietly. Portions are smaller. Shopping is more careful. Families now measure food differently.  Meals that once fed a household comfortably are now stretched across the day. Rice, beans and soup are divided into smaller portions. Breakfast is often the easiest meal to skip as hardship bites harder. The worsening cost-of-living crisis tightened its grip on Nigerian households in the first quarter of 2026 as fresh data on food prices showed another wave of increas...

 CHRISTIAN leaders in Ondo State, yesterday, warned political leaders against politicising the country’s security challenges, insisting that the protection of lives and property should not be subjected to partisan interests. The warning came during the turning of the sod for the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Ecumenical Centre in Akure, a project facilitated by the Minister of Interior, Dr Bunmi Tunji-Ojo. Founder of Agape Christian Ministries and Convener of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, Bishop Felix Adejumo and the Catholic Bishop of Ondo Diocese, Rev. Jude Arogundade, spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony. They expressed concern over persistent insecurity and killings across the country. Bishop Adejumo said leaders must stop pretending not to know the causes of insecurity and take decisive steps to end the bloodshed. He said: “Our leaders and politicians should not play politics with the security of lives and property in Nigeria. “The blood that is being she...

 A real estate consultant, Mrs Olufunke Adigun, who was kidnapped while on official duty at a poultry farm in Imope near Ijebu-Ode in Ogun State, has been released.  Narrating her harrowing experience, the realtor said that after five traumatic days in captivity, the victims were eventually released after an undisclosed amount of money was paid as ransom. She said: “On February 25, 2026, I went in the company of others on an official assignment to inspect a poultry farm at Imope, Ijebu-Ode in Ogun State. “At approximately 4:10pm, while returning from the site, others and I who went for the inspection heard gunshots aimed at our vehicle. We got stuck immediately, and within moments, we were accosted by a group of armed men aged between 21 and 30 years. We were forcibly taken and led into the bush, where it became evident that we had been kidnapped.” Speaking further, she said: “We were beaten black and blue, and later during the night, we were allowed to contact our families, a...

THE Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Ghandi Olaoye, has said that security authorities are adopting a cautious approach in responding to the abduction of students and teachers from three schools in the Ahoro-Esinle and Yawota communities of Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State.  Speaking during an interview on Arise TV, he referenced the killing of one of the abducted teachers by the kidnappers amid attempts to track them down, saying that the tragic incident underscored the need for restraint and careful coordination among security agencies. Oba Olaoye, who explained that he was not in the country when the incident happened, said: “We see a lot of comments on social media; people should understand that these terrorists slaughtered one of the teachers on live video. “This is something we have not experienced before; it is what we saw with another group outside of the country. So, that tells us the people we are dealing with. For a teacher to be slaughtered like that, where you have child...

*Acquits one for lack of evidence *Justice has been served — Aiyedatiwa *Govs should sign death warrants—Olowo *We’re still nursing wounds, says Bishop Arogundade THE Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted and sentenced four members of the Al-Shabaab terrorist group to death by hanging for their roles in the June 5, 2022, attack on St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State. Those found guilty on a nine-count terrorism charge filed by the Department of State Services, DSS, on behalf of the Federal Government were Idris Abdulmalik Omeiza (25), Al Qasim Idris (20), Jamiu Abdulmalik (26), and Abdulhaleem Idris (25), while the 5th defendant, Momoh Otuho Abubakar (47), was discharged for want of evidence linking him to the attack. Delivering judgment in the matter, Justice Emeka Nwite, who presided, said he was satisfied that the prosecution proved its case against the four convicts beyond a reasonable doubt. He held that the evidence before the court established that they belonged t...

NO fewer than 110 Nigerians are among 355 West Africans listed for deportation by the the Donald Trump’s administration as Washington intensifies its immigration enforcement under the newly expanded West Africa Operations Watch, WOW, initiative. The list released by the United States Department of Homeland Security, containing mames and photographs of all 355 individuals earmarked for removal, showed that Nigeria topped the country breakdown, follwed by Liberia with 94 nationals, while Ghana and Senegal have 30 and 19 respectively.   Other countries on the list include Cameroon 15, The Gambia 14, Côte d’Ivoire 14, Mauritania 12, Cape Verde 11, Burkina Faso nine, Niger eight, Guinea six, Togo six, Mali five, and one each from Benin and Guinea-Bissau.  While specific individual charges on the current manifest were not specified, historical targets under this enforcement bracket, which falls under the “Worst of the Worst,” include individuals convicted of severe fraud, money...