Food inflation has decreased for the first time in six months, reaching 19.57% in August 2026. This decline ends a period of five consecutive months of increases.
The drop in food inflation rate is a notable change after a consistent rise. Further details about this development are available from the source.
This information indicates a shift in the trend of food inflation, but additional context or analysis would be needed to understand the implications of this change.
schools
Nigerian striker Taiwo Awoniyi has added another achievement to his football career after graduating from the PFA Business School with a Postgraduate Diploma in Global Football Sport Directorship with Merit. Awoniyi, who plays for Coventry City, celebrated the achievement on his ...
News
Veteran Nigerian journalist and publisher of Ovation International, Dele Momodu, has recounted how he was almost detained by security officials at London’s Heathrow Airport after 18 phones were found in his bag. Momodu shared the experience in a video that has gone viral on socia...
government
On Sunday, some Nigerian clergymen under the aegis of the Charismatics Bishops Conference of Nigeria and the International Communion of Charismatic Archbishops, Bishops and Apostles (ICCABA), announced their support for the re-election of President Tinubu in the 16 January presid...
safety
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Mexican drug kingpin Arturo Carrera Loaiza while attempting to flee Nigeria through the Lagos airport and linked him to a methamphetamine laboratory uncovered in Ebonyi State. The post NDLEA arrests Mexican drug kingpi...
Local
ASUU has declared a total and indefinite strike across Lagos State University, LASUED and LASUSTECH over the govt’s failure to implement a 2025 agreement. Read More: https://punchng.com/asuu-declares-indefinite-strike-in-lasu-other-lagos-varsities/...
schools
King’s College Old Boys Association, KCOBA, has dismissed allegations that it is seeking to take over ownership of King’s College, Lagos, saying the institution remains a public national school. KCOBA said what would change was the framework through which the institution is manag...
business
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government
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business
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business
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has identified seven priority sectors the state is targeting to attract investment, deepen industrialisation and drive economic growth. Otti spoke last week at the ‘Meet the Governor Series’ of the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) in Lag...
News
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schools
The federal government has directed that the management of King’s College be handed to its Old Boys’ Association under a concession arrangement. The post King’s College workers deny old boys access into school premises over concession appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
