PRESIDENT of the Nigeria Institute of Food Science and Technology (NIFST), Dr Bola Osinowo, has called for urgent government support for regulatory agencies, warning that the country’s food safety system is dangerously understaffed and poses a threat to public health and tourism growth. Osinowo made the call on Tuesday, inContinue Reading

The National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) has commended the Oyo Sugar and Derivatives Industries Limited (OSDL) for the development of the N1.64 billion sugar factory in Iseyin, Oyo State. NSDC noted that the 300 tonnes-per-day (TCD) greenfield sugar mill is developed under the Nigeria Sugar Master Plan (NSMP), representing oneContinue Reading

•EFCF Edo 2026 begins countdown THE ECOWAS Food and Cultural Festival (EFCF) Nigeria 2026 has entered its decisive phase ahead of its second edition, holding October 27 to 31 in Benin City, Edo State. Director Corporate Communications, ECOWAS Food & Cultural Festival, said the festival is more than a celebrationContinue Reading

A proposal to livestream the killing of Nidal Hasan by firing squad opens a window ever wider to the Trump administration’s complete moral vacuity More fool me! Here I was thinking nothing that America’s Trump administration could do or say, no matter how politically and morally bankrupt, no matter howContinue Reading

(Interscope)Adored by the A-list and filling arenas, but without huge smash hits, the Australian singer treads his own distinctive path through pop via shoegaze, Balearic and the Smiths A few years back, the New York Times reported on the phenomenon of the “middle-class pop star”. The feature bluntly explained thatContinue Reading