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History was made yesterday, March 14th as fresh tomatoes arrive Lagos by rail after 58 years. Nigerian businessman, Emmanuel Itoya Ijwere, disclosed this at the First Bank's maiden Agric Expo 2017, held at Eko Hote and Suits on Wednesday. "The train left Kano at about 10am yesterday. As at 11am today, it has arrived Osun and by 10pm this evenng, it will be in Lagos. This is happening for the first time in 58 years." Ijewere said.  "I want to thank those who made it possible including the minister of Agriculture. After this, it will now be weekly affairs. We will move a lot of these things conveniently" he added. Speaking further, he said Nigeria lost 2.8 million tonnes of tomatoes in 2016. "At N200,000 per tonne, the country lost tomatoes worth N5.6 billion due to poor storage facility" More photos below...

EFCC acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu, says despite his rejection by the senate today, he will continue in his fight against corruption till his last day in office. Speaking with a coalition of civil society groups at the entrance to the National Assembly immediately after his rejection by the senators, Magu said. "My priority is to fight corruption. My confirmation has not changed anything. We have always been on duty I will work until the last day whether confirmation or no confirmation. The greatest violation against human right is crime against the society and the humanity but everybody has a duty and responsibility to fight corruption and I also has a responsibility. I assure you that we will fight to finish. We will never be deterred because what we are doing is trying to investigate what has gone before and protect the future of our children and our future generation. So, if we don’t work today and fight against corruption, the future is not guaranteed, th...

Four suicide bombers and two bystanders died in Maiduguri early on Wednesday morning, in bomb explosions they triggered. The blasts, members of the Civilian Joint Task Force told SaharaReporters occurred at Usmannati andAlkunmi on the outskirts of Maiduguri at about 1:30 am. Civilian Joint Task Force sources also disclosed to SaharaReporters that another suicide bomb attempt was foiled in Alkali village in the Muna general area. Nigerian government emergency workers said 16 persons were injured in the blasts. Sahara Reporters

The Nigerian Senate has again rejected Ibrahim Magu as the substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Magu was rejected by a majority of the Senate membership after over an hour of grueling screening at the National Assembly in Abuja. Source: Sahara Reporters

President Buhari today received briefing from CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele at the state house Abuja. He also signed the instrument of ratification of the treaty on the establishment of the Abidjan-Lagos corridor among the Governments of Republic of Benin, Cote D'ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Nigeria. M ore photos below

Man of God and president of the Omega Fire Ministries worldwide, Apostle (Prof.) Johnson Suleman, is continuing with his evangelical mission to countries of the world as he kick starts today a two-day powerful healing and miracle conference in the United States of America. The America event is the first leg of his ‘Help From Above’ crusade billed to take his team to five foreign countries within four weeks. The Oracle of God touched down at the Dulles International Airport, Washington DC, USA on Monday, 13th of March 2017 while the first session of the soul-inspiring crusade took off on the morning of Tuesday, 14th of March, 2017. Other men of God and senior pastors of the OFM in his entourage to the Washington DC programme include Reverend Kingsley Aigbe, Reverend John Azia and Fidelis Ayemoba, Pastor Azemhe Azena, Pst. Irelen Josiah, and many others. Since January 2017, Apostle Suleman, well known for his life-changing missions around th...

Snoop Dogg has joined the list of celebrities who are speaking out against the current president of the United States. On Sunday, the rapper released a new music video for BadBadNotGood's track 'Lavender' and the focus was on current events in the United States and also the US president. A character in the video was a Trump parody named Ronald Klump and the rapper can be seen in one of the scenes, pointing a fake gun at the clown-like figure impersonating Donald Trump, complete with an orange face and blonde hair.  Another scene showed Ronald Klump holding a press conference at what was called the Clown House where he announced the deportation of all dogs. The dogs was spelt as 'doggs'. Snoop Dogg explained that the motivation for the song came from the need to deal with the real issues in the United States. He said he needed to take time out from making party records to make the political record which gives a voice to the people...