June 10, 2019

Angry Katsina youths carry three bodies to Emir’s palace

June 10, 2019 1:16 am

Angry youths from Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State, Saturday evening, stormed the Katsina Emir Palace with three bodies of victims killed at Zaka village.

The three bodies, all from the same mother, were brought to the palace of the Emir, Alhaji Abdulmumin Kabir Usman and accompanied by the aged mother of the victims

The palace spokesman, Mallam Iro Bindawa, told the youths and relatives of the victims, who came in two J5 buses, to return the bodies to their village for burial.

Bindawa told the aggrieved protesters that the …

Oil prices rise on likelihood of OPEC supply cuts

June 10, 2019 12:48 am

Oil prices rose on Monday after Saudi Arabia said producer club OPEC and Russia were likely to keep withholding supplies, and in relief that the United States and Mexico averted a trade war that would have damaged the global economy.

Front-month Brent crude futures, the international benchmark for oil prices, were at $63.71 at 0017 GMT, 42 cents, or 0.7%, above Friday’s close.

U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were at $54.43 per barrel, 44 cents, or 0.8%, above their last settlement.

Traders said crude prices were rising …

Nigeria : A productive place for Cocoa business

June 10, 2019 12:22 am

Cocoa bean or simply Cocoa is a plant product from which varieties of chocolate are produced. It mainly grows in the tropical areas, and brings to mankind adequate benefits both medicinal and for food production.

Without Cocoa, most of the delicious beverages the world enjoy today, wouldn’t have been possible. Sweet chocolate is produced by adding sugar to cocoa powder. And most food and beverage companies rely heavily on Cocoa to make their products.

In medicine, it is used to treat complications of diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol levels, chronic fatigue syndrome, and constipation but getting the cocoa in sufficient amount …

Ex-U.S. President Carter resumes teaching at 94

June 10, 2019 12:02 am

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter resumed teaching Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, on Sunday after recovering from hip surgery, a spokeswoman for the Carter Center said.

WSB-TV streamed Carter’s lecture, showing the 94-year-old ex-president smiling and talking while seated in a white cushioned chair at the podium.

He was released from the hospital on May 16 after falling and breaking his hip as he was preparing to leave for a turkey-hunting trip, the Carter Center said at the time.

Carter has lived longer …