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Bag Of Semo N13,200 From N6,000, 12kg Cooking Gas N15,000: Market Survey
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A 12Kg bag of semo; flour made from maize used for making ‘swallow,’ now sells for N13, 200, as against N6, 000 for which it was sold around this time last year.
A 12kg of cooking gas sold for N7, 500 at the same time last year is now N15, 500, while 4kg of cooking gas which sold for N1200 now sells for N5,000.
In Ijebu, Ogun State, a bag of sachet water is now N620, thrice its former price. With a bag costing N620, one piece of sachet water sells for N30 in Ijebu.
Spiking prices of food predated Mr Tinubu’s government. However, Mr Tinubu’s sudden fuel subsidy removal and floating of the naira, which were lauded by experts as good policies, have seen petrol price jump from N145 to N630, shooting food prices up as the naira continue its freefall against the dollar, trading at N1,825 against a dollar on Tuesday.
On Monday, Nigerians protested over skyrocketing food prices in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, chanting “Tinubu ole.” Similar protests had been held in Osun, Niger, Kano and Lagos states, Mr Tinubu’s home state, last week.
Over economic hardships in the country, the Nigerian Labour Congress announced a two-day nationwide protest scheduled for between February 27 and 28th.
However, the State Security Service has warned the NLC to shun its planned nationwide protest, claiming some elements were scheming to take advantage of the protest to cause a crisis and widespread violence.
Mr Tinubu, in response to public outcry on rising cost of food driven by inflation in the country, directed the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security to release about 42,000 metric tonnes of grain, including maize, millet and garri.
He also charged National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, State Security Service and the police to go after food hoarders, while the Nigerian Customs had announced plans to distribute confiscated food items to Nigeria to ameliorate hunger in the country.
Two women have been arrested in Jalingo, Taraba State, after they were caught attempting to take three young girls out of the state to Adamawa.
According to reports, the suspects, both single and reportedly from the South-East, were arrested at a filling station while travelling in a commercial vehicle with the girls, aged between five and six.
The incident reportedly began when the women, who had rented a room in the same compound where the girls lived about two weeks earlier,
reportedly deceived their mothers into allowing the children to accompany them to the market.
Instead, the women allegedly took the girls to a motor park in Jalingo, where they hired a vehicle to transport them to Adamawa State.
The vehicle driver reportedly became suspicious after noticing that the girls did not resemble the women. He alerted members of his union, who contacted the police, leading to the suspects’ arrest.
At the police station, the women reportedly admitted taking the girls from their compound after deceiving their mothers. The girls, identified as Ummul Shuaibu, Ummul Baba Gasal and Amina Abubakar, were later reunited with their families at the Taraba State Police Command headquarters.
Their fathers were initially invited to identify them, while their mothers were subsequently asked to confirm their identities before their release.
Abubakar Kwalli, father of one of the girls, said the children became emotional when they saw their mothers, with each girl rushing to her mother in tears.
The Taraba State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Victor Mshelizah, confirmed the arrest and said investigation into the incident was ongoing, adding that further details would be released after the investigation.
The Oyo State Police Command has smashed a suspected truck-hijacking syndicate after an intelligence-led operation resulted in the arrest of four suspects and the recovery of a stolen SINO HOWO truck.
The Command said the suspects specialised in hijacking and diverting trucks from drivers in Oyo and neighbouring states before allegedly moving the stolen vehicles to criminal receivers in Kwara State.
The breakthrough followed a tip-off that the syndicate planned to strike on August 24, 2026. Acting on the information, Commissioner of Police, CP Abimbola Ayodeji Olugbenga, deployed operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) to conduct targeted stop-and-search operations along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The operation paid off when officers intercepted a white SINO HOWO truck and arrested two suspects—Ojedokun Olakunle Isaac, the truck driver’s motor boy, and Ajuwon Ismail.
According to the police, the truck had already been stripped of its rear body/bucket and was being driven towards the Ogbomoso/Ilorin axis for delivery and sale.
Police said Ojedokun subsequently confessed to masterminding the hijacking of the truck from his employer. Information obtained from his interrogation allegedly led detectives to two more suspects, Adekunle Sunday and Rasheed Music.
Investigators said Sunday was the syndicate’s regular driver for stolen trucks, while Music allegedly specialised in disabling and removing trackers and other electronic devices that could help owners or security agencies locate the vehicles.
The Command said the truck was hijacked at about 11 p.m. on August 24 before the suspects attempted to move it towards the Ogbomoso/Ilorin corridor.
The police intervention, however, disrupted the plan and secured the recovery of the vehicle.
The search continues for the truck’s detached rear body and other members of the alleged syndicate who remain at large.
CP Olugbenga praised members of the public whose information helped police foil the operation, stressing that intelligence-led policing would remain central to the Command’s fight against organised crime in Oyo State.
The Sokoto State Hisbah Board has denied claims that it imposed restrictions on Christian worship and practices in the state.
According to the board, it has no legal authority to regulate how Christians conduct their religious activities.
The board’s commandant, Dr Usman Abdullahi Jatau, made this known in a statement issued on Saturday in Sokoto.
The clarification followed social media claims alleging that the board was interfering with Christian worship in Sokoto.
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