Tag: bread
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Why price of bread is skyrocketing – Bakers
Premium Bread Makers Association of Nigeria (PBAN) has given reasons why the price of bread continues to rise in the country, despite appreciation of the Naira against the Dollar.
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How bread has become a luxury staple food
With the continuous increase in the price of bread, many residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) say they are struggling to keep up with the cost of the staple food.
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Hardship: Church opens bakery to support members with ‘daily bread’
The Shepherd House Assembly International has launched its Shepherd’s Sure Bread to assist the indigents in the Church and other communities.
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HEAVY ‘WAHALA’! Master bakers set to begin nationwide strike
Hunger in Nigeria may wear a new face as Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria has said it would withdraw its service nationwide from February 27, should the Federal government refuse to implement the agreement it entered into with the association in 2020. It called for the immediate implementation of financial support palliatives…
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Husband allegedly murders mother of five over loaf of bread
Awka in Anambra state wore a sombre look as a woman identified as Ogochukwu Anene has been allegedly beaten to death by her husband over a loaf of bread. A source revealed that “her name is Ogochukwu Anene from Umuokpu village Awka. She was married to one Mr Ndubisi Wilson Uwadiegwu from Enugu state.…
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Bakers lament cost of producing bread, ask govt. for subsidy
Master Bakers Association on Thursday called on the Federal Government to subsidise the cost of cassava flour to encourage members produce bread and other confectionery with the flour without incurring losses.
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Abuja residents lament, appeal to Buhari over cost of bread; seek alternatives
Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory have begun consuming food that serves as alternatives to bread, following the continuous increase in the price of the everyday use commodity. Many of them have also been complaining over the price increase itself while appealing to the Federal Government to address the challenges facing bakers in the…
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Over 40 bakeries shutdown in FCT over cost of production
No fewer than 40 bakeries have closed shop in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), over cost of production and multiple taxation and hike in electricity tariff, among others. Some of the bakeries visited were not opened for business due to operational cost and multiple taxation by some government agencies.
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How I made N70,000 daily supplying bread to bandits, their victims in Kaduna – Baker
A syndicate allegedly supplying drugs, bread and other food items to bandits operating in Zaria, Kaduna State and its environs has been smashed by operatives of the FIB Intelligence Response Team (FIB-IRT). An alleged member of the syndicate, who admitted to making about N150,000 weekly from supplying bread to the bandits, said his income from…
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Kogi Govt queries permanent secretary over bread levy saga
The Kogi Government has issued a query to Mr Usman Ibrahim, the Permanent Secretary in the state’s Ministry of Commerce for his alleged role in the bread levy saga in the state. On Nov. 9, the Kogi State Ministry of Commerce and Industry wrote to the chairman of the state’s branch of the Association of…