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Ingredients: 1 cup peeled beans 1/4 medium Onion (Halved) 1 Red Pepper (Tatashe) (Halved ) Small Ginger (peeled) 1 Sprig green onion (optional) 2 eggs ( 1 boiled, 1 raw) 1 tablespoon oil or butter 1 cube maggi 1/2 Teaspoon Pepper Flakes Salt – To taste

The ancient city of Daura in Katsina state, witnessed tight security on Friday as President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Fatima, weds. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there was heavy deployment of security personnel in and around the residence of the president on Mai’adua road in

Suicide bombers suspected to be loyal to Boko Haram insurgents  on Saturday  morning detonated bombs along Maiduguri Damboa road in the fringes of the metropolis. The explosions killed no fewer than nine persons and injured 24, but still counting as casualty figures could rise. The second explosion occurred close to an Internally Displaced persons (IDPs) camp. A witness said “Bomb blast in Bakassi IDP Camp of Maiduguri and the second bomb blast at NNPC Depot Damboa Road.” As the security and response agencues moved to the two scenes of the explosions,  PRNigeria gathered that 9 dead bodies and 24 injured victims have been recorded so far. The Spokesperson of National Emergency Management Agency ( NEMA) in Maiduguri, Abdulkadir Ibrahim, only confirmed the efforts of rescue and health workers in the  evacuation of wounded victims to hospitals for treatment while the dead bodies have been deposited in the mortuary.

Ingredients::: • 1/3  Water yam  tuber • 5 tubers of Cocoyam • A bunch of Ugwu leaves or young cocoyam leaves for wrapping • 2 cups  Palmoil • 3 cups of  Shelled periwinkles • 2  Dry fish  /Smoked fish • 500g Chicken/ Beef • 200g  Pomo  (Cut into bits) – Optional • 1 cup  Crayfish, Ground • 4  Scotch Bonnets  (Red « ata rodo » or yellow pepper « Nsukka pepper »),ground • 1 Medium sized red onion, ground • 4  Seasoning cubes • A handful of  Scent leaves « Nchuawun » , chopped – Optional •  Salt Preparation/ Directions::: For this recipe, i used Shelled periwinkles « Isam/mfi ». To prepare,

Ingredients::: • 2 cups Flour • 3 Eggs • 1 tsp. Vegetable oil • 3 tbsp. Water Directions::: Step 1:  Sift the flour into a medium sized bowl and make a well in the center. Crack the eggs into the well in the center and add the Vegetable oil. With a fork, gently begin mixing the flour into the eggs till it’s well incorporated. Drizzle the water little at a time and Knead the dough with your hand

Ingredients::: • 2 cups Flour • 3 Eggs • 1 tsp. Vegetable oil • 3 tbsp. Water Directions::: Step 1:  Sift the flour into a medium sized bowl and make a well in the center. Crack the eggs into the well in the center and add the Vegetable oil. With a fork, gently begin mixing the flour into the eggs till it’s well incorporated. Drizzle the water little at a time and Knead the dough with your hand

The National Inter-Faith and Religious Organisation of Nigeria for Peace has called on Christian and Muslim faithful in the country to use  this Sunday  and  Friday  and offer thanksgiving for the release of the 21 Chibok girls.

Luck ran out of a strapped with Improvised Explosive Device (IED)  on Saturday  morning as troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE intercepted and neutralized him while on a dastardly mission at Madagali, Adamawa State.

President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha, spoke to the BBC last week, about some appointments made by her husband, and warned that she may not support his re-election in 2019 if the president fails to shake up his cabinet. The president fired back by saying the first lady belongs in the kitchen. PREMIUM TIMES has obtained from the BBC, an audio of the interview. Mrs. Buhari spoke in Hausa and English languages. This version was conducted in Hausa, and was translated by PREMIUM TIMES’ Sani Tukur. BBC: Almost two years after President Muhammadu Buhari was elected into this government; it appears as if things are not going well, the people are complaining; where do you think the problem is? Aisha Buhari : From my own observation,

NBC has suspended television personality, Billy Bush from the “Today’’ show after fallout over the host’s 2005 taped lewd conversation with U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. The development was captured on a show memo seen by Reuters on Sunday. The suspension comes as a flood of Republicans have withdrawn their support for Trump over the video that emerged on Friday showing the businessman, then a reality TV star, talking with Bush on an open microphone. In the recorded conversation, Trump was conversing on a bus with Bush, then host of NBC’s “Access Hollywood,’’ ahead of a segment they were about to tape. NBC said Bush had been suspended indefinitely from the “Today’’ show, where he hosts the third hour of programming. Noah Oppenheim, the executive in charge of the morning show, wrote in a memo to staff that “there is simply no excuse for Billy’s language and behavior on that tape.’’ Oppenheim said: “NBC has decided to suspend Billy, pending further rev

   Ingredients:::  •Prep time:  Less than 20 minutes •Cook time:  Less than 30 minutes •Yield:  10 Shawarma Wraps • 4 medium sized Carrots • 1 small Cabbage • 2 medium Sized  Green bell pepper • 1 medium sized  cucumber • 2 tbsp.  chili powder •  Mayonnaise •  Ketchup • 10 pieces  Pita Bread(Shawarma bread) • 14 chunks beef (You could also use Chicken or fish) • 2 Scotch bonnets (Yellow/Red pepper) • 1 small onion •2 seasoning cubes • ¼ bulb Ginger • 4 cloves Garlic •1 tsp. Salt •1 tsp. Curry • ½ tsp. thyme • 3 tbsp. Vegetable oil Preparation/Directions::: Step 1:  Chop the cabbage, Grate the carrots, Dice the green pepper & slice the cucumber- Set aside separately Step 2:  Dice the beef and place in a Small pot. Blend the Onion, garlic, ginger, Scotch bonnets and pour into the pot with diced beef. Season with the stock cubes, Salt, Curry & thyme. Add some water and cook till tender for about 15mins. Once done, sti

How to prepare white soup (Ofe Nsala recipe) •Prep time:   30 mins •Cook time: Over 1 hr Ingredients:::

Deji Adeyanju: In its latest act of dictatorship and disrespect for the rule of law, the Directorate of State Security (DSS) raided the homes of several Judges of the Federal High Court and Justice of the Supreme Court in the early hours of  October 8th, 2016 . In one swoop,

Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has directed residents of over 25 communities sacked by flood along the plains of River Niger and its tributaries be evacuated and resettled to upland as a temporary measure. The affected communities currently submerged by flood are in four wards of Edati and Mokwa Local Government areas of the state. 

Troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE with assistance of Civilian JTF have arrested quite a number of infiltrating Boko Haram terrorists in Maiduguri and Mafa, north-east Nigeria. Confirming the report  on Friday , Acting Director Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman, said a presumed kingpin of the group, Abur Modu Magaji, was apprehended by Civilian JTF  on Thursday  afternoon, at Kasuwar Shanu (Cattle Market) and handed over to troops.   “Preliminary investigation shows that he admitted to rustling 45 cows from Saleh Mohamed with 20 other Boko Haram terrorists at gun point. He however cooperated and assisted in pointing out 7 other suspected terrorists at Mafa road checkpoint” Usman said.  

A man with mental health issues broke the security barrier around St Peter’s Square in Rome, ramming his car through a checkpoint demanding to see Pope Francis. Police in Rome said in two statements that they arrested a 64-year-old “mentally unstable” Italian who drove into a one-way street to the left of St Peter’s colonnade. “He crashed past a police vehicle and broke through the wooden barricades that surround the square.

President Barack Obama of the United States has assured of continued assistance to Nigeria especially in key sectors like agriculture‎ that would ensure that the country comes out of its current hardship. He further assured that his administration was putting everything in place for sustained partnership and cooperations between the two countries even after he leaves office. He made the pledge when he met with  President Muhammadu Buhari  on the sideline of the ongoing 71st United Nations General Assembly holding in New York City. This is Obama’s outing at the UN as President of the United States. His  tenure will come to an end in January 2017 after the Presidential election in November this year.

* SSG pleads for patience The 2015 Batch `B’ National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members deployed to Sokoto State have   protested the non-payment of their four months state allowances amounting to N49.04 million. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protesting Corps members were being owed state allowances between July and October 2016. The Corps members, who concluded their service year  on Thursday , marched from the NYSC Secretariat at Kalambaina, Sokoto, to Government House.