Naira drops 40.78% at Investors, exporters window
Naira on Wednesday depreciated against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window, exchanging N664.04 to the dollar. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the local currency droped by 40.78 per cent when…
Unknown Gunmen Attack Unijos, Abduct Seven Students
At least seven students were reportedly abducted when unknown gunmen attacked the University of Jos this week. It was…
Students’ Loan: ASUU, ASUP say no to tuition fee hike
Lecturers in the nation’s universities and polytechnics have warned the Federal Government not to toy with the idea of increasing tuition fees by hiding under the guise that it has set up a Students’ Loan Scheme through…
Imo was in distress, cemetery; I exhumed it — Uzodimma
Governor of Imo state, Hope Uzodimma has disclosed how he met Imo state when he assumed office, describing the state as being in cemetary and in total distress when he assumed power four years ago. The APC…
President Macron to ‘try to push’ for Mbappe to stay at PSG
French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday he would “try to push” for Kylian Mbappe to stay at Paris Saint-Germain. Asked by a young PSG fan on the sidelines of the VivaTech exhibition in Paris, Macron said…
‘Continuity brings stability’ — CSO urges Tinubu to resist pressure to sack Buhari’s appointees
The Forum of Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria has urged President Bola Tinubu not to give in to any form of pressure to sack Federal Government appointees inherited from the Buhari administration. The Forum…
BREAKING: President Tinubu Suspends Bawa Indefinitely From Office As Chairman Of EFCC
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has approved the indefinite suspension from office of Mr. AbdulRasheed Bawa, CON, as the Chairman, of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to allow for proper…
Aregbesola no longer in APC, says former Senate spokesperson
The immediate past spokesperson for the Nigerian Senate, Ajibola Basiru, has declared that a former governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, is no longer recognised as a member of the All Progressives Congress in the…
UK lost £2m to fuel fraud at Sierra Leone mission
The UK government has lost about £2 million ($2.5 million) due to fuel fraud at its diplomatic mission in Sierra Leone, according to a letter made…
BREAKING: FG To Begin Disbursement Of Students Loan In September
The federal government, Wednesday, said it had begun putting all necessary measures in place to ensure students loan begin between…
Kano Governor to Restore Sanusi as Emir of Kano, Scrap Gaya, Rano, Bichi, Karaye Emirates
Governor Yusuf is set to send a bill seeking for the scrapping of four emirates namely Bichi, Gaya, Rano and Karaye with first class Emirs. According to Politics Digest, the…
Subsidy removal: Lagos agency, LBIC raises staff transport allowance by 50%
Lagos Building Investment Company, LBIC, has increased its staff transport allowance by 50 per cent effective from June 1, 2023, to offset the impact of fuel subsidy removal and rising costs of transportation. Managing…
Rescue dog that helped find lost kids in Amazon is now missing
Six-year-old tracker dog Wilson, who went missing during the ultimately successful, weeks-long search for four missing Indigenous children in the Colombian Amazon, is now the target of a rescue mission himself. Dozens…
I’ll rather die than see legalisation of LGBTQ – Ghanaian Speaker
The Speaker of the Ghanaian Parliament, Alban Bagbin has said he preferred to die than to witness the legalisation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) activities in Ghana. Bagbin made this known in…
Forex Traders Jittery Over Free Float Reports
Foreign exchange traders at the parallel market became jittery following reports of possible free float of the Naira on Wednesday. This is as…
Sex Workers Drag Customer To Court In Ondo
A middle age man, Oluwafemi Damilola, has been dragged before the Ondo Chief Magistrate Court for having sex with four ladies without…
Gbajabiamila Resigns From House Of Reps After 20 years
After 20-year sojourn in the House of Representatives, the immediate-past Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, has resigned his membership of the Green…
Southern Nigeria Regards Okowa As Traitor, Betrayer – Clark
96-year-old elder statesman and former federal commissioner for information, Chief Edwin Clark, has accused the immediate-past Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi…
Nigeria Army is loyal to President Tinubu – COAS
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya, has declared absolute loyalty of the Nigerian Army to the country’s new president, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in line with the constitution of the Federal Republic of…
“You Always Have Excuses in Presenting Your Petitions” INEC Tells LP, Obi
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi are fond of making excuses whenever they are unable to progress with the handling of their…
Sunday Igboho: “Forgive Anyone Who Offended You” – K1 De Ultimate Begs Tinubu
Fuji musician King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, aka K1 De Ultimate, has pleaded with President Bola Tinubu to forgive anyone who has offended him, irrespective of tribe or religion. K1 De Ultimate, in his passionate appeal…
Dollar video: Ganduje asks court to restrain EFCC from probing him
Abdullahi Ganduje, immediate past governor of Kano, has asked a high court in the state to perpetually restrain the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from inviting or investigating him over video clips…
Trouble Looms In Heritage Bank As Crisis Rocks Board Members
These, are not the best of times for Heritage Bank as information reaching us has it that there is trouble in the bank following a reported boardroom crisis.…
Abuja Sex Therapist Arraigned In Lagos For Alleged N275m Internet Scam
An Abuja-based sex therapist, Cecilia Agu, 40, was on Tuesday arraigned by the police before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State over an alleged N275m…