The naira has lost N17 to close at N522/$1 at the parallel market, a day after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) stopped dollar allocation to 5,300 licensed Bureaux De Change (BDCs). The local currency, which exchanges at N410.16/$1 at the official market, had closed Tuesday at N505/$1 on the parallel market. A BDC trader […]
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Reckless driver kills three pupils in Suleja The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has lost five prospective Corps members in a road crash on Abaji/ Kwali Expressway in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.Director-General of the Corps Brig.-Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim broke the news in a statement on Wednesday. The statement issued by Director, Press and Public […]
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By Abdu Rafiu The focus of my reflections of today is on the challenges of old age. However, one cannot speak about the challenges without delving into immeasurable blessings and beauty that trail and still line one’s path in the journey of life. What with a baby grandson of yesterday today grown up and enamoured […]
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Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Nigeria is chasing shadows, instead of pursuing serious electoral reforms. While many democracies, even in the backward African continent, are embracing electronic voting, Nigeria, the supposedly giant, is afraid of technology; its merit for improved elections and prospects of safeguarding the sanctity of the ballot box. Section 52(2) of […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has given an assurance that Nigeria’s budget for the education sector will be increased by 50 percent in the 2022 and 2023 Appropriation Bills. The President, in a statement on Wednesday by his Media Adviser, Femi Adesina, pledged to increase the budget for the education sector by as much as 50 percent […]
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Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese and founder of the Kukah Centre, Most Rev. Matthew Kukah, has called on Nigerians to chase out the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023. Kukah spoke during a conference on ‘Civic Space: the Pathway to social cohesion and integration in Nigeria’ organised by the Kukah Centre. The former Secretary-General of the Catholic […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday led his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, to congratulate Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, whose victory at the October 2020 Governorship election was validated same day by Nigeria’s apex Court, the Supreme Court. Also, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the election, Mr Eyitayo Jegede and his […]
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Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last governorship election, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, has congratulated his All Progressives Congress, APC counterpart and Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on the judgement of the Supreme Court which validated the governor’s election. In a statement after the judgement today, Wednesday, he said: “Now that we have […]
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The Supreme Court of Nigeria has dismissed the case brought by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Eyitayo Jegede, against the election of Ondo State governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. The dismissal on Wednesday by the apex court in Abuja brings to an end the contentions which followed the October 10, 2020, Ondo governorship election. […]
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Gemstones We are formalising, developing, enhancing value- Minister Six months after the Federal Government declared its intention to establish an international gemstones market in Ibadan and stated that it had commenced the process for the construction, the site remains bare.This is as the sector continues to be controlled by locals and foreigners who harness the […]
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