A man exchanges Nigeria’s currency Naira for US dollars in Lagos, Nigeria (Credit: Pius Utomi Ekpei / AFP) Offsets ‘verified’ aviation FX backlog, pays $64.4m Amid sustained slide of the naira, which currently trades around N1,500 in exchange to a dollar, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned authorised dealers to ensure that transactions […]
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Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke(left); his Katsina, Niger, Cross River, and Bauchi counterparts, Dikko Umar Radda; Mohammed Umar Bago; Bassey Otu; Bala Muhammed; Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, Lydia Jafia; Minister of State for Labour, Nkiruka Onyejeocha; Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Folashade Yemi –Esan; Secretary to Government of the Federation, George […]
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President Bola Tinubu attends Colloquium Lecture in Honour of Senate President Godswill Akpabio on the occasion of his 61st Birthday Celebration at the Congress Hall of the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. on Thursday, December 2023… Credit: State House/Nosa Asemota President Bola Tinubu has deplored the mislabeling and blanket stereotyping of Nigeria as a country with the […]
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Foremost Yoruba traditional ruler the Arole Oodua and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has condemned the attack on three Ekiti State obas on Monday and killing two of them the Onimojo of Imojo-Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Samuel Olusola and Oba David Babatunde Ogunsakin, Elesun of Esun-Ekiti by gunmen. The departed royal fathers were […]
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Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji calls for immediate release The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has condemned in strong terms the abduction of six schoolchildren in Emure Ekiti, Ekiti State, and called for the immediate release of their abductors. NANS President, Comrade Lucky Emonefe, described as unacceptable a situation where pupils and students have […]
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0ndo State Environmental Protection Agency, OSEPA, has cautioned against the habit of exposing plastic drinks to direct sunlight. This was contained in a statement by the agency’s spokesman, Mr Bisi Agboola. The warning is in continuation of the unrelenting crusade against the traders’ unhealthy practice by the agency, whose Environmental Compliance Monitoring Department has over […]
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The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has raised an alarm over what it called a sponsored plot by the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC to destabilize the state through sponsored kidnappings and fomenting of conflicts across towns and villages in the state. In a statement by the State chairman of PDP Hon […]
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President Bola Tinubu has said that he is on top of the domestic situation despite his foreign trips, as he lashed his closest opponent in the last presidential election and ex-Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar over his alleged reckless statement. A statement titled “President Tinubu on top of domestic situation: RESPONSE TO ALHAJI ATIKU ABUBAKAR” […]
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Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has vowed to punish those behind the resurgence of violence around the Ifon/Ilobu area of the state. It will be recalled that three persons were reportedly feared dead on Monday in a renewed hostility in the two communities. Reading the Riot Act in a virtual security meeting which continues as […]
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There is an outrage across the land over the killing by gunmen on Monday of two traditional rulers in Ekiti State, the Onimojo of Imojo-Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Samuel Olusola and the Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Oba David Babatunde Ogunsola. The thread cuts across starting from President Bola Tinubu and tying Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji and […]
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