in Monday, the volume of dollars traded in the Investor & Exporter forex market increased by 46.69% to $123.25m. The official market experienced a dollar turnover of $84.02 million on Friday. On Monday, this climbed to $123.25 million. Despite this, data from FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange shows that the naira fell by 1.96 percent to N795.41/$ as of Monday’s close of trading, having closed at N780.14/$ on Friday. Trading on Monday began at N780.83/$ and ended at N795.41/$. The naira did, however, fluctuate for as high as N1099/$ and as low as N701/$ during trading. In the meantime, the naira…
Author: Mathew Aremu
On Monday, the Ogun State Police Command issued a warning against the usage of pyrotechnics, threatening harsh punishment for any residents found in violation going forward. According to a statement released by SP Omolola Odutola, the police spokeswoman, the warning became necessary after multiple complaints from state citizens. The police went on to say that people in the state, especially those from Sagamu, Ikenne, Ijebu Ode, and Sango Ota, among other places, said that the loud noise of fireworks, which is similar to the sound of a pistol, threatened their tranquility and caused worry due to security worries. The statement…
In Dan-Umaru village, Bena District, Kebbi State, on Monday, four bandits targeted a single person. Local security officers, popularly known as Vigilantes, murdered the criminals. This was revealed in a statement issued the media on Monday in Birnin Kebbi by Ahmed Idris, the State Governor’s chief press secretary. Idris cited Abdul Rahman Usman, Director of Security at the Cabinet Office in Birnin Kebbi, as revealing the success story. He claimed that when the bandits attacked a community close to Dan-Umaru that borders Dadin Duniya in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara state, the vigilantes took up positions and defeated…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, has congratulated Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma on winning reelection on Saturday. This was said by Ganduje in a statement from his chief press secretary in Abuja, Mr. Edwin Olofu. He also conveyed his satisfaction with the Kogi electorate’s resounding endorsement of Ahmed Ododo in the state’s gubernatorial election. According to him, the election victories of Ododo and Uzodimma demonstrated how comfortable Nigerians felt with the APC. He continued by saying that the APC’s victories in both states demonstrated how grateful the populace was for the democratic benefits that outgoing Kogi…
A proposed property tax law for the city has received approval from Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory. Property owners in Abuja will have to begin paying property taxes as a result of the change. According to the Capital Gains Tax Act of 2004, the FCT’s Internal Revenue Service is credited with starting the implementation of capital gains tax in the territory. The Capital Gains Tax requires that 10% of all chargeable gains that are accumulated by an individual upon the sale of chargeable assets within a year of assessment be paid in tax. This revelation was…
President Bola Tinubu has been urged by Dr. Tarila Marclint Ebiede, Director of Conflict Research Network, West Africa (CORN), to prevent politicians from using his social protection scheme. Ebiede cautioned the President against letting politicians control the palliative care distribution process. He claimed that there is a chance that the nation’s social protection policies will be politically seized, which would prevent disadvantaged people from receiving the benefits of social protection measures. At the CORN-organized symposium on “Social protection and economic uncertainties in fragile and conflict-affected societies,” which took place in Abuja on Sunday, Ebiede made the call. In order to…
After performing the shorter Hajj in Saudi Arabia, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, said in a statement that his prayers cover both the advancement of Nigeria and the welfare of all people. While answering questions from the media, the President, who was present at the Saudi-Africa meeting in Riyadh, provided insights into the nature of his supplications. In response to a question regarding his specific prayers for Nigeria, President Tinubu stated, “The country’s prospects have not yet reached the necessary heights.” It requires a lot of effort and prayer. Tinubu went on to say…
Hope Uzodinma, the governor of Imo State, has been congratulated by the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) on her reelection. Imo State’s governorship election on November 11 was won by Uzodinma and the All Progressives Congress (APC), according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The announcement was made by Prof. Abayomi Fashina, the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti and the State Returning Officer, that Uzodinma had defeated opponents from the Action Alliance (AA), Labour Party (LP), and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The CNPP said, “We, therefore, congratulate Governor Hope Uzodinma, the winner of the 2023…
According to information released by Hajia Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, Minister of State for Police Affairs, President Bola Tinubu gave the order for the police officers to remove themselves from Very Important People, or VIPs. Sulaiman-Ibrahim stated that the Ministry will carry out Tinubu’s directive and added that part of the responsibility is to alter the Nigerian Police Act. At a two-day retreat for directorate cadre in Abuja with the topic “Re: Envisioning the Ministry of Police Affairs for Effective Internal Security: Strengthening Administration and Management Functions for Resilience and Efficiency,” she revealed this. “Developing and implementing a harmonized police reform report,…
Prophet Samuel Adefila Abidoye, the Chairman of the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement and its spiritual leader, has passed away. At the age of 103, Prophet Abidoye passed away in his Ilorin home, the capital of Kwara state, on Sunday morning at around 10:00 am. Special Apostle Ademola Odetundun, the church’s secretary-general, announced his passing. Speaking of his final moments, Odetundun said the dead had eaten breakfast and decided to take a nap instead of getting dressed for the service. “He passed on peacefully, thereafter,” according to an Odetundun statement. He also revealed that the spiritual father’s funeral arrangements would be…
Of the 10 countries with the most students in the US, Nigeria is the only one from Africa. The Institute of International Education (IIE), located in Washington, released the new Open Doors Report on Monday. Despite the foreign exchange crisis, the number of Nigerian students in the United States increased by 22.2 percent in just a single year, according to the data. According to the data, the number of students from Nigeria climbed from 14,438 to 17,640 in the 2022–2023 school year. According to the report, 1.06 million foreign students were admitted to US universities in the academic year, a…
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Environment and Ecological Management, Kunle Salako, has advised young people to put serving their country before making demands. He says that young people should only expect the country to serve them after they have served Nigeria. Salako likened this idea to a farmer who needs to plant and cultivate in order to produce a harvest. He pushed the young people to realize that in order for their land to return the favor, they must first serve it. My counsel is to put serving our land before making demands of Nigeria, especially to the younger generation.…
On Monday, the West African Examinations Council, or WAEC, announced that it will administer the computer-based WASSCE to private applicants. The Public Affairs Department of WAEC, along with Moyosola F. Adesina, the Ag. Head of Public Affairs at WAEC, Yaba, Lagos, signed a statement announcing the start of exam registration on Monday, December 18, 2023. “The Nigeria National Office of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) wishes to inform the general public, and all its stakeholders, that it has concluded plans to migrate its WASSCE for Private Candidates Examination Diets from Paper and Pencil Test to Computer Based Examination (CBE)…
Two of the alleged cultists who massacred five locals from the Odiemerenyi community in Ahoada East Local Government Area on Sunday morning have reportedly been killed, according to the Rivers State Police Command. The command stated that the cultists are gang members of David Gift, also known as 2-Baba, a wanted criminal who is suspected of killing SP Bako Angbanshin, the Ahoada Divisional Police Officer, in September 2023. In a statement released in Port Harcourt on Monday, Grace Iringe-Koko, the command’s spokesperson, revealed this. She claimed that reliable information about the suspects’ activities led to the accomplishment. According to the…
According to the Nigerian Army, soldiers from 1 Division destroyed three bandits and found weapons in Kaduna. In a statement released in Kaduna, Lt-Col Musa Yahaya, the Acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations for 1 Division, verified the occurrence. On November 12, troops from the Nigerian Army’s I Division and Operation Whirl Punch conducted a clearance operation in the general vicinity of the Maro-Chibiya forest in Kajuru Local Government Area, Kaduna State, based on reliable intelligence. As per the army, “troops engaged the armed bandits with superior fire power during the operation, neutralizing one of the bandits and forcing…
According to the government of Borno State, 124,000 insurgent victims who were deemed vulnerable have been enrolled in the healthcare system in some of the state’s most remote local government areas. Over the weekend, Dr. Saleh Abba, the executive secretary of the Borno State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency (BOSCHMA), revealed this to reporters in Maiduguri. According to Dr. Saleh, the agency wanted to enroll 250,000 individuals who were at risk due to the hostilities. He emphasised that the programme puts the health of the participants first, making sure that every Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) gets the financing that is specific…
The Katsina State Police Command has foiled a suspected kidnapping attempt at Gogalo village, in the Jibia Local Government Area of the state and rescued three victims. This was contained in a statement on Monday in by the spokesman for the command, ASP Aliyu Abubakar-Sadiq. The statement read, “On November 11, around 10.46 pm, information was received at the Jibia Divisional Police Station that bandits wielding weapons such as AK-47 rifle, shooting sporadically, attacked the village and kidnapped three persons. “A search and rescue squad was dispatched to the scene by Divisional Police Officer Jibia as soon as she received…
On Monday, a car in the Charlie Boy neighborhood of Gbagada, Lagos State, knocked down two female staff of the Lagos Waste Management Authority. The two unidentified women died at the scene, according to an eyewitness who spoke with our correspondent over the phone and went only by the name Sodiq. “It was a horrific accident; two LAWMA women were just knocked down while performing their duties by a Sienna vehicle,” he stated. The driver hit the two women while driving straight here; we’re not sure what was wrong with him. It’s very unfortunate. The motorist has been detained and…
Three people were killed in an accident involving a commercial bus with the license plate MUS 753 YD on Sunday after it caught fire along the Lekki road in Lagos State. This was revealed in a statement released on Sunday and posted on the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency’s Facebook page. The announcement claims that the deceased’s bodies have been moved to the closest morgue. The statement said, “Today, Sunday, November 12, 2023, at Sandfill Bus-stop, inward Ozumba Mbadiwe, Victoria Island, a car accident occurred. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, deployed its Response Team at Lekki to the…
Godswill Akpabio, the president of the Senate, claims that among the three branches of government, lawmakers are the ones that Nigerians misunderstand and criticize the most. He claims that Nigerians hold parliamentarians accountable for everything, even for circumstances that are beyond of their immediate control. This was said on Sunday during the 100th birthday colloquium of Second Republic politician Senator Kunle Oyero, which was hosted by the Abeokuta Grammar School Old Boys Association in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The senator was represented by Senator Shuaib Salisu, a senator from Ogun Central. According to Akpabio, the legislature is the one branch of…