Naira slides by 4.6% against dollar at official market
The Naira on Tuesday depreciated at the official market, trading at N1,416.57 to the dollar. Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ Exchange, a platform that oversees the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM), showed that the Naira lost N62.36. This represents a 4.60 per cent loss when compared to the previous trading […]
Police kill two suspected kidnappers, rescue three Indians in Ogun
The Police Command in Ogun said it has killed two suspected kidnappers terrorising travellers on the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode-Benin expressway in a gun duel. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday, in Abeokuta, by SP Omolola Odutola, the command’s spokesperson. Odutola said that the suspects were killed during a rescue operation carried out by personnel […]
UNN inaugurates first Vaccine Research Center in Enugu
The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) on Tuesday inaugurated a Vaccine Research Centre (VRC) for the development of vaccines for diseases that disproportionately affect Nigeria and Africa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the centre is located at the Coal City Garden Estate in Enugu and equipped with funds from the United States […]
Zamfara to implement child protection Bill
The Zamfara State Government says it has made a long-term plan towards the implementation of Child Rights Protection Bill in the state. The Commissioner for Women, Children, and Social Development, Dr Nafisa Maradun said this while declaring open a five day workshop currently ongoing in Kaduna. The workshop on Child Protection Law Implementation Strategy was […]
Heatwave: Abuja women abandon wigs for low-cut hair
By Folasade Akpan, (NAN) As the weather condition gets harsher with the temperature going as high as 40 degrees Celsius sometimes, many women in Abuja have abandoned their wigs and opt for low-cut hair. For some of them, wigs remain fashion items that should be seasonal and so they can do without them for now […]
Tinubu condoles with Ribadu over brother’s death
President Bola Tinubu has condoled with the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, over the passing of his brother, Salihu Ahmadu Ribadu, who died on Sunday in Yola, Adamawa State. The President was represented by his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, who led a federal government delegation on a condolence visit to Yola, on […]
Putin sworn in for fifth term as Russian president
Russian President Vladimir Putin was sworn in for the fifth term in Moscow on Tuesday, two months after being re-elected in a vote that was widely seen as neither free nor fair. The 71-year-old took the oath of office in a ceremony in the Kremlin, with several thousand people including senior Russian politicians and other […]
Police arrest fake medical doctor in Lagos
The Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, has arrested a 37-year-old fake medical practitioner, with suspected forged certificates. The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in- charge of the zone, Olatoye Durosinmi, confirmed the arrest on Tuesday while parading the suspect before newsmen in Lagos. Durosinmi said that operatives of the Zonal Anti-Piracy Unit arrested the […]
Don’t terminate Tompolo’s pipelines surveillance contract, Ijaw group urges Tinubu
A group, Concerned Ijaw Citizens, has urged President Bola Tinubu to ignore calls to revoke the oil pipelines surveillance contract awarded to Tantita Security Services Ltd, an outfit owned by Mr Government Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo). The Coordinator of the group, Chief Manager Seigha, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria […]
Advocate tasks ndi Igbo on culture, language sustenance
Chief Ben Okolo, the grandson of Eze Obalike I of Nri, has advised ndi Igbo to take every measure necessary to preserve their language and culture as was done by their ancestors. Okolo, reminded ndi Igbo of what his grandfather who reigned as the 14th Eze Nri told invading colonial masters that “we can take […]
