The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN has mandated foreign exchange sellers to Bureau De Change (BDC) of the equivalent of 10,000 dollars and above to declare their forex sources. Director, Financial Policy and Regulation Department of the CBN, Haruna Mustapha, said this in a revised regulatory framework to...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the Federal Government released N313.4 billion for the conduct of the 2023 general elections. The commission in its 2023 General Election Report released on Friday, said that out of the N355.b approved for the conduct of the elections, the sum...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Locals in some of the worst insecurity infested areas of Sokoto East Senatorial District have passed vote of confidence on the Nigerian military for their commitment towards ending the menace of banditry, kidnapping for ransom and other crimes against humanity that have bedeviled...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The General Manager, Flour Mills Nigeria PLC, Olusegun Falade, has said the company never threatened to leave Cross River State over raw materials. Mr. Falade stated this in an interview with newsmen in his office over the weekend while reacting to an allegation...
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Senegalese opposition presidential candidates on Friday rejected an invitation to join talks that President Macky Sall says are necessary before a delayed presidential election can be scheduled. On Thursday, Sall promised to step down when his mandate ends on April 2, but said he could not yet set a new date...
Tanzania’s national debt increased by over Tsh12 trillion ($4.71 billion), or 17 percent, to reach Tsh87.47 trillion ($34.3 billion) as at December 2023, according to a report by The EastAfrican. Quoting the Parliamentary Budget Committee, in its Government Budget Implementation Report covering February 2023 to January 2024, the report...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Police have arrested two students of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi and a graduate of the University of Jos, Plateau State in connection with two corpses that were recovered in the State. The Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Police Command, Ahmed...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH Lafia -. Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has flagged off another round of palliatives with the distribution of 7.5 kg of rice and five thousand naira cash to the vulnerable ones in the state. A total of twenty million naira, was given to vulnerable persons...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Internal Revenue Board has generated N2.8 billion Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) between Jan. 1 and Feb. 15, 2024. The Chairman of the Borno State Revenue Board, Professor Bello Ibrahim, stated this on Friday at his maiden press conference at the conference...
The Tax Justice and Governance Platform (TJGP) has appealed to the National Assembly (NASS) to investigate the movement and spending of $3.4 billion loan obtained by the Federal Government through the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The group made the appeal on Friday during a joint news briefing, along...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.- Gen.Taoreed Lagbaja, has said that corpses are decomposing in mortuaries of some barracks of the Nigerian Army owing to power outage. The Army Chief disclosed this when he visited the Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu on...
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security is in the final stages of releasing 42,000 metric tonnes of assorted food items to support the vulnerable populations across the country. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement on...
Troops of Sector 1, Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have rescued 12 kidnapped victims at Jootar village in Ukum LGA of Benue State. The Force Commander (FC), OPWS, Maj. -Gen. Sunday Igbinomwanhia told newsmen on Friday in Makurdi that the victims were rescued on Feb. 21, following credible intelligence....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peter Obi Media Reach (POMR) has dismissed reports about his quitting the Labour Party (LP), on whose platform he contested as presidential candidate in 2023. Media Aide to Obi, Mr Michael Nwolisa, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Friday, described...
A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Olumide Akpata, has emerged the candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for the Sept. 21 Edo governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akpata polled 316 votes to defeat other aspirants at the party’s...
The Kwara state high court, sitting as an appellate court in Ilorin, has discharged and acquitted two journalists convicted for publishing a defamatory article against a rice factory, faulting the police and trial magistrate’s ruling. In February 2023, a magistrate’s court convicted Alfred Olufemi, an investigative reporter and...
The Federal Government says it will go after economy saboteurs that are truncating its efforts in providing dividends of democracy and making life better for all Nigerians. This is contained in a statement issued by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris and made available...
Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Dr Jide Idris, has officially acknowledged the outbreak of Lassa fever in Kaduna State. Speaking to newsmen on Friday in Abuja, Idris confirmed that the NCDC was closely monitoring the situation and working in collaboration with...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has reviewed the formula for fixing foreign exchange rates for Customs duty on importation. The Director, Trade and Exchange Department of the CBN, Dr Hassan Mahmud, said this in a memo addressed to the Nigeria Customs Service...