The Naira further appreciated in the official market on Friday, trading at N1,474.78 to the Dollar. Data from the FMDQ Securities Exchange official forex trading platform revealed that the Naira gained N11.17. This represents a 0.7 per cent increase compared to the previous day’s trading figure on Thursday, when the …
Read More »Dominion City Empowers Members for Next Level Exponential Growth; proposes N1Billion Entrepreneur Support Fund
Dominion City Church is increasingly engaging in initiatives to equip members for exponential growth and foster sustainable socio-economic advancement, as it has budgeted N1billion to empower entrepreneurs in the country. These were part of the outcomes at the just-concluded 2025 Lagos Executive Leadership Retreat for Entrepreneurs & Career Professionals, held …
Read More »African Humanitarian Awards Recognizes Adedolapo Osuntuyi’s Work in Education
Adedolapo Osuntuyi, Executive Director of the Dolly Children Foundation, earned the African Humanitarian Award in the “Education Champion” category on January 26, 2025, at the Sheraton Hotel in Lagos. The award celebrates her unrelenting commitment to empowering poor children in Africa via education. The African Humanitarian Awards, hosted on January …
Read More »Customs Kirikiri command raised N107bn revenue in 2024 -Official
The Nigeria Customs Service, Kirikiri Lighter Terminal, Lagos announced that it collected the sum of N107.1bn as revenue in 2024. In a statement on Wednesday, the Customs Area Controller in charge of the command, Joy Edeldouk, added that the figure represented a 101 per cent increase when compared to N53.4bn …
Read More »CBN clears outstanding $7bn FX backlog
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, on Wednesday, announced that the Federal Government has cleared the outstanding $7bn foreign exchange following a successful verification exercise by forensic auditors. Cardoso disclosed this at the launch of Nigeria’s Regulatory Policy Framework organised by the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council. …
Read More »NAFDAC shuts notorious fake wine production hub, Aba Cemetery market, for clean-up
Aba Cemetery Market in Abia State notorious for sale of fake bottles of wines and beverages has been shutdown again by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) The shutdown of the the cemetery market regarded as the most dreaded and hitherto safe haven for the …
Read More »Access to affordable energy for 300m Africans by 2030 possible– Presidential aide
Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to the President, Media and Public Communication, says access to affordable energy for 300 million Africans by 2030 is possible. Dare said this while speaking with State House correspondents on the sidelines of the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit, on Monday, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. …
Read More »‘N2.8bn Fraud’: Ex-Minister Sirika Awarded Contract To Son-In-Law, Witness Tells court
A witness in the ongoing trial of former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, on Monday, informed Justice S. C. Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, that the company, Al Buraq Global Investment, was not qualified to handle the repairs of Katsina Airport awarded by the former minister. Musa …
Read More »JAMB and the burden of education
Very recently, the iconic Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, appeared before the National Assembly to defend the budget of the agency. A lot of revelations came out of that session, especially from the presentation made by the Comrade Senator, Adams Oshiomole, concerning the …
Read More »NEITI targets $6bn, N66bn recovery from Oil giants in transparency push
NEITI has announced plans to recover $6 billion and an additional N66 billion owed to the Federal Government by stakeholders in the oil sector. This was disclosed by Mr Ogbonnaya Orji, Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), during the 2025 budget defence session organised by the …
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