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Against the backdrop of  indications that the Federal Government is putting in place measures to achieve exchange rate target of N500-N600/$1, while reorganising the banking sector, various private sector institutions and financial experts have expressed divergent views over the feasibility and the benefits of the goals. They however, advised government …

IGP Kayode Egbetokun   The Force Headquarters on Thursday said it never at any point intended to strip Very Important Personalities (VIPs) of their police escorts. Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi in a post on X clarified that withdrawal of Police Mobile Force (PMF) personnel did not equate …

The protesting students The proprietor of the College of Education, Ero, Ondo State, Mr Oyeleye Fasua, on Thursday, appealed to the protesting students of the institution to be calm, saying the issue of mobilising them for the National Youths Service Corps would be addressed. The students of the college on …

Pa Ayo Adebanjo The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has decried the rate of insecurity in some parts of the country as a result of the attacks by some armed herdsmen on farmers. The group noted that the criminal activities of the bandits against farmers raised the need for the creation …

Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election has described President Bola Tinubu as insensitive to the plight of suffering Nigerians for allocating key funds for the purchase of presidential yacht and jets in the supplementary budget recently passed by the …

  Mrs Toluige Babalola, the woman who was in the popular ‘Mummy Calm Down’ viral video with son Oreofeoluwa, reportedly died by suicide. Mrs Toluige Olokoobi Babalola, the woman in the popular ‘Mummy Calm Down’ viral video whose son Oreofeoluwa Lawal-Babalola was begging to ‘calm down and rest a little …

Gov. Sanwo-Olu of Lagos Arrangements have been concluded by the Lagos State Government and EnterpriseNGR; an advocacy group that promotes the growth and development of Nigeria’s Financial and Professional Services (FPS) sector as a catalyst for economic development, to take part in the Lord Mayor’s Show in London. The decision …

President Tinubu President Bola Tinubu will, on Thursday, depart Abuja for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to attend the Saudi-Africa Summit, which is scheduled to take place in Riyadh on November 10, 2023. A statement issued by Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale said at the Saudi-Africa Summit, the President would underscore Nigeria’s commitment …

Brig-Gen. Buba Marwa, NDLEA Chairman. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it recorded seizures of 6,668 tons of drugs, worth over N635 billion between January 2021 and September 2023. The Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Marwa (Retd) disclosed this while briefing the Committee on the activities, …

Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke No fewer than 19,000 pensioners in Osun State will be enrolled into the Health Insurance Scheme of the state government. The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, flagged off the programme at the state secretariat in Abere, Osun State, on Wednesday. In his remarks, Adeleke said: …