Lagos First Lady presents tool to one of the beneficiaries. Wife of the Lagos State Governor, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu on Thursday empowered 350 Lagosians with vocational tools to eke out a living for themselves. Sanwo-Olu presented the vocational tools to the beneficiaries at the State House, Ikeja. Some of the …
Read More »Dump Your Hoarded Dollars Now To Avoid Sorrow And Tears, Tinubu Presidency Advises Currency Speculators
President Bola Tinubu’s special adviser on information & strategy, Bayo Onanuga gave the advice on Thursday, noting that with a backlog of FX settled, naira was set to appreciate further and faster. The Presidency has advised currency speculators to quickly dump their stock of dollars to avoid sorrows and tears. …
Read More »Peter Obi storms Niger Mosque, breaks fast with Muslims
Obi with Muslim leaders in Niger State Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi is eager to become the president of Nigeria. His new antics is to visit mosques to donate items to them during this Ramadan period. Obi, who never visited or entered a mosque during his last …
Read More »N32bn Lying Dormant In Bank Account Since 2003, Power Minister Speaks On Stalled Metering Project
Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu …Ziklagsis Network Limited, Unistar International Blamed For Nigeria’s Metering Gap The Federal Government approved N32 billion in 2003 for the supply of three million prepaid meters to distribution companies over a three-year period. However, this fund has remained untouched in a bank account belonging to …
Read More »Kerosene Costliest In Kaduna, Benue, Niger As Average Price Hits N1,340 Per Litre — NBS
Kerosene The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Thursday announced that the average retail price of a litre of kerosene was sold at N1,340 in February 2024. This showed that the price on a month-on-month basis surged marginally by 0.83 per cent against the N1,329 it sold for in January …
Read More »Mohbad’s autopsy results to be ready soon – Dr Richard Somiari
Late Mohbad An autopsy conducted on the remains of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad would be ready in the next three or four weeks. The Director of Lagos State DNA and Forensic Centre, Dr Richard Somiari, disclosed this while testifying during a coroner’s inquest into the …
Read More »CBN resolves outstanding FX backlog, as external reserves jump to $34.11bn
CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso. The Central Bank of Nigeria on Wednesday said it has cleared the $7 billion outstanding foreign exchange obligations while the country’s external reserves have increased to a significant $34.11 billion. This is contained in a statement issued by CBN’s Acting Director of Corporate Communications, Mrs. Hakama …
Read More »Four Arrested As Police Raid Factory Producing Fake Alcoholic Drinks In Lagos
The State Police Command spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin made this known via a post on X, adding that four people behind the fake factory business were also arrested and some of their fake products were recovered by the force. The Nigeria Police Force has raided an illegal factory producing fake alcoholic …
Read More »Rich Nigerians Spend Money On Parties Instead Of Helping Their Poor Neighbours, First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu Laments
The former lawmaker said this in an interview with Arise News, in which she blamed rich Nigerians for preferring to spend huge amounts of money on parties to rendering help to their neighbours in need. Nigerian First Lady, Senator Remi Tinubu has berated rich citizens in the country for showing …
Read More »Glo-sponsored African Voices Playmakers features Stonebwoy
This week, the Cable News Network (CNN) magazine program African Voices Playmakers, sponsored by Globacom, honours the exceptional talent of Stonebwoy, an Afropop and reggae musician from Ghana. In an open interview with CNN’s Larry Madowo, the 36-year-old, whose true name is Livingstone Etse Satekla, confidently refers to himself as the …
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