The naira fell by 17.91 per cent to N951.22/$ on the official Investor and Exporter forex window on Wednesday. This was as the dollar supply fell by 4.94 per cent to $135.58m from $142.63m. Data from FMDQ Securities Exchange revealed Read more…
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The crisis rocking the Rivers State House of Assembly took a new twist on Wednesday as 27 lawmakers loyal to the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, sat under tight security in the complex. The Rivers Assembly had become factionalised following an unsuccessful Read more…
The director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has be named one of the Forbes Magazine’s 100 Most Powerful Women in the World. Okonjo-Iweala, a former Nigeria’s Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, was named Read more…
The leadership impasse rocking the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) is far from over as the camps of Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso and Boniface Aniebonam engaged in a verbal war, yesterday. Kwankwaso’s camp fired the first salvo when it raised the Read more…
A former senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani said the recent bombing of a crowd celebrating Maulud in Tudun Biri village of Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State did not happen by mistake. Sani stated this in an interview Read more…
The National Judicial Council, at its 104 Meeting of 6 December 2023 considered the list of candidates presented by its Interview Committee and at the end of deliberations, recommended the under-listed names of successful candidates as Heads of Courts and Read more…
The country is still producing enough equipment and ammunition to meet the army’s needs despite the restrictions, Berlin has said Russia is still able to supply its troops despite the sanctions, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Tuesday, calling Read more…
Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in Riyadh on Wednesday, as part of his Middle East tour. He is scheduled to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other officials of the Kingdom, which is about to become a Read more…
Moscow is ready to resolve the ongoing conflict with Kiev through diplomatic means at any moment, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the news media outlet RTVI on Tuesday. Russia has never rejected such an option, and it was Kiev that Read more…
President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima and their aides are to spend the sum of N15.961 billion on international and local travels in 2024. The figure is contained in the 2024 Appropriation Bill, now being considered by the National Read more…
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, dismissed a motion seeking to sack Senator Hope Uzodinma as Governor of Imo State, on grounds that he was not validly nominated by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to contest the 2019 governorship election. A Read more…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Anambra State executive committee, has showered encomiums on the party’s Deputy National Organising Secretary, Nze Chidi Duru, for his consistent financial and moral support to the state chapter of the party. Basil Ejidike, chairman of Read more…