Uchechukwu Okoroafor,AbujaFrom the all-time low of about N2000 to $1, the Nigerian Naira has strengthened between N1200 and N1300 to $1 in recent days, apparently because President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has, without public announcement, jettisoned the floatation of the Nigerian Naira against other currencies, which created the economic crisis in
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The Federal Government has disclosed plans to jerk up electricity tariffs as part of efforts to revitalise the country’s energy sector and reduce substantial subsidies, a Bloomberg report said on Tuesday.According to the report, unofficial sources said electricity firms may hike tariffs for those in urban areas to N200 per
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The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has apologized to the Christian community in Nigeria over its Easter advertorial on the resurrection of Jesus Christ.“Our attention has been drawn to a statement by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) about a flier posted on our social media platforms with the headline
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Nine students who were kidnapped last Friday in Delta State have regained their freedom.The spokesperson of the Delta State Police Command, Bright Edafe, confirmed their release by their abductors in a terse message he sent to journalists on Monday night.He wrote: “All nine of them have regained their freedom please.”The
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The Federal government of Nigeria has enrolled over two million out-of-school children in basic and Arabic literacy programmes within six months.The minister of education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, stated this at the quarterly citizens and stakeholders’ engagement on Nigerian education sector Ministerial deliverables in Abuja, yesterday.Mamman said the topmost priorities of
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About 30 abducted children by bandits at Kasai village in the Batsari local government area of Katsina State have been freed after spending 24 hours in the bandits' den.The police public relations officer of the command, ASP Abubakar Sadiq, confirmed their release yesterday.Sadiq said their release followed concerted efforts by
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The Nigerian Army has confirmed a minor explosion within Ikeja Cantonment, Lagos on Monday.In a statement by the director of army public relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, he said the incident occurred on a farmland near the Mammy Market within the cantonment.He said, "The explosion is suspected to have been
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The House of Representatives Committee on Disabilities has summoned Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurant at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, over alleged ill treatment of former Ogun State governor, Gbenga Daniel's son, Adebola, who is a person living with disability.The chairman of the committee, Bashiru Ayinla who issued the
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President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Dakar, Senegal, for the inauguration of Senegal’s President-elect, Bassirou Faye.In a statement signed by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, titled ‘President Tinubu to attend the inauguration of Senegal’s President-elect Bassirou Faye.’Tinubu is visiting the country for the first time since
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A Deputy Commissioner of Police serving with the Force Criminal and Investigation Department, Alagbon, Lagos State, Gbolahan Oyedemi, on Monday reportedly committed suicide in his private house in his hometown, Ogbomoso, Oyo State.Newspapers report that Oyedemi was the Aide de Camp to the late former Governor of the state, Adebayo
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