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The naira exchanged to the dollar at 580 on Friday, while the Pound Sterling traded for 780 at the parallel market. According to some Bureau de Change operators, dollar was bought and sold at 575 and 580, while the Pound Sterling was bought and sold at 775 and 780. At the I&E forex window, the […]

No fewer than 3,964 Nigerians are currently on the watch list of the Nigeria Immigration Service. The names of the affected individuals, it was gathered, have been placed with security agencies at the nation’s international airports where they will be arrested on sight. According to the 2020 NIS annual report suspect index, 308 persons were […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria is working on an ambitious Energy Plan towards reducing the energy shortcomings by year 2030. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman in a statement late Friday evening, said Buhari spoke in line with Nigeria’s role as a Global Theme Champion for the Energy Transition, theme of the High-Level Dialogue on […]

The Federal Government on Friday alerted the general public to heightened security activities preparatory to the events marking the country’s 61st Independence anniversary. The alert was contained in a statement issued in Abuja by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. Mohammed, however, urged residents of the Federal Capital Territory and its environs […]

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said that some of the fiercest critics of his boss, Muhammadu Buhari, dine with him at Aso Rock in Abuja. He disclosed this in a piece titled, ‘Buhari, FFK, And The Quality Of Mercy’. According to Adesina, the defection of former Minister of […]

Isa Pantami, minister of communication and digital economy, says the fifth-generation (5G) cellular networks will be deployed in January 2022.  The minister made the announcement at a town hall meeting in Maiduguri, Borno state, on Thursday. The meeting discussed ways to address the vandalism of power and telecommunications infrastructure. Pantami explained that the need to deploy the […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria has concluded plans to launch the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) on October 1. The director of Information Technology, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Rukiya Mohammed disclosed this on Wednesday. She made the disclosure in a webinar, themed “Digital currency and the prospects of CBDC in Nigeria”. It was organised […]

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) or cooking gas is now beyond the reach of average Nigerians as many have turned to charcoal or firewood. A kilogramme of cooking gas is now N625 or more, depending on the location, forcing many households and eateries, especially in urban centres to seek alternative means of cooking. Firewood and charcoal […]

At least 20 per cent of the full-time workforce in Nigeria lost employment during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, a new report released on Tuesday has revealed. The report tagged ‘The Impact of COVID-19 on Business Enterprises in Nigeria’, was jointly released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the National Bureau of Statistics […]

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State yesterday described Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as the most qualified candidate to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari come 2023. The governor’s statement is coming weeks after the vice president’s office issued a statement saying Osinbajo has not declared for the presidency following the appearance of posters online and in major […]

The Federal Government says Nigeria’s resolve to remain as one indivisible entity is unshakable, in spite of the various challenges facing the nation. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, stated this on Monday in Abuja at the opening of the ‘Nigeria at 60 Photo Exhibition’ with the theme “60 Years of Our Togetherness.” “Like […]

A report has revealed that about 41 percent of persons from Lagos, Kaduna, Akwa Ibom, Benue, Oyo and Kano  states in Nigeria are now living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV. This is even as Nigeria is reportedly the country with the second largest number of persons living with the infection totaling 1.9 million according to […]

The Federal Government has imposed travel restrictions on passengers who shun the COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test. Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this via a statement on Sunday, adding that the restrictions came into effect on September 14. He explained […]