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For the 2024 fiscal year, the Nigerian government has provided funding of N3,556 for the educational needs of every school child aged 5-17 years, based on data analysis by Ripples Metrics. The analysis is taken from the 2024 budget review of the Ministry of Education. In the 2024 budget approved by President Bola Tinubu, the Ministry of Education was allocated …

In many Benue State communities, women especially suffer from the absence and non availability of staff and medicine in the PHCs many of which have been abandoned and left to rot. MANASSEH MBACHII reports that child birth and survival is a harrowing experience for residents of these communities who continue to live with the pains of government’s neglect. Juliana Innocent …

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has identified regulatory uncertainty, security concerns, and financial literacy as serious threats to the use of cryptocurrencies in the country. This was disclosed by the Director-General of the institution, Emomotimi Agama, at the 2024 Annual Conference of the Association of Capital Market Academics of Nigeria (ACMAN) on Thursday in Abuja. He said the Nigerian …

Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Military claims stolen crude oil worth N10 billion successfully intercepted, more than 2,200 terrorists successfully neutralized The Nigerian military, on Thursday, announced the interception of stolen crude oil worth N10 billion and the neutralization of 2,245 terrorists.Read more 2. ‘Who doesn’t know that Nigerians are suffering, no more …

Nigeria’s naira has experienced a dramatic reversal of fortune, plummeting to the rank of worst-performing currency globally in the first half of 2024, according to a Bloomberg report on Friday.Read more This depreciation comes after a brief period of strengthening earlier this year, highlighting the challenges facing the Nigerian economy. Apart from the naira, the Egyptian pound and the Ghanaian …

The Nigerian equity market maintained its positive performance with investors making a profit of N374 billion at the close of trading on Friday. This follows the growth in share prices of UCAP, LASACO, and CWG, among others, on the stock exchange floor today. After five hours of trading on the capital market, equity capitalization rose to N56.6 trillion from N56.2 …

The Nigerian military, on Thursday, announced the interception of N10 billion worth of stolen crude oil and the neutralization of 2,245 terrorists. The announcement, made by the Defense Headquarters (DHQ) during its bi-weekly briefing, highlights ongoing efforts to combat two major security challenges plaguing the country: oil theft and terrorism. Director of Defense Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba provided …

Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Representatives extend the deadline for implementing the 2023 budget to December The House of Representatives on Thursday passed two bills extending the implementation of the Budget Act of 2023 and the Supplemental Budget Act of 2023 until December. Read more 2. No request for new aircraft approval from …

For the second straight day, the Nigerian equity market maintained its positive movement as investors made profits of N6.2 billion at the close of trading on Thursday. This follows the growth in share prices of SEPLAT, CUTIX, and LASACO among others on the trading floor today. After five hours of trading on the capital market, equity capitalization rose to N56.2 …

Former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello on Thursday appealed to the Federal High Court in Abuja to transfer his ongoing corruption case to Kogi State. This request comes amid his trial for alleged involvement in an N80.2 billion fraud case filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). However, the EFCC’s legal advisor wondered why the former …