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The Center for the Promotion of Sharia (CPS) has warned the Sokoto State Government not to tamper with the Sultanate Council as it would bring dire consequences. The CPS, while reacting to a bill passed by the House of State said to be aimed at stripping the Sultan of Sokoto of the power to appoint district heads without the permission …

Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Wedding guests feared dead when suicide bomber detonates bomb in Borno city Several guests at a wedding party were feared killed on Saturday when a female suicide bomber detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Gwoza town, Borno State.Read more 2. Nigerian naira tumbles, joins cedi, pound as …

Several guests at a wedding party were feared killed on Saturday when a female suicide bomber detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Gwoza town, Borno State. Many others also suffered serious injuries at the wedding venue in Tashan Mararaba in Gwoza town. One of the survivors told reporters that the bomber stormed the venue carrying a baby on his …

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 …