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Mrs Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, MD of Fidelity Bank In recognition of Fidelity Bank PLC’s commitment to fostering bilateral trade and economic development between the city of Houston, Texas and Nigeria, the City of Houston has designated October 25 as “Fidelity International Trade and Creative Connect Day”. Mayor Sylvester Turner of Houston officially declared the special day in a statement released from …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed a top prosecutor for the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Rotimi Oyedepo, and six others as new aides. The new appointees have been deployed to the Federal Ministry of Justice, Abuja. They are meant to function under the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi. The new appointees include: 1. …

The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the face-off between Super Falcons and the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) on Wednesday re-invited the federation’s president, Ibrahim Gusau, over the non-payment of the players’ allowance. The team had threatened to boycott the just concluded Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand over non-payment of camp allowance by the NFF. The …

The Naira exchanged for N773.42 to the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window on Wednesday. This indicated that the Nigerian currency depreciated by 0.35 percent compared with N770.72 to dollar recorded at the investors and exporters window on Tuesday. The open indicative rate closed at N781.49 to the dollar on Wednesday.READ ALSO: NNPC secures $3bn Afreximbank loan to strengthen …

The Ogun State Police Command, on Sunday, said two minors have been arrested for allegedly setting their school in Isheri-Olofin area of Ifo Local Government Area of the state on fire. The spokesperson for the command, Omolola Odutola, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said the minors gained access into the school, gathered books left behind by the …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Sunday, alleged that the love for foreign goods by government official is the major reason for the continous decline of the Nigerian currency, naira against the dollar and other major foreign currencies. While lamenting the devastating impact of the forex crisis on the economy, labour congress demanded urgent stabilisation of the naira. The NLC …

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Friday the state government was considering the reintroduction of the monthly environmental sanitation in the state. The governor, who disclosed this to journalists shortly after he monitored the clean-up exercise along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, said there was a need to reintroduce the monthly environmental sanitation because of the infringement on the environment. …

A medical doctor has been arrested by police operatives over the disappearance of three children from Benue State. Police operatives arrested the suspect in Rivers following an alert on the missing children. The spokesperson for the Benue State police command, Sewuese Anene, said in a statement on Sunday in Makurdi that the children were found in the doctor’s custody in …

The Minister of Information, Alhaji Mohammed Idris Malagi has called on Media professionals to collaborate with his Ministry and the government for the betterment of society. Malagi made the call while receiving Executive committee(Exco) members of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), led by its President, Maureen Chigbo, in Abuja on Tuesday. The Minister also urged online publishers to …

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, gave an eight-month ultimatum for the completion of rehabilitation work on the Abuja light rail. He gave the ultimatum during an inspection of the Abuja Metro Station in Idu and the Airport Station. The visit was the minister’s first assignment outside the office since inauguration. The former Rivers …