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Nigerian currency, Naira, appreciated the US dollar in an official window on Thursday. Foreign exchange data of Bank Nigeria (CBN) central bank shows that Naira is closed on N1, 533.73/$ 1 compared to N1, 534.43/$ 1 which is traded on Wednesday. This represents profit N0.70 for local currencies against American Greenback. In the black market, Naira closes flatly against the …

The Popular Party (App) of Action People (App) threatened to boycott the local government’s elections scheduled for August 30th in the State. The president of the party in the state, Sunny Wokekoro, revealed it in an interview with our correspondent Thursday in Port Harcourt. According to him, the decision to boycott the elections is based on a directive of the …

The former candidate for the President of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 general election, Omoyle Sowore, had told how the police team was allegedly by force entering the cell where he was, with a brutal he, broke his right hand and took him to other facilities at the Department of Intelligence Force in Abuja. In a post …

President Bola Tinubu President Bola Tinubu appointed Engr. Abdullahi Garba Ramat as president/CEO of the Commission for the regulation of Nigerian electricity (DEIGN). Engr Ramat, 39, is an electrical engineer and administrator, with a doctorate under strategic management, among other qualifications. President Tinubu also appointed two commissioners for the Nearc, presidential adviser on information and strategies, said Bayo Onanuga in …

The Director General of the National Agency for Administration and Medicine and Medicine Control (Nafdac), Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, has stressed that genetically modified organisms (GMO) in food are not harmful to human health, provided that appropriate safety protocols are strictly observed. Speaking during an interview broadcast television on television channels on Thursday, Prof. Adeyeye clarified broad concerns about GMO, emphasizing …

The former media aide for former Muhammadu Buhari President Lauretta Onochie, has summoned the President of Bola Tinubu, saying he runs Nigeria as a private WhatsApp group after the President’s failure to appoint a replacement for the country’s ambassador two years after taking over his position. In a post that he shared in his X -was grip on Thursday, Onochie, …

Thursday, organizers of the prestigious Ballon d’Or Award, France Football, presented the list of candidates for the 2025 edition of the recognition. The list, selected by famous journalists from all over the world, was published on the platforms and on the official website on social media of the publication. Among the main contenders there are Ousmano Dembele (Paris Saint-Germain), Jude …

The Nigerian police have issued a stern warning to its personnel to the lobby for special promotions, following what is described as an increase in the trend of officers who made unofficial requests to the Inspector General of the Police and the Police Service Commission. In a statement released on Thursday, the public relations officer, Deputy Commissioner of Police Muyiwa …

President Bola Tinubu approved the implementation of pension increases and a minimum pension warranty for retired police officers pursuant to the contribution program (CPS), following the protests of the former ABUJA soldiers. The directive was disclosed in a declaration issued on Wednesday by the special consultant to the president for information and strategies, Bayo Onanuga. According to the declaration, Tinubu …

Chairman of the Bokkos Regional Government Area in the State Plateau, Amalau Samuel Amalau has raised concerns over new attacks by alleged militias on the council, which has caused the murder of a number of people in the last two months. Amalau, who shouted about what he described as a systematic genocide and regulated to his people, asked the state …