The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has approved an increase in the import duty rate by 43 percent. Importers and stakeholders in trading woke up on Friday to find the increase in the exchange rate, which before now was set at N951.842 per $1 as of December 2024, taken up to N1356.42. Reacting to the…
Fuji maestro, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, popularly known by his stage name, K1 De Ultimate, has told President Bola Tinubu that Nigerians are suffering and angry with his government due to the current poor state of the economy. K1 said this in a video recording that surfaced on Thursday during one of his recent stage performances….
The Imo State Police Command has set up an investigation team following Wednesday’s pipeline explosion which killed five persons at Obitti community in the Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of the state. The command spokesperson, Henry Okoye, said the state Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, had launched a probe into the incident which claimed the lives…
A Delta State House of Assembly candidate, Harrison Gwamnishu, has alleged that three officers of the Rivers State Police Command arrested for kidnapping a man recently were yet to be prosecuted. The officers, ASP Doubara Edonyabo, ASP Talent Mungo, and Inspector Odey Michael, had kidnapped the man in Aba, Abia State, took him to Bayelsa…
The Imo State Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, has increased police presence in the Owerri West Local Government Area of the state. This is to curb the upsurge in violent crimes like kidnappings, rape, and murder in a forest spanning across the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nekede, Ihiagwa, Avu, and Obinze communities, all in…
Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, has charged private sector players to support government efforts in tackling rising societal ills by investing in children and education. This is as the governor’s smart school initiative received a boost with a donation of sets of school uniforms and other educational materials worth millions of naira from First Choice…
Abia State Governor Alex Otti has said his administration would look into issues confronting Abia State University, Uturu (ABSU), to tackle its challenges. He spoke when he met the delegation of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) ABSU chapter, led by the Zonal Coordinator, ASUU National, Calabar Zone, Dr. Happiness Uduak. The governor, noting that…
Governor Alex Otti has expressed the full commitment of his administration to fighting poverty in Abia State, saying that since inception eight months ago all its policies and programmes were geared towards winning the battle. He made the promise at a meeting with a delegation of the European Union(EU) along with representatives of the International…
Former Peoples Democratic Party Deputy National Chairman, Chief Olabode George, has appealed to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to shelve his 2027 presidential ambition and allow younger Nigerians to run. George made this appeal in an interview on Arise Television on Thursday. According to George, Atiku would be 81 years old in 2027, and he…
A Non-governmental Organisation, Peace in South East Project (PISE-P) has disclosed that in collaboration with Neuo mobile communication and technology limited, it will partner with google, amazon, microsoft for the development of the south east region and the nation as a whole. PISE-P is an initiative of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives,…
