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The naira on Wednesday exchanged at 461.90 to the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window. The figure represented a decrease of 0.09 per cent, compared with the 461.50 it exchanged on Tuesday. The open indicative rate closed at N460.25 to the dollar on Wednesday. An exchange rate of N462 to the dollar was the … [Read more…]
…North-West, South-West top zones A breakdown of the 93.469 million voters shows that the 20 states of the North have 50,161,722 voters while the South has 43,305,286 votes Among the six geo-political zones, the North-West has the highest number of voters with 22,255,562 voters. It is followed by South-West which has 17,958,966 and North-Central including … [Read more…]
The meeting which is coming about five weeks before the presidential election is to discuss areas of future potential collaboration between both countries. Less than two months to the February 25 presidential election, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday held a strategic meeting with the British government. Atiku, … [Read more…]
President Muhammadu Buhari has given an assurance that he will reposition the nation’s economy as well as improve on security across the nation before the end of his eight-year tenure. According to him, the gains recorded in security will be further consolidated, and more attention will be given to the economy, before handing over on … [Read more…]
The Federal Government, FG, has proposed to spend over N30 billion on the installation of Acoustal Sensing Security surveillance system for the Abuja (IDU)-Kaduna railway, including other items in the 2023 budget. Other items include: completion of the Abuja-Kaduna railway; completion of the Lagos-Ibadan and its associated additional works; rehabilitation of Itakpe-Ajaokuta rail line and … [Read more…]
THE Federal Ministry of Water Resources to spend N12, 905, 656 on implementation of Water Resource Master Plan out of N179,873,461,012 allocated to the Ministry’s headquarters from the 2023 budgetary allocation of N242, 221, 862, 674 for the entire Ministry, Departments and Agencies, MDAs. Also the Ministry is to spend N15 million for identification of … [Read more…]
The Nigerian passport has fallen by 38 places in a global passport ranking in the last 17 years. This is according to the Henley Passport Index reports between 2006 and 2022 collated by The reporters The Henley Passport Index ranks passports according to the number of countries their holders can access visa-free or with a … [Read more…]
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has said that to address the brain drain in the sector, the federal government is setting up a mechanism to engage Nigerian doctors and nurses in the diaspora and connect them with universities and hospitals in the country. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday at the 17th edition of the … [Read more…]
The African Bar Association, AFBA, yesterday flayed plot by the Department of State Service, DSS, to arrest governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, for alleged terrorism financing. The regional legal body, in a statement, said though it does not meddle or interfere in the local governance and political issues of … [Read more…]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited is selling Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, at a loss because of its mandate from the Federal Government as regards PMS subsidy, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, said on Monday. Sylva’s remarks came as oil marketers stated that the supply hitches in the … [Read more…]
The Federal Government has insisted that no threat from any quarter can stop the conduct of the 2023 general election, which is just over a month away. The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the government position clear while responding to claim by the Independent National Electoral Commission that the elections might not be … [Read more…]
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi says he is running for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as a Nigerian. Obi said he is not contesting to support the agitation of the sovereign state of Biafra which is popular among some sections of the South East region. … [Read more…]