Olayemi Cardoso, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, has revealed that the country’s external reserve increased to $36.89 billion as of July 16 2024 amid the banks’ policy interventions. Cardoso disclosed this on Friday in Abuja during an engagement with the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions. He noted that…
Popular Nigerian social media influencer Flag Boy was arrested on Monday, July 8, while protesting against hunger in Abuja. Flag Boy was seen in a video walking through the streets of Abuja, chanting “Hunger dey.” Shortly before his arrest, he shared another video from the police station, alerting the public about his situation and expressing…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has donated N10 million to Grimard College of Nursing Sciences, Anyigba, Kogi State. Obi said the money should be used for the training of nurses, who he said, are at the centre of primary healthcare delivery in the nation. Speaking on Monday, Obi stated that Nigeria…
According to a report by Punch, Nigerians have lamented as price of petrol skyrocketed to N1,100/litre. This has resulted in queues for Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol in Abuja, Lagos and other regions across the country. As motorists spend hours in queues at the few filling stations that dispensed the product, black marketers used…
A Nigerian man, Shuaibu Alhaji Yushau, has been sent for mental evaluation at the Social Development Secretariat (SDS). This comes after the middle-aged man climbed a high broadband mast at Aso Radio in Katampe, Abuja, in an apparent attempt to take his own life. Yushau, who was taken into custody by the Federal Capital Territory…
ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the spokesperson of the Nigerian Police Force, has slammed a Nigerian X user. The Force PRO, on Saturday, replied the X user who said Nigeria is a useless country. Displeased by the comment, Adejobi responded by saying that the Nigeria he knows is not useless but is only passing through a phase…
The Federal Government has announced plans to send the first Nigerian to space The Director General of the National Space Research and Development Agency, Dr. Matthew Adepoju, announced this during a briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Space Exploration and Research Agency (SERA) to facilitate…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a fresh application from the detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, who is facing a drug trafficking charge, filed to be released on bail, pending the conclusion of his trial. The court, in a ruling that was delivered by Justice Emeka Nwite, on Wednesday, held that…
President Bola Tinubu has called on Nigerians to tackle banditry and terrorism. He said that was the easiest way to end poverty and suffering in the country. This is because the president said that Nigerians are not the only ones facing poverty in the world. He explained that one way to tackle them is to…
MultiChoice, owners of DStv and GOtv, has readjusted its subscription prices for DStv and GOtv. The company reverted to the old subscription prices following a court order mandating the pay television company to halt its move to hike prices. The readjustment has been reflected on the company’s apps according to checks on Sunday, June 16,…
Nigerian activist, Omoyele Sowore has reacted to President Bola Tinubu’s slip at Eagles Square. The 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, described Tinubu’s slip as a great fall. Posting on X, the activist wrote: “Tinubu’s Great Fall In Abuja.” See Post Below; On Wednesday, Tinubu slipped at the Eagles Square, venue of…
Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has said anyone can fall. He was reacting to a trending video of President Bola Tinubu falling at the Eagles Square in Abuja. Sani recalled that the United States, US, President, Joe Biden; and former President of Cuba, Fidel Castro, all suffered the same fate. Posting on X, the…
President Bola Tinubu has begged Nigerians to be patient with him while admitting that his reforms have created hardship for Nigerians. He stated this in a national broadcast to commemorate 2024 Democracy Day and the 25th year of uninterrupted democratic rule in the country. He said that as a beneficiary of the historic efforts of…
Nigerians have marked June 12 Democracy Day celebration differently by protesting on Wednesday. Some aggrieved Nigerians took to the streets of Lagos to protest hunger. The aggrieved Nigerians took to the streets to protest against hunger and economic hardship. In Lagos State, some protesters who gathered in Ikeja said it’s time for President Bola Tinubu’s…
The organised labour movement has debunked claims by President Bola Tinubu during his Democracy Day broadcast that they have reached an agreement on the new national minimum wage. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), led by Acting President, Prince Adewale Adeyanju, insists that the negotiations concluded on Friday, June 7, did not yield a consensual decision….
The organised labour has rejected N62,000 offered by the federal government. This is because it has maintained that it will not accept the N100,000 “starvation wage” as the minimum wage for Nigerian workers. It insisted on N250,000, being its latest demand at the last meeting of the Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage on Friday, as…
Doyin Okupe, a former presidential spokesman, has said state governors should decide the new minimum wage they can pay to workers. Okupe faulted the National Minimum Wage Act which mandates governors to pay a uniform minimum wage to the workers in their various states. Featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, Okupe said: “We should not…
The decision still needs approval of the president. The Nigerian Senate has passed a bill seeking the upward review of salaries, allowances and other fringe benefits of judicial officers in the country. This bill, which was passed on Wednesday, follows the adoption of the report of the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters…
The Nigerian Senate has passed a bill to establish the National Animal Husbandry and Ranches Commission after a heated debate on Wednesday. The bill, sponsored by Senator Titus Tartenger Zam representing Benue North West was meant to control and regulate cattle rearing ranching business across the country. Explaining the general principles of the bill, Zam…
Nollywood actress turned movie producer, Toyin Abraham, has opened up on the plans President Bola Tinubu shared with her after their last meeting in 2023. It can be recalled that Toyin, who is also known as ‘Asiwaju Baby’, paid a courtesy visit to Tinubu and Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu as she shared photos via…
