The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has weakened the local currency for the third time in 2020, while striving to curb dollar demand in the face of feeble inflows of foreign currencies into the Nigerian economy. It modified the rate at which bureaux de change could sell the naira by 1.56% to 392 per dollar …
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Reactions have continued to trail the reported killing of 43 farmers by members of the dreaded Boko Haram terrorist sect in Borno State, on Saturday as prominent Nigerians expressed mixed feelings over the unfortunate incident. The insurgents were said to have slit the throats of the farmers on their rice farms during an attack on …
A former Governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shehu Shema, has denied he is set to defect to the All Progressives Party (APC). Shema stated this while speaking with journalists in Katsina, after the inauguration of the state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caucus and Elders Committees. The speculation began after he took a picture with the …
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Former governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, has advised the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to immediately change its strategy in dealing with insecurity in Nigeria. Duke speaking on Channels TV on Sunday was reacting to the recent killing of farmers in Borno State and the general insecurity across the country. The former governor emphasized …
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In a joint security operation between Vigilante group members in, Operation Safe haven DSS, and Nigeria police force in kanam local government yielded fruit with the arrest of following Kidnapping suspects and exhibit namely Abdullahi ABUBAKAR 37YRS RABIU AMADU 35YRS AND AKILU ZUBAIRU 32YRS ITEMS RECOVERED FROM THE SUSPECTS WERE ONE AK 47 RIFLE, ONE …
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As Nigerians prepare for the World AIDS Day, commercial sex workers in Sokoto say they have adopted the principle of “no condom, no sex” as part of efforts to protect themselves from contracting HIV virus. The sex workers told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews on Monday in Sokoto that the measure …
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Experts announced on Monday that “Corona-Pandemie’’ (coronavirus pandemic) has been selected as the German language’s Word of the Year for 2020. The Association for the German Language (GfdS) said in keeping with the theme, the word `lockdown’ got second place. A jury of linguists analysed media entries and other submissions to pick the terms that …
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A 52 year old man,Cyprian Mbe who is alleged to be involved in arms dealing and promotion of various native wars in Cross River was over the weekend arrested by the police. The Commisioner of Police , Abdulkadir Jimoh while briefing newsmen on Monday in Calabar disclosed that the suspect has been a gun runner …
President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan is leading a federal government delegation to Maiduguri, Borno State on a condolence visit over the killing of farmers at the weekend by terrorists. According to a statement Monday in Abuja by his Special Adviser, Media, Ola Awoniyi, the President of the Senate left for Maiduguri today, midday. …
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The Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Monday said Nigeria is currently at the mercy of terrorists because the country is being denied access to acquire needed weapons to fight the insurgents despite efforts to do so. The Minister who lamented the killings of 43 farmers in Zabarmari, Jere Local Government Area …
Nigerians continue to count their losses as a result of killings across various geopolitical zones, the perceived inaction of President Muhammadu Buhari seems to be generating a lot of controversies and even more source of worry for the citizen. Should people be worried? In this episode of #LetsTalk, Opeyemi sampled the opinions of the former …
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Sunday said the legislature would support the Nigerian armed forces with budgetary allocations in the wake of the killings and insecurity in the country, even though the military has not justified previous funds. The Speaker, who kept mum on the nationwide outcry for the change …