•An oil refinery warehouse Officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and operatives of security personnel today Thursday, November 30, uncovered an illegal oil refining warehouse in Mabushi, opposite the Mobile filling station on Ahmadu Bello way in Abuja. The Director of the Department of Development Control, FCTA, Mukh...
•Late Taiwo Oyekanmi The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, said those behind yesterday’s murder of the Director of Finance in Governor Dapo Abiodun’s office, Mr. Taiwo Oyekanmi, are in-house. Oyekanmi was gunned down while returning from the bank where he had taken a bullion van to withdraw some funds for the state. In [&hell...
•Safina Namukwaya A 70-year-old Ugandan woman, Safina Namukwaya, has delivered a set of twins – a boy and a girl, after becoming pregnant through an In vitro fertilisation treatment, reports BBC. Namukwaya went through a successful caesarean delivery on Wednesday at the Women’s Hospital International and Fertility Centre in the Ugandan capital...
•Aduku The Chairman, Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), Arch Gabriel Aduku, has said that States governors should have nothing to do with the 13 percent derivation revenue accruing from oil producing states in the country. Aduku was an elected member of the General Sani Abacha’s Constitutional Conference between 1994 to 1995 where he was the cha...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has passed the N27.5 trillion 2024 budget for a second reading. The House leader, Julius Ihonvbere, today, November 30, while leading the debate on the general principles of the budget, commended President Bola Tinubu. Ihonvbere noted that national security and education which got signific...
In the ranking table on the website of the world football governing body today, the Eagles dropped 16.04 points to rank 1474.44 points as against 1490.48 in October. The ranking took into consideration FIFA World Cup qualifiers that took place in African countries as well as in Asia and South America. Here are the top […]
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) has rejected over 30,000 applicants who applied as cadets of the 75th Regular Course of the prestigious military institution. NDA Commandant, Major General John Ochai, who made the disclosure at the matriculation of 441 cadets into the various degree programmes as members of the 75th Regular Course of the NDA...
The Ondo State House of Assembly and its Speaker has withdrawn its appeal filed before the Court of Appeal, Abuja, against the ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which stopped the planned impeachment of the Ondo State deputy governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The Ondo State House of Assembly and its Speaker had challenged the jurisdiction [&hel...
1. Introduction Recent developments in the foreign exchange market in particular, and the overall economy in general, have prompted my writing this article on how to reduce the volatility in the value of the Naira. Exchange rate fluctuations rather than its level, cause more uncertainty in the market place. If exchange rate is stable, business...
•Olofin and Oba Ewuare II The Olofin of Isheri and Adimula of Awori Kingdom, Oba Sulaimon Bamgbade, today said the Aworis were the first settlers in Lagos. Bamgbade urged the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, to retrace the origin of the Benin Kingdom to Ile Ife, like the Aworis have always done, reports The […]

