•Media clampdown The wave of abduction of journalists that continues to grow under a so-called democratic government has no doubt become a point of concern for media practitioners who now have to worry about their safety as they discharge their duties. The concerns are not only for reporters, editors and every media practitioner but also [&hel...
Licensed Bureau De’Change operators have expressed support for government’s crackdown on persons selling and buying foreign currencies on the streets. President of the Association of Bureau De’Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) Aminu Gwadabe, advised that the ongoing raids and arrests of such traders should not be misconstrued, reports The Na...
The naira yesterday slid further at the parallel market in spite of the clampdown the federal government ordered on foreign exchange market speculators. Bureau De Change (BDC) hubs were raided in Abuja, Lagos and Kano and some operators were arrested, reports Daily Trust. Despite the raids, however, the naira plunged further with a dollar exch...
•Police Daredevil kidnappers have continued to unleash terror on citizens in different parts of the country in defiance of security arrangements put in place to tackle the issue of abduction for ransom, which has lately assumed the level of commercial transactions. For instance, three riot police inspectors were kidnapped on Friday evening in ...