•A pregnant woman Some residents of Lagos have decried the non-implementation of the state government’s free antenatal and child delivery services at some General Hospitals and Primary Healthcare Centres in the state. The residents spoke in separate interviews with our correspondents yesterday in Lagos, reports NAN. Lagos State Governor, Babaj...
The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, has directed operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the Nigeria Customs Service and the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit, to clamp down on forex market speculators. This, he said, is part of efforts to safeguard Nigeria’s foreign exchange market and c...
•Falana ActivÂist-lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has asked the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to comÂpel the federal government, the 36 states of the federation and Abuja to provide free and compulsory education up to junior secondary school level. Falana and his co-plaintiff/apÂplicant, Hauwa Mustapha, filed the suit marked FHC/L/CS/142/2024...
•Governor Oyebanji pays visit to rescued pupils at hospital Despite warnings by the federal government against crowd-funding for ransoms, the practice has continued to gain ground with the abductees and their families raising funds from relatives, friends, and social media to secure the release of kidnapped victims. Families of abductees told ...
•Yemi Cardoso The Senate today Wednesday, January 31, summoned the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Olayemi Cardoso, to appear before it on Tuesday next week over the state of the economy and free fall of the Naira. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance, and Other Financial Institutions, Senator […...
•Lucky Aiyedatiwa The All Progressives Congress (APC) has ruled out an automatic ticket for Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa ahead of the November 16, 2024 governorship poll in Ondo State. APC national spokesman, Felix Morka, made this known on Channels Television last night. According to him, the ruling party is democratic and everyone who desires n...
The naira is currently trading above N1,300/$ on the Peer-to-Peer cryptocurrency window today. This is as many traders on the parallel market confirmed that the national currency is trading close to N1,300 in that segment of the market, reports The PUNCH. On the Binance platform, the naira is currently quoted above N1,300/$. Some Bureau de [&h...
•Wabara A former Senate President and Chairman, Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Adolphus Wabara, has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s recent directive for the abolition of Treasury Single Account, TSA, and introduction of Sub-Recurrent Account, SRA. It will be recalled that the Ministry of Finance had on Decembe...
The federal government has released a total of 64 inmates from the various Custodial Centres in Edo State as part of its efforts to decongest Custodial Centres in Nigeria and to give indigent convicted inmates a second chance to turn a new leaf. This was contained in a statement made available to journalists in Benin, […]
•Luis Diaz Colombia’s ELN guerrilla group today freed the father of Liverpool footballer Luis Diaz, 12 days after kidnapping him, according to live TV footage. After being handed over by the rebels to a humanitarian mission, Luis Manuel Diaz arrived by helicopter in the northeastern city of Valledupar, some 90 kilometers (56 miles) from his [&...

