•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/$. Some Bureau de [&h...
•Wabara A former Senate President and Chairman, Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Adolphus Wabara, has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s recent directive for the abolition of Treasury Single Account, TSA, and introduction of Sub-Recurrent Account, SRA. It will be recalled that the Ministry of Finance had on Decembe...
The federal government has released a total of 64 inmates from the various Custodial Centres in Edo State as part of its efforts to decongest Custodial Centres in Nigeria and to give indigent convicted inmates a second chance to turn a new leaf. This was contained in a statement made available to journalists in Benin, […]
•Luis Diaz Colombia’s ELN guerrilla group today freed the father of Liverpool footballer Luis Diaz, 12 days after kidnapping him, according to live TV footage. After being handed over by the rebels to a humanitarian mission, Luis Manuel Diaz arrived by helicopter in the northeastern city of Valledupar, some 90 kilometers (56 miles) from his [&...
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) today urged Nigerians to disregard messages on free registration of business names and companies. The Nigerian Companies Registry issued this warning in a statement on X (formerly Twitter) and said such messages would never come from them. “Please, disregard any SMS or WhatsApp message asking you to enrol...
The naira crashed against the dollar yesterday, falling to 1, 030/$ on the average in the parallel market, losing the momentum it gathered last week. This represents a N80 loss or a 8.42 per cent decline of the local currency compared to the N950 it closed the week at last Friday, reports The PUNCH. This […]
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