A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that an official of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mrs. Tosin Comfort Olagunju be remanded in Suleja prison (Niger State) pending the hearing of her bail application scheduled for October 9. Justice Binta Nyako issued the order for Mrs. Olagunju’s remand in prison on […]
Lagos State Government today announced that the total number of deaths recorded in the ongoing cholera outbreak has climbed to 29, saying that these were from the 579 patients that were attended to in various healthcare facilities in the state, including General and Private hospitals as well as primary healthcare centres. The State Commissione...
The Health Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Fahd al-Jalajel, has disclosed that 1,301 pilgrims died during the 2024 hajj. Speaking on the state television, Jalajel said 83 percent of the deceased made the pilgrimage without the necessary permits. Al-Jalajel said these unauthorized pilgrims walked long distances under the intense sun. “...
The average price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, shot up by 223.21 per cent to approximately ₦770 per litre in May 2024 from ₦238.11 per litre recorded in the corresponding period of 2023, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The statistics bureau disclosed this in its report, […]
•Naira and Dollar For the umpteenth time, Nigerian currency Naira yesterday depreciated at the official market, trading at N1,300.15 to the Dollar. Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ Exchange, a platform that oversees the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM), revealed that the Naira lost N65.66, reports Nigerian...
•Naira and Dollar The naira depreciated in its value against the United States dollar to N1,234 at the official foreign exchange market yesterday, according to data obtained from the FMDQ securities exchange. The exchange rate means the naira fell by N65 or 5.26 per cent from N1,169.99/$1 recorded on Friday, reports The PUNCH. The local [&hell...
The naira depreciated to N1,534 per US dollar in the official foreign exchange market yesterday, February 12, 2024 from N1, 469.97/US$ on Friday and N1,479.47/US$ on Thursday last week. Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate for the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) fell below that of the unofficial market, reports Nige...
•Forex The naira fell to an all-time low of N1348.63/$ on the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market yesterday. This signifies a 51.21 per cent fall from the N891.90/$ the national currency closed last Friday at the official market, according to data from the FMDQ Securities Exchange, reports The PUNCH. Yesterday’s official rate is the wo...
The naira yesterday depreciated to N1,240 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,235 per dollar on Wednesday. However, the naira appreciated to N895.23 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM), thus widening the gap between the official and parallel market exchange rates to N344.77 per dollar yesterday from N199.88 per dol...
An officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has died as a result of the bombing of three power transmission towers by terrorists along Maiduguri-Damaturu, the Transmission Company of Nigeria announced yesterday. The General Manager of Public Affairs, TCN, Ndidi Mbah, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja, adding that the...

