•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...
Two former federal lawmakers, Senator Andrew Uchendu and Honourable Dachung Bagos, have faulted the federal government’s reduction of electricity subsidy. They argued that the timing was wrong. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Wednesday, announced an increment in electricity tariff for Band A customers. It explained tha...
Road contractors are in for a tough time as the price of bitumen, a major component used in the production of asphalt, soared by 150 percent within a period of seven months, between August 2023 and March 2024. Investigation by this paper showed that 20 tons of bitumen, which was sold at N854,375 in August […]
•Ben Obi Chief Ben Obi served as the Political Adviser in the office of former National Security Adviser, General Aliyu Gusau. He also served as the Presidential Adviser on inter-party affairs to President Goodluck Jonathan. A People’s Democratic Party, PDP, leader, Obi, in this interview with Vanguard, discusses the state of the nation and hi...
A Benue man, Tersugh Aondona, is preparing to marry three women simultaneously this evening. The wedding is slated for today Wednesday, January 31, at Lante Kukwagh Comprehensive Secondary School in Jato-Aka, Kwande Local Government Area, reports The Nation. The invite lists the brides as Blessing, Nancy, and Sulumshima, with festivities comme...
•Sokoto Governor Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto State governor, Ahmad Aliyu, has decried the spate of insecurity, stating that it was unbecoming for farmers to seek permission before accessing their farms. Aliyu stated this yesterday in Abuja, when he paid a courtesy call on the Ministers of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari and Abdullahi Sabi...
In Nigeria, falling sick can be challenging in normal times but seeking treatment is currently a double blow as the financial implication has become increasingly unbearable for many Nigerians. The cost of basic drugs, such as antibiotics, analgesics, anti-diabetics, and key medications for chronic conditions, has doubled, tripled, or even quad...
The internet went into a frenzy late yesterday over the news that one man held a joint baby shower for five different women after getting them all pregnant at the same time. Lizzy Ashliegh, a 29-year-old Brooklyn musician, took to TikTok to make the startling revelation about the unconventional event, at which she was one […]
•Wike The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, yesterday, visited the National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Victor Giadom, raising speculation of another round of political realignment. Wike, who arrived in Port Harcourt, was hosted by Giadom in Bera, his country home in Gokana Local GovÂernment Area...
Una kukuma remember say, as Keresimasi near last year, na so all dose Lagos sisi dem dey come dey rush me make I do Keresimasi for dem. Even all di sisi wey no dey greet me for our street for Abule Egba, if dem see me dat time, dem go first smile, den dobale, and […]