Nigeria’s external reserves shed $2.16 billion in the past month, falling to a seven-year low of $32.29 billion on April 15, 2024, from $34.45 billion on March 18, 2024, according to CBN data. A recent Bloomberg report suggested that Nigeria is burning through its foreign exchange reserves at a rate not seen in four years, […]
A former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, was yesterday arrested and taken into custody by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over its ongoing probe on the botched Nigeria Air project, Daily Trust reports. Apart from the project, Sirika was still being grilled at the time of filing this report last night over alleged […]
Bauchi Field Office of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has commended the crop of Journalists who are engaged in working with it for the good of the woman and child. The commendation was made by the Chief of Field of UNICEF, Bauchi, Dr Tushar Rane during a media parley held at the Conference Hall […]
In a courageous act, the family of a bride-to-be and a group of passengers thwarted a kidnapping attempt by killing a terrorist in Zamfara State. PRNigeria reports that the incident unfolded when the family of the bride-to-be and other travellers were ambushed by bandits along the Talata Mafara-Gusau highway. The bride’s family had embarked on a journey […]
The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr.Ola Olukoyede, insisted yesterday that the anti-graft agency would do everything humanly possible to bring the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to account for his tenure in office. Olukoyede, who briefed the media in Abuja, said Yahaya Bello was using some antics to try […]
Jamal Murray fired the game-winner at the buzzer as the NBA champion Denver Nuggets erased a 20-point deficit to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 101-99 on Monday and take a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference playoff series. The drama in Denver followed a scintillating comeback by the New York Knicks, who scored eight points in the final half-minute […]
Kai Havertz and Ben White scored twice as Arsenal condemned Chelsea to a 5-0 defeat on Tuesday as they surge ahead in the Premier League title race and ramp up the pressure on Liverpool and Manchester City. Leandro Trossard was also on target for the Gunners, who move three points clear of Liverpool and four of […]
Lead British International School Abuja, which has been in the eye of the storm over viral videos of bullying involving some of its students, has been shut for three days. The shutdown order was issued on Tuesday by the Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye. The Public Relations Officer of the FCT Education Secretariat, Kabiru […]
Oil marketers have continued to dispense Automotive Gas Oil, popularly called diesel, at a price between N1,350/litre and N1,450/litre in various locations across the country despite repeated cuts in the price of the commodity by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. Although they attributed the high pump price of AGO to transportation costs, taxes and old stock […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Tuesday, urged Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Abuja to deny the bail application of the detained Binance Holdings Limited executive, Tigran Gambaryan. The anti-graft agency said it was too risky to admit the foreigner to bail, noting the escape of his co-defendant, Nadeem Anjarwalla, from […]
