Nigeria’s inflation has jumped to 25.80% for August 2023, according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The latest figure is 1.72% points higher than the 24.08% reported in July, the Friday report added. “In August 2023, the headline inflation rate increased toContinue Reading
President Bola Tinubu has nominated Olayemi Cardoso as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This is according to a statement from presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale. Cardoso will replace the Acting Governor of the CBN Folashodun Shonubi if confirmed by the Senate. “President Bola Tinubu has approvedContinue Reading
The new chairman of the Katsina state Police Community Relations Committee congratulating the Patron Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara for his award of excellence presented to him in katsina BY GODWIN OBI The Nigeria Police Service Commission has been advised to always demand for proof of good conduct and character fromContinue Reading
Chief Emenike Nwokeoji …Says era of operating without customs License will soon be Over The National President Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) Mr Emenike Nwokeoji has said that the era of operating without license as a clearing Agent will soon be a thing of the past. Speaking toContinue Reading
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has said that over 200 churches were shut down and 23 pastors killed as a result of frequent attacks by bandits in some parts of Kaduna State within the past four years. The Chairman of the CAN in Kaduna State, Reverend Joseph Hayab, disclosedContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI THE Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Aderemi Adeoye has said that those who sponsor insurgency in the South East live abroad, explaining that they are mostly indigenes of the states in the geopolitical zone. Adeoye, who spoke with reporters in Awka, lamented that those they sponsor giveContinue Reading
The Navies of Benin Republic, Togo and Nigeria have flagged off Operation Safe Domain II, with the theme ‘Enhancing Maritime Security through Collaboration for Regional Prosperity’. The event was held on Monday in Benin Republic. However, the Niger Republic, one of the signatories to the MoU, was absent at theContinue Reading
At least 2,300 people were killed in Libya and thousands more were reported missing after catastrophic flash floods broke river dams and tore through an eastern coastal city, devastating entire neighbourhoods. As global concern spread, multiple nations offered to urgently send aid and rescue teams to help the war-scarred countryContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Naira on Monday lost against the Dollar as it exchanged at N773.50 at the Investors and Exporters window. The local currency depreciated by 7.08 per cent against the N736.62 it exchanged for the dollar on September. 8. The open indicative rate closed at N771.49 to theContinue Reading
The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, Abia, had on Monday sacked the member representing Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency, Ibe Okwara, of the Labour Party (LP). It declared the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Dan Okeke as the winner of the February 25, 2023 National Assembly election in the constituency.Continue Reading