As of October 21, 2024, the exchange rate for the US dollar (USD) to Nigerian Naira (NGN) in the parallel market, commonly referred to the black market, has reached N1,730 for 1 USD. This exchange rate is typically obtained from the most recent data provided by Bureau De Change ...

By Solomon Odeniyi The Nigerian Army on Sunday debunked reports circulating in the media that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja, has died. Several reports originating from a social media post by a Nigerian journalist announcing the death of the Army ...

We are now going back to the old ways of living in Africa. No thanks to the excruciating economic conditions Nigerians are facing. Gone are the days when we compete with brands and qualities of toothpaste. Even the least of the toothpastes ...

Despite a previous exemption of the telecom sector from the 5 per cent excise duty approved by former President Muhammadu Buhari, National Assembly has revived the push for its implementation. The National Assembly has proposed a 5 per cent excise duty ...

By Racheal Ayodele Nollywood actress, Regina Daniels’ billionaire husband, Ned Nwoko, has cautioned her about wanting things harder in the bedroom. Screenshots posted on social media revealed a tender exchange between the couple, with Ned ...

By Chris Johnson The United Kingdom has deported 44 Nigerian and Ghanaian asylum seekers, marking the highest number of deportations in a single flight to date, according to a report by the UK Guardian. This deportation ...

As Nigerians grapple with surging petrol prices, now having risen by over 440 percent in Lagos and a staggering 600 percent in the North-East since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (PBAT) took office, the nation stands at a critical juncture. The removal of fuel subsidies, once championed as a step ...

Real estate developer, Cecil Osakwe, has called for reforms in Nigeria’s real estate industry, highlighting the need for regulations, transparency levels and investor trustworthiness.    Osakwe, who pointed out the distinctions between the real estate markets in Nigeria and the United States, ...

A Freedom of Information (FOI) request has been filed with the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited by a Lagos-based legal practitioner, Abdul Ganeey Imran, demanding details on the status of the four government-owned refineries in Nigeria. The FOI request, addressed to ...

By Francis Ugwu Tragedy struck Nibo, a community in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Sunday as not less than 16 persons, mostly youths, were reportedly killed by gunmen. The sad incident happened during the Onwa Asaa ...

Aerial photograph taken at Göbeklitepe in 1994, before the excavations started. Below, Göbeklitepe after archaeological excavations. Source

From Scholastica Hir, Makurdi The Benue State chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has elected new executive officers to steer its affairs for the next three years with Hembadoon Orsar as Chairman. Orsar is the first female journalist to occupy the position of SWAN ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has mandated Vice President Kashim Shettima to proceed and lead Nigeria’s delegation to the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). In a statement on Sunday, Stanley Nwokocha, spokesman of the Vice President, said Shettima would join King Charles of ...

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has declared that he is qualified and old enough to speak for himself on any issue without mincing words. Makinde was reacting to speculations that he was plotting to challenge President Bola Tinubu in 2027. According to him, ...

By Seun Opejobi The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has responded to the rants of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, who claimed that Nigerians have rejected him and the ...

Indications have emerged that some Army generals are lobbying for the position of the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), following reports that current COAS, Lieutenant General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, is on admission at a foreign hospital undergoing treatment for a yet-to-be-disclosed health ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu Former Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has told Atiku Abubakar that the former Vice President has been rejected by Nigerians. Wike said the Adamawa-born politician should pack up and go back to his home ...

By Abdulrazaq Adebayo Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has directed the payment of the new minimum wage starting from October 2024. According to a statement by the state government, the governor approved the payment ...

By Williams Anuku President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja after taking a two-week working leave in the United Kingdom. Tinubu, who arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe ...

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared the winner of all 23 local government chairmanship positions and 255 councilorship seats by the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KAD-SIECOM) in the local government elections held across the state on Saturday. While ...

Thе BRICS bloc (Brаzil, Russiа, Indiа, Chinа, аnd South Africа) officiаlly еmbrаcеd digital currencies, including crypto, for invеstmеnt purposеs. Thе аnnouncеmеnt, mаdе by Russiаn Prеsidеnt Vlаdimir Putin аt thе BRICS Businеss Forum in Moscow on Octobеr 18th, mаrks а significаnt stеp towаrds ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a speech to parliament on Wednesday that North Korea was a de facto participant in the war in Ukraine, siding with Russia. He said that Ukrainian intelligence had found that Pyongyang was transferring not only weapons, but also soldiers to ...

Shamar, one of Nigeria’s fastest-rising music sensations, has released the highly anticipated video for his latest hit, Abena. Blending the soulful rhythms of Afrobeats, pop, Afrofusion, and RnB, Shamar is quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with on the global music stage. Drawing ...

From Fred Ezeh, Abuja Former Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo has suggested that more technology be deployed in the education to prepare the younger generation for the 21st century world of work that’s driven by technology. Prof. Osinbajo’s suggestion was contained in a keynote address he ...

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has kicked against the Saturday local government election in Kaduna State, saying the exercise was not held in the state. Our correspondent reports that skeletal voting commenced in the Tudun Wada area in Kaduna South Local Government Area of the ...

Chijioke Iremeka The World Health Organisation says the Sustainable Development Goals targets are currently in jeopardy due to economic crisis, climate change, multiple emergencies, and the global economic downturn following the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The global health body ...

The Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources and stakeholders in the oil and gas sector have raised concerns about the need to implement the 2021 Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) for economic growth. Nicholas Ella, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, alongside other ...

The Police Command in Lagos State says a man allegedly jumped into a canal and died to avoid arrest in the Ipaja area of the state. The command’s Spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, stated this in the post he shared on his verified X handle @benHundeyin on ...

  The Federal Government’s plans to reduce the price of food commodities through implementation of a zero per cent duty and exemption from value-added tax on selected basic food items are increasingly becoming difficult to achieve. The challenge is underscored by ...

By Matthew Atungwu The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the death of a Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in charge of Ijanikin Police Station, CSP Bolaji Olugbenga. The spokesman for the command, SP Benjamin ...

Within moments of the confirmation that Israeli forces had killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, officials in the United States hailed the killing as an “opportunity” to turn the page on the war and move on to a “day after” for Gaza. While offering no clear vision of what the future of the ...

On Thursday, news that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, 62, had been killed fighting a group of Israeli trainee soldiers who came upon him by chance first began to circulate. On Friday, Hamas confirmed his death while engaged in battle in Tal as-Sultan, Rafah, on Wednesday. The fact that ...

Donald Trump urged a Washington federal judge Thursday not to release some evidence about his attempt to overturn his loss in the 2020 election until after Election Day in the 2024 contest, arguing it would taint his trial and the presidential campaign. Trump’s attorneys made the ...

A yet-to-be-identified man has succumbed to the injuries he sustained after falling into a canal in an attempt to escape arrest by policemen who reportedly labelled him a fraudster in the Ayobo area of Ipaja, Lagos State. City Round gathered that ...

 As part of efforts to combat the increasing effects of climate change and ensure a sustainable environment, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has launched a tree-planting campaign in Zamfara state.The exercise was flagged-off at the premises of Government Girls Day Secondary School ...

A leading legal practitioner in Nigeria, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba SAN, has reiterated his argument that EFCC is not a constitutionally established agency.Agbakoba expressed concerns about the @officialEFCC’s constitutionality and operational effectiveness. He argued that the haste in legislative ...

Kenyan Deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua, has been removed from office marking the first impeachment of a deputy president under the country’s 2010 constitution. Senate Speaker Amason Kingi announced that “senators have this night voted to impeach the deputy president of the ...

  The 2023 governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has commended the state Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for increasing the state’s minimum wage to N85,000. Rhodes-Vivour, however, noted that the new minimum wage is ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last election, Peter Obi has expressed dismay over President Bola Tinubu’s absence from the country amid the economic and other challenges facing the nation. ...

By Ogaga Ariemu Some parts of Kano and Kaduna states have been hit with blackout as vandals destroyed the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN’s two towers. The spokesperson of TCN, Ndidi Mbah disclosed this in a ...

The Nigerian Police Force on Friday said it operatives sized a total of 612 stolen and missing vehicles across the country in September 2024. This was contained in a statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi. According to him, the vehicles were ...

It is not just all about having a savings account and stockpiling money regularly in your bank account that matters, but the ability to grow your money such that the multiplier effect can guarantee you financial stability or independence. It is noteworthy to realise that money is a ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu Nigerian Government has announced the arrival of the first batch of 846,000 doses of the R21 malaria vaccines, from the Vaccine Alliance, Gavi. Also, the Government through the National Primary ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu Former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, has revealed that his monthly earning as a Senator is just N14m. The lawmaker, who represents Abia North in the Senate, disclosed this in an interview on Channels ...

By Lovina Anthony Three, out of the eight corps members from Akwa Ibom State, who were kidnapped in Zamfara State on their way for the mandatory one year national service have recounted their harrowing experiences in their kidnappers’ ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said North Korea is preparing to send 10,000 troops to help Russia’s war on Ukraine, in a sign of deepening military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang. “We know about 10,000 soldiers of North Korea, that they are preparing to send to fight against ...

China has forged closer ties with Russia since the invasion of Ukraine, but it has repeatedly denied supplying weapons. The United States Department of the Treasury has announced sanctions against Chinese makers of drone engines and parts that President Joe Biden’s administration says ...

European Union leaders are to discuss stricter laws to curb migration following a recent surge in support for the extreme right. While the conflicts in Gaza, Lebanon and Ukraine are on the agenda at the summit on Thursday in Brussels, a key topic will be how to deal with irregular migrants ...

The incident is the latest between China and Japan around disputed islands in the East China Sea. China’s coastguard said it ordered a Japanese fishing vessel to leave the country’s territorial waters after it “illegally” entered an area surrounding a disputed group of islands in the ...

Adebayo Adelabu, the minister of power, says grid collapses are almost inevitable in Nigeria given the deplorable state of the country’s power infrastructure. The minister also said there is a need to have power grids in different regions or states to put an end to incessant grid collapses. ...