The naira appreciated to 1,339.33/$ at the close of trading on the official window on Monday, gaining 9.68 per cent over Friday’s 1,482.81/$. According to FMDQ data, which houses the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, the daily turnover dropped to $180.80m from $556.25m on Friday, indicating a 67.50 per cent decline. At the official […]
The UK Home Office has been faulted for the death of a Sri Lankan man identified as Sudharsan Ithayachandran after he was deported to his home country. The 41-year-old, who admitted to the use of false documents and working illegally at a British multinational retailer -Tesco, was sent packing from the UK on December […]
A Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu on Monday, May 27, ordered the commissioner of police in Kano to immediately evacuate Aminu Bayero from the Nasarawa palace where he is presently staying. According to TheNation, the court issued an interim injunction restraining Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero and four other […]
The Imo State Police Commissioner, Mr Aboki Danjuma, has ordered the reduction in rank of an Inspector as a disciplinary measure for extorting money from motorists. The action of the Imo state police Boss was in response to a viral video making the rounds on social media where a police officer was seen extorting […]
Two persons were on Monday morning feared killed and many others injured as commercial motorcyclists attacked the Ipaja police station. Some of the irate commercial motorcyclists have been arrested with a locally-made pistol recovered from one of them. The attack on the police station created serious panic following sporadic gunshots, which sent residents and […]
After over a week siege on the popular Banex Plaza in Wuse 2 area of Abuja, the military has reopened the market for business. Daily Trust’s correspondent who visited the market on Monday evening learnt that the plaza resumed operations around 2:30pm. Recall that the market was sealed by military authorities on May 18, […]
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, says he will only be part of a merger of political parties if it is geared towards making Nigeria better. Speaking in an interview with NoireTV-GlobalBlackTV, Obi said he is not interested in the merger of parties merely for the purpose […]
Russia will remove the Taliban from a list of banned terrorist organisations, three years after they returned to power in Afghanistan, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency said Monday. Moscow has for years fostered relations with the Taliban, holding multiple rounds of talks and boosting trade with Afghanistan despite international sanctions. “Kazakhstan has recently […]
A Nigerian-American man, Yomi Faparusi, has announced his candidacy for the U.S. Congress to represent Tennessee’s 5th District in the upcoming elections. The election is scheduled for November 5, 2024. Faparusi shared his aspirations during a virtual meeting with reporters over the weekend. He said his election victory will inspire future generations and serve as […]
By Pascal Ibe A claim is currently trending in many WhatsApp groups that Catholic priest named Fr Jude Obasi, who from Afikpo in Ebonyi State, wedded his long time lover on May 25,2024 (last Saturday). Shared in many WhatsApp groups on Monday with a photo, the writer stated, “This is Reverend Father Jude Obasi who […]
