Meanwhile, at the Investor’s and Exporter’s (I&E) window, the Naira traded between ₦1,699 and ₦1,550 against the dollar. The Naira on Wednesday depreciated at ...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the application by the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Telcom Satellite Television Service (TSTV), Dr Bright Echefu seeking to stop the Inspector General of Police (IGP) from investigating him on an alleged N2 billion fraud. Justice Inyang Ekwo on Wednesday dismissed the application for being frivolous and lacking in merit as the ...

The Niger state Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) said it has so far rescued 150 out of about 300 passengers involved in a boat mishap in Gabjibo community of Mokwa Local Government Area of the state. The Director -General of NSEMA, Alhaji Abdullahi Baba-Arah, made this known in a statement in Minna on Wednesday,October 2. ”The boat mishap occurred last night Oct. 1, around 8:30 pm on the ...

The Federal Government under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has unveiled new tax regulations aimed at reducing the tax burden on the manufacturing sector and small businesses. This was disclosed in the “Deduction of Tax at Source (Withholding) Regulations, 2024,” signed by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, on Wednesday, October 2, 2024. “The ...

The Borno State government has disclosed that six public schools were still inaccessible and can’t be used for learning following the devastating flood that ravaged Maiduguri and its environs last month. The Commissioner for Education, Science Technology and Innovation, Engr Lawan Abba Wakilbe, disclosed this while receiving a donation from NGOs, the Center for Advocacy, Transparency and ...

I know you might be reluctant, but have you reflected upon Independence Day? Have you given thanks for witnessing it? Thanks that you have survived to witness it? That all the things that could have swallowed you in this country haven’t yet managed to do so? When you think of Independence Day now, in this time, in this clime, what exactly do you feel? Hope? Excitement? Despair? Or rage? What ...