The Naira on Monday appreciated at the official market, trading at N1,607.15 to the dollar. Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ Exchange, a platform that oversees the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, showed that the Naira gained N9.93. This represents a 0.61 per cent gain when compared to the previous trading date on August 2 when it exchanged at N1,617.08 to a dollar. However, the total daily turnover reduced to 77.09 million dollars on Monday, down from 131.55 million dollars recorded on August 2. Meanwhile, at the Investor’s and Exporter’s window, the Naira traded between N1,620.50 and…
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The forthcoming local government elections in Ogun State have been fixed for Saturday, November 16 2024. The Chairman of Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission, Mr Babatunde Osibodu, disclosed this in a statement signed by him and made available to journalists in Abeokuta on Tuesday. Osibodu, according to the statement, said, “Thursday, August 8, 2024, is scheduled for the release of guidelines for the conduct of the elections and stakeholders meeting while campaigns by the political parties begin on Friday, August 9. The political parties are also scheduled to hold their party primaries between Monday, August 26 to Monday, September 9,…
Members of the Ondo State APC Caucus in the House of Representatives on Monday pledged their total support for Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa ahead of the November 16 gubernatorial election in the State. The eight members of the caucus said they have resolved to put the issues of the last primary election behind in order to unite behind the Governor to ensure victory in the governorship election. The caucus, represented by six of the eight members, announced their support during a courtesy visit to the Governor at the Presidential Lodge of the Government House in Akure, the state capital. They…
Ahead of the forth coming gubernatorial election coming up in Ondo State in November 16, 2024, the All Progressives Congress on Monday received new members from the People’s Democratic Party in old Okitipupa division in the Southern Senatorial District of the State. Leading the team of decampees, Mrs Esther Ebiwonjumi noted that they were fully determined to support Governor Aiyedatiwa, noting that he has been doing wel and are ready to work with him and be a part of his success. She added that they are not being forced or coerced to join APC or support Aiyedatiwa but they all…
The Kogi State Government has said that two of its officials are currently at the Economic and Financial Crime Commission Headquarters in Abuja. This was contained in a statement issued on Monday by the state information Commissioner, Kingsley Fanwo, and made available to journalists in Lokoja, the state capital. The statement reads, “Despite not receiving an official invitation, they decided to voluntarily report at the headquarters of the commission in Abuja. “We have not been told the specific details about the allegations against them, but it may not be unconnected to the ongoing investigations regarding some present and former Government…
The Federal Government has said the country will soon overcome its present food shortage and inflation, which has reached 40 per cent, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, stated this on Sunday during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. Kyari revealed that the Bola Tinubu government has measures in place to address the present food inflation and increase food production in the country, saying that the country is expecting a bumper harvest before year-end. The minister added that some of the reasons for the acute food shortage…
#EndBadGovernance protesters have returned to the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Ojota after rejecting N5,000 offered to many would-be demonstrators not to return to the park on Monday. With “Sanwo-Olu is a thief” chorus in the background, a protester speaking with a megaphone said in a video posted on X on Monday. “Make price of garri come down. They came to deceive us with N5,000, but we rejected it. We don’t need their money. We will continue to protest. This is our nation.” Several Lagos residents returned to the streets 24 hours after President Bola Tinubu’s nationwide broadcast calling for…
Akure residents in Ondo have taken to the streets as the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests continue on Monday. President Bola Tinubu’s nationwide broadcast has not assuaged many aggrieved Nigerians. An online video on Monday showed a throng of protesters trooping to the streets. The nationwide protest, which started on August 1, is expected to last 10 days. Meanwhile, Michael ‘Lenin’ Adaramoye, a mobiliser of the #EndHunger protests in Abuja, has been reportedly arrested in the early hours of Monday by the State Security Service. Mr Adaramoye, who serves as the national coordinator of the Youth Rights Campaign, was reported around 2:00…
Operatives of the Plateau State Police Command have arrested two hoodlums in the Jos North Local Government Area of the state. The arrest of the hoodlums on Monday came amidst the imposition of a 24-hour curfew in Jos and Bukuru metropolis by the state government following an attempt by some persons to breach the peace in the state capital under the guise of #EndBadGovernance in Nigeria protests. It was learnt that the hoodlums were trying to vandalise and loot shops located around the C Division in Jos when the operatives swooped on them and arrested two persons while others fled…
The Nigeria Police Force has released a journalist, Ayoola Babalola, who was arrested during the nationwide #EndBadGovernanceinNigeria protests in Abuja. The 25-year-old journalist was arrested on Saturday and detained at Wuye Police Station under the Federal Capital Territory Police Command. PUNCH Online reports that Babalola was released around 3 pm on Sunday after his arrest on Saturday. “Yes, I have been released. I was released around 3 pm on today (Sunday). The detention lasted for over 24 hours, but I’m home now. I am grateful to all who led their voices calling for my release,” he told SaharaReporters. Civil Society organisation, Take-It-Back Movement,…