The naira on Wednesday exchanged at 445.83 to the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window, a depreciation of 0.01 per cent, compared with the 445.80 it exchanged on Tuesday. The open indicative rate closed at N444.25 to the dollar on Wednesday. An exchange rate of N452 to the dollar was the highest rate recorded …
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By Steve Oko The Chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, Abia State, Rev. Augustine Ehiemere, has said that the South East geopolitical zone needs more vocal senators like Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe at the Senate to avoid going into total political relegation. Ehiemere who addressed newsmen in Umuahia regretted that lack of courageous and …
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers, on Wednesday in Akure, donated N200 million to the Foundation for Wives of Ondo State Officials and Female Political Appointees (FOWOSO). Wike, who was represented by Rivers Head of Service, Mr Rufus Godwin, made the donation at the fourth summit of FOWOSO. He applauded the initiative of the Ondo State …
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Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has pledged to support the ICPC in its investigation on alleged fraud in the N-Power Programme. Farouq also assured beneficiaries of the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP), especially the N-Power that in spite of allegations of fraud, the Ministry was committed to …
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By Demola Akinyemi Special Assistant to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State on Political Communications, Bashir Adigun, has urged members of the public to ignore what he described as doctored video and fake news claiming that the governor accused the legislators of non performance. In a statement yesterday in Ilorin, Bashir Adigun, said “Our attention …
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By Chioma Onuegbu, Uyo THE current administration in Akwa Ibom State led by governor Udom Emmanuel has kick-started tour of the projects it has executed in each of the 31 local government areas of the state since 2015. Special Assistant to the governor on Research and Documentation, Mr. Essien Ndueso, who led other aides and …
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By Chioma Obinna Worried about the challenges of inadequate investment in health security, Infectious disease experts have called on the Nigerian government to invest in infectious diseases surveillance, diagnostics, research, risk communication and community engagement. The Infectious diseases experts under the auspices of the Nigerian Infectious Diseases Society, NIDS, also implored the government at all …
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By Dickson Omobola Members of the Nigeria National Persons with Disabilities Multipurpose Cooperative Society, NNPWDMCS on Tuesday bemoaned discrimination suffered by its members due to their conditions. Speaking at its seminar/workshop in Lagos, themed: “Rebuild Better Life Together for Person with Disability,” President of NNPWDMCS, Mr. Taiye Titus, said a tree cannot make a forest …
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…Distributes free eyeglasses, screens 5000 Ekiti residents on cancer, dental diseases By Dapo Akinrefon An agro-allied organization, Agbeyewa Farms has concluded an eight-day outreach programme of providing free medical care to over 5,000 people across 20 communities in Ekiti State. The initiative, conducted in partnership with Grace for Impact Foundation, an international non-profit organization, is …
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A PDP Chieftain and a former Anambra 2021 Gubernatorial aspirant Chief Ike Oligbo have lamented the destruction and devastation that the APC government has wrecked on Nigeria with its heartless corruption and maladministration. He made this known during a telephone interview with the press. He emphasized that the plethora of systematic and industrial-scale corruption engulfing …
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By Clifford Ndujihe Presidential Candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has described the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, N100,000 a week withdrawal limit policy that will begin on January 9, 2023 as a plot against the masses and opposition. Asked his take on the policy, Adebayo said: “It is not a …
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…Says govt has ran out of ideas to save economy By Clifford Ndujihe The Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Mr Dumebi Kachikwu, has pooh-poohed the new N100,000 per week withdrawal policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, that will start on January 9, 2023, saying it would hurt the masses. Averring …
