Oba Oluyemi Falae has described President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s floating of the naira and scrapping of multiple exchange rates as one of the most courageous and necessary economic policies ever taken by any government. Oba Falae, the Olu of Ilu Abo in AKure North Local Government Area in Ondo State, added the President’s exchange rate […]
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Tinubu, CAN, Soludo, others mourn Popular preacher and founder of the Uma Ukpai Evangelistic Association, Dr. Uma Ukpai, has died. He was 80. Born in Asaga, Ohafia, Abia State, Ukpai rose from humble beginnings, overcoming early challenges to answer the divine call that later defined his life and impacted generations. Through decades of evangelical work,
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on governments worldwide to build stronger institutions and ensure the independence of their central banks. At the IMF Annual Meetings in Washington, DC, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva spoke yesterday at the Civil Society Town Hall Programme, part of the pre-opening events at the ongoing World Bank/IMF Annual
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The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has announced its support for the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN’s) draft guidelines requiring all banks to refund customers’ money in cases of failed Automated Teller Machine (ATM) transactions within 48 hours. In a statement by its Director of Corporate Affairs, Ondaje Ijagu, the FCCPC said the
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From left: President General, Akwa Ibom State Supreme Council of Traditional Rulers, Dr Solomon Etuk; Ayangbunren of Ikorodu, Oba Kabiru Shotobi; Ekiti State Governor Abiodun Oyebanji; Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum/Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq; Chairman, National Traditional Rulers Council of Nigeria/Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar; Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma; Lagos State Governor Babajide
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Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, is “getting better,” Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Chief Sunday Dare, said yesterday. In a post on his verified X handle, @SundayDareSD, the former Minister of Youth and Sports wrote: “Moments ago, I got off the phone with
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• Some of the pupils at the Globacom headquarters…at the event Glo Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of Globacom, at the weekend hosted hundreds of school girls across the country to a symbolic walk and movie outing in commemoration of this year’s International Day of the Girl Child. In Lagos, as many as 100
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The National Assembly is proposing a shift in Nigeria’s election calendar for the presidential and governorship polls to be moved from the traditional February or March dates to November 2026. The proposal is part of draft amendments to the Electoral Act 2022, at a one-day public hearing yesterday in Abuja. According to Section 4(7) of
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Programme launched in Rivers Vaccinations to begin soon The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has launched the Renewed Hope Health Initiative in Rivers State. The initiative targets 106 million children across the country. Mrs. Tinubu reiterated her commitment to expanding the initiative, which currently involves the vaccination of children and women in selected states. The
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Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has inaugurated a new Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Benibo Anabraba, to replace Dr. Tammy Danagogo. The Nation gathered that the replacement of Danagogo was in line with the new peace agreement that ended the political crisis in the state. Danagogo was SSG during the second term of former
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