Naira rises as CBN pumps $180m into forex market
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) injected another $180 million into the foreign exchange market, prompting the Naira to further appreciate by N10 against the dollar in the parallel market.
1.8m children malnourished in Jigawa; 74,000 in admission
JIGAWA State Government has said the state has 1.8 million children suffering from acute malnutrition, also with the highest rate of stunted children as a result of malnutrition.
PDP sweeps Taraba LG polls
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has won all the 15 local government chairmanship election conducted on Saturday in Taraba State.
Army 38 and this unjust land
SCHOLASTIC write up sir. Oh there was a country called Nigeria! It died many years ago. It is about time we discuss the terms of our co-existence if not we are a nation sitting on a time bomb that might explode some day. Our leaders don’t mean well for her people. Your generation perhaps have failed this country. It is about time we shift our paradigm —Augustin Odheni
41 teenage girls rescued from Mali arrive Lagos airport
Forty one teenage Nigerian girls who were trafficked to Mali en-route Europe were yesterday received at the Lagos airport after they were rescued by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, with the assistance of Nigeria Air Force.
Amnesty International plotting to truncate democracy in Nigeria – Military
The Military High Command has accused Amnesty International, AI, of a grand plot to truncate democracy in Nigeria, describing the human rights body as an agent of destabilization.
