THE Naira exchange rate has suffered severe battering in recent times and fallen from about N160 to the present N197=$; even when our national experience suggests a close correlation between deepening poverty and weakening Naira exchange rates.

Chief Olu Falae, an economist, elder statesman, former secretary to the government of the Federation, SGF, minister of Finance, and presidential candidate, in this interview, speaks on the state of the nation and offered solutions to the country’s recurring problems. He also disclosed why he stopped pursuing his presumed presidential victory against former President Olusegun Obasanjo to the Supreme Court in 1999.

Diocese of Niger West, Anglican Communion, has accused All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal Government of President Mohammadu Buhari of deliberately marginalising the Igbo, claiming the government is doing everything possible to make Ndigbo more vulnerable and irrelevant than ever in the affairs of the country.

The Managing Director of Igbobi Orthopedic Hospital, Dr. Mutapha Alimi, has said that the institution is collaborating with advanced institutions through staff training and bringing the institutions to Nigeria to share technical expertise.

HUMAN rights activist, Femi Falana, SAN, has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking to compel President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to recover the sum of $40 billion and N481 billion based on the audit of the Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative, NEITI, an agency of the federal government.

CHAIRMAN of the South West Governors Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu, weekend, described the various security challenges threatening the peace and the socio-economic development of the South-West as a strange occurrence.

Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has explained why he has presented three different line ups against Nigeria’s group opponents at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kaduna State yesterday claimed it received “credible information” that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was under pressure to tamper with election materials used for the governorship elections on 9th March 2019 in the state.

Friend and associates of business mogul, Sir. Emeka Ofor gathered yesterday at Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja to honour him for the award of Honorary  Degree of Doctor of Entrepreneurship by Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State.

The Nigerian embassy in Washington, D.C., has frowned at a recent event in the U.S. capital where some “victims” of terrorism and farmers/herders conflict in northern Nigeria made “false” claims against the Federal Government.

When a segment of the society becomes the target of a particular law, it’s an indication of inequality which also amounts to discrimination

Sporting Charleroi striker Victor Osimhen has admitted that he is learning the ropes from Chelsea icon John Obi Mikel.

EARLY appointment of ministers by President Muhammadu Buhari to man various sectors of the economy as well as his policy decisions will play major role in determining the direction of the equities market not just this week, but in the entire second half of 2019, H2’19, stock market operators have said.

OVERNOR Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has threatened to reveal how the administration of former Governor Abiola Ajimobi allegedly ran the state into debt if he and his All Progressives Congress, APC, continue to disturb him in the bid of rebuilding the state.

If Clarence Seedorf was not already aware of the high expectations surrounding his Cameroon team before the Africa Cup of Nations, he certainly will be following their first two matches.