By Elizabeth Adegbesan The Naira yesterday appreciated to N1, 580 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,595 per dollar on Wednesday. Similarly, the Naira yesterday appreciated to N1,570 per dollar in the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM. Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate for NAFEM fell to N1,570 per dollar […]

A protester in Rivers state has lamented the high cost of a cup of rice in the state amid protest about the hunger pervasive in the country.

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Abuja’s Central Business District, decrying hunger and economic hardship in various parts of the nation.

A woman has been seen crying of hunger on Thursday in protest of the current hardship bedeviling the country which has erupted a protest nationwide.

By Elizabeth Adegbesan The Naira yesterday depreciated to N1, 595 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,585 per dollar on Tuesday. However, the Naira appreciated to N1,608.73 per dollar in the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM. Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate for NAFEM fell to N1,608.73 per dollar from […]

REPRESENTATIVES of leaders of Nigeria’s banking sector on Monday met with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to seek clarifications on the recently imposed windfall levy.

AHEAD of today’s nationwide protest, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State and his Ekiti State counterpart, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, yesterday, said Nigeria cannot afford another repeat of the EndSARS experience especially in their respective states.

As the planned nationwide protest against hunger begins today, the organisers and the police, the lead security agency, have held their positions as the former insisted on a street procession, while the latter maintained its stance of having the protest confined to designated spots.

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo Police operatives in Zamfara State have arrested a lawmaker in the state House of Assembly, a District Head and a former local government chairman over alleged kidnapping and banditry in the state. A BBC Hausa report monitored by our correspondent in Kaduna, alleged that Aminu Ibrahim, who represents Kaura Namoda state constituency […]

The Federal Government through the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has suspended import duties on rice, flour, wheat and other essential food items to reduce the high costs of food items in the country in the wake of the excruciating hunger in Nigeria.