Why Brazil speaks first at UN General Assembly: 5 things to know
This year, the high-level debate begins on Tuesday, September 22. But one question often comes up: Why does Brazil speak first?
Naira depreciates to N1,575/$ in parallel market
By Elizabeth Adegbesan The Naira yesterday depreciated to N1,575 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,565 per dollar on Tuesday. However, the Naira depreciated to N1,586.71 per dollar in the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM. Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate for NAFEM rose to N1,586.71 per dollar from N1,548.76 […]
Hardship: We’ll handle planned protests as family matter — FG
In the wake of growing hardship in the country and calls for a nationwide protest against President Bola Tinubu’s administration, the Federal Government yesterday pleaded with Nigerians for more time, promising to handle the protest as a ‘’family matter.”
Hardship: Stranded foreign scholars groan as FG slashes allowances
The Federal Government has announced a slash in allowances of foreign scholars currently stranded in Russia, Morocco, and Algeria, among others, by 12.7 per cent due to economic hardship in the country.
FG reduces allowances of foreign scholars
Nigerian students studying abroad under the federal government’s Bilateral Education Agreement, BEA Scholarship, may encounter rough time in meeting their financial obligations in their schools following reduction of their allowances by the government.
Meta removes 63,000 accounts belonging to ‘Yahoo Boys’
We’ve removed around 63,000 accounts in Nigeria attempting to target people with financial sextortion scams, including a coordinated network of around 2,500 accounts.
