Naira dips, now N1,382/$ in parallel market
The Naira yesterday depreciated to N1,382 per dollar from N1,378 in the parallel market last weekend. Similarly, the naira depreciated to N1,331.5 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, NFEM.
Don’t be tools for escalation of crisis in Rivers, outgone LG Chairmen told
As tension continues to escalate in some of the Council secretariats in Rivers state over the tenure extension-induced crisis, the outgone 23 council chairmen have been urged to quietly go home and avoid being used as willing tools to destabilize the state.
Heavy shooting as Rivers LGA chair allegedly moves to access office
There is heavy shooting at the premises of Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers State following a move by the chairman of the LGA, Hon Allwell Ihundah, to access his office.
Eid el Kabir: Obasanjo visits Oluremi Tinubu
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday visited the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on the occasion of the Sallah celebration.
Cost of Living: Households reduce consumption expenditure
At the backdrop of the escalating cost of living crises, the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has released the long awaited ‘Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Report by Expenditure and Income Approach’, the first since second half of 2023, H2’23, showing negative shift in household consumption expenditure.
Population census too sensitive to be rushed — Federal commissioner
By Shina Abubakar OSOGBO—THE Federal Commissioner representing Osun State at the National Population Commission, NPC, Dr Amidu Tadese, yesterday, revealed that the population census in Nigeria is too sensitive to be rushed. The Federal Government had scheduled the Population and Housing census from May 3-6, 2023, before it was postponed after the general elections last […]
