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To start November 2024 on a positive note, the naira strengthened against the dollar on both the official and black market foreign exchange exchanges. The naira gained to N1666.72 per dollar on Friday from N1675.49 on Thursday, according to FMDQ data. In relation to the dollar, th ....
Another important milestone in the Transmission Company of Nigeria's efforts to bring electricity back to the country's northern area has been reported. Full electricity has been restored to Maiduguri in Borno State and Damaturu in Yobe, according to a new statement released on Friday an ....
Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan, is a controversial social critic who was arrested by the Nigeria Police Force on Thursday night. VDM's lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, stated that he was arrested after accepting a police invitation, even though the nature of his offence was unkn ....
Sotiyo Igbalawole Emmanuel, a new commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has been assigned to the Osun State Command. The NSCDC Commandant General, Dr. Ahmed Abubakar, recently authorised the deployment of Commandant Sotiyo. According to a sta ....
In all of its retail locations, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has raised the price of premium motor spirit (PMS), commonly referred to as petrol. TheCable reported the second October hike on Tuesday. On October 3, NNPC raised the pump price from N855 per litre ....
To restore the bulk power supply in the North, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) engineers have started their work. Sunday Dare, President Bola Tinubu's Special Advisor for Public Communication and Orientation, attested to the repairs. The 330 kV Ugwaji–Apir double circuit t ....
On Wednesday, Abubakar Gumi defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, giving the ruling All Progressives Congress another member in the House of Representatives. During the plenary session, Speaker Tajudeen Abbas read Gumi's letter of defection on the House floor and informed ....
Akintoye Akindele, the managing director of Atlantic International Refinery and Petrochemical Limited, is presently being held at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission's holding facilities in Abuja. It was learnt that Akindele was detained by commission agents on suspici ....
A new minimum pay of N71,000 for civil personnel has been approved by Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf and will go into effect in November. Governor Yusuf made the announcement on Tuesday on his verified Facebook page, stressing his administration's dedication to raising living s ....
In the parallel market, the value of the Naira increased from N1,730 to N1,725 per dollar on Monday to N1,725 yesterday. Similarly, in the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, or NAFEM, the value of the Naira increased to N1,630.45 per dollar. According to data from FMD ....