Naira will record more slumps against the US dollar in 2024: Bloomberg

Nigeria’s local currency, the naira is one of the world’s worst-performing currencies, after the Lebanese pound and the Argentine peso, Bloomberg said in a report on Friday. The report corroborates an earlier report by the World Bank that noted that the currency weakened by nearly 40 per cent against the US dollar in 2023. Bloomberg said the naira weakened by 55 per cent against the USD this year. With the naira–USD exchange rate at N1,043...

International community calls for the arrest of Plateau massacre actors

The United States Diplomatic Mission in Nigeria said in a social media post on Thursday that it condemns the recent attacks across Plateau communities that left nearly 200 persons dead, scores injured and hundreds displaced. “Those responsible for these heinous attacks must be held accountable,” the US authorities urged the Nigerian government while expressing “heartfelt condolences for the tragic loss of life.” The French Government, on Tuesday, denounced the wanton attacks “which resulted in a...

Plateau carnage is revenge by Fulani jihadists for the Tudun Biri bombing – Intersociety

The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Intersociety, has accused Nigerian security agencies of working hand-in-hand with the Fulani terrorists who attacked several remote communities in North-central Plateau State between 23 and 24 December. The bandits, suspected to be nomadic Fulani herders, butchered more than a hundred villagers, plundered farmlands and set several houses ablaze, displacing thousands. In a statement made available to the press on Tuesday, the civil society organisation said...

Presidency vows to get justice for victims of Christmas Eve massacre in Plateau

The Presidency has condemned the recent dreadful attacks on several villages in Plateau State by herders of the Fulani tribe, promising to bring the killers to book. Armed gangs, locally called “bandits”, overran more than 15 communities across Bokkos and several other LGAs in Nigeria’s Home of Peace and Tourism, and razed down houses on Saturday and Sunday. The death toll in the attack has risen to 195 with scores still missing. President Tinubu instructed...

Insecurity: Zamfara State Government Closes Eleven Cattle Markets

The bandits operating since 2009 from bases in deep forests and raiding villages to loot and kidnap residents for ransom in Northwest and central Nigeria have killed thousands of people and displaced around two million others. The worrisome activities of the bandits have forced Zamfara State Government to again close eleven cattle markets in some parts of the state until further notice as part of measures to decapitate their activities in the state. The affected...

Political Appointees Resign their Appointments In Ondo State

A few hours after the swearing-in of Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa as the new Governor of Ondo State following the death of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, some political appointees to the former Governor resigned their appointments. It was learned that the decisions of Akeredolu’s aides to quit offices might not be unconnected with the political brouhaha between the former and the new governor. The first to relinquish his appointment is the Chief Press Secretary to late governor...

Independent National Electoral Commission Retires Four Directors

In implementing the eight-year tenure policy for directors by the federal government, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved the retirement of four of its directors. In a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, Mr Sam Olumekun, National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, however, explained that clinical officers in the medical cadre were exempt from this policy, as clarified in Circular MH. 7205/T/31 dated September 7, 2023. The statement reads in parts:...

Bago Denies Banning Sales Of Alcoholic Beverages In Suleja

Governor Mohammed Bago of Niger State has distanced his government from the alleged ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages in Suleja and eight other local governments sharing boundaries with the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. Recall that the State Liquor and Licencing Board, through the Secretary, Malam Ibrahim Mohammed, said in a statement issued to newsmen in Minna that the ban on alcohol takes immediate effect on Monday in Suleja and eight other local governments...

Gov. Mbah Assents To 2024 Budget, Promises Monumental Capital Development  

The Enugu State Governor Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah says the 2024 budget will engender disruptive economic growth, radical infrastructural development, and efficient service delivery. Mbah stated this on Wednesday when he assented to the 2024 Enugu State Appropriation Law at the EXCO Chambers of the Lion Building, Government House Enugu. “What this budget signing means to the people of Enugu is that we are going to be spending over N400bn on capital projects in the...

President Tinubu grieves the loss of Akeredolu, Na’Abba

President Bola Tinubu is saddened over the demise of Ghali Umar Na’Abba, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Rotimi Akeredolu, the immediate past governor of Ondo State. Na’Abba, 65, and Akeredolu, 67, passed on in the early hours of Wednesday due to an ailment. In a condolence message for the past Speaker signed by presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngalale, President Tinubu described Na’Abba as a disciplined and resolute politician. He expressed profound grief...

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