The Naira on Monday traded at N359.3 to the dollar at the parallel market in Lagos. The Pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N463 and N407 respectively. At the Bureau De Change segment, the naira exchanged at N360 to the dollar, while the Pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N463 and N407, respectively. […]
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The Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thundery and rainy weather over many parts of the country for Monday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook for Sunday predicted thunderstorms over northern states in the morning hours. According to it, there are prospects of thunderstorms over Sokoto, Yelwa, Kebbi, Maiduguri, Gombe and Bauchi in the afternoon/evening hours with day […]
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The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to shelve its proposed industrial action over the delay in implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage. Mr Lawan made the appeal when the executives of the NLC and the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, (PASAN) led by Ayuba Waba […]
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Samsung Electronics on Saturday unveiled its 2019 QLED TV line in Nigeria, offering a free Samsung UHD or FHD TV for buyers between July and August. Mr Dudu Mokholo, Chief Marketing Officer, Samsung Central Africa, made this known at the launch of the Samsung QLED 8K in Lagos. Mokholo said that 2019 QLED line was […]
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Barely 24 hours after the murder of a female undergraduate in Ise Ekiti by gunmen, another male resident has been hacked to death in Orin Ekiti by gunmen. The public relations officer of the Ekiti State Police Command, Caleb Ikechukwu, who confirmed the development, told journalists in Ado Ekiti on Saturday that everything was being […]
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Second half headers from Vivianne Miedema and Stefanie van der Gragt earned the Netherlands a 2-0 win over Italy in their quarter-final clash on Saturday at the FIFA Women’s World Cup. The victory gave the European champions a first-ever place in the World Cup last four. The Dutch, deserved victors in intense heat at the […]
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Thousands of schools have been closed and sporting events cancelled on Friday as France records its highest-ever temperature, 44.3 degrees in heat wave. The high temperature was recorded in Carpentras, near the Rhone Valley city of Avignon, and in one of four French departments that are on the country’s first-ever official red alert for dangerous […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed why he had to deal with Walter Onnoghen, former chief justice of Nigeria (CJN). The president had suspended the ex-CJN before he was charged with false assets declaration at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). Speaking when leaders of Afenifere, a Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, visited him on Tuesday, Buhari said Onnoghen […]
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An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered a 65-year-old man, Bayo Akinwete, to be remanded in prison custody over the rape of his 13 year old daughter. This according to the magistrate is to enable the court seek legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP). The court also did not take […]
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An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan on Tuesday struck out a N5.6 billion pension scam suit against Alhaja Kudirat Adeleke, a former Head of Service in the state, and 11 others for lack of diligent prosecution. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had instituted […]
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