Bloody January: Nigeria loses 508 citizens to violence, accidents, others in 19 days (Vanguard) After surviving the insecurity and other socio-economic challenges of 2022, death is the last thing on the minds of most people who crossed over to January…
*Naira Redesign: Dollar scarcity hits BDCs, sells at N818/$ (DailyTrust)*Bamise’s murder: Court rejects trial within trial application (Guardian)
Naira Redesign: Dollar scarcity hits BDCs, sells at N818/$ (DailyTrust) The naira fell to N818/$1 at the parallel market on Monday in Abuja and N815 in Lagos as it continued to lose its value. Investigations by Daily Trust revealed that…
Minister inaugurates Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III Mini Stadium in Oyo
Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Sunday Dare yesterday inaugurated a Mini stadium to honour the sporting memory and community development legacies of the late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi. The stadium is sited on a former dump site…
*NDLEA nabs pregnant woman, 27 others (Guardian)*Lagos PDP gov candidate begins campaign Wednesday (Punch)
NDLEA nabs pregnant woman, 27 others (Guardian) The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a pregnant woman, a nursing mother and a 200-level university student for drug abuse and peddling. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi…
NFF elections in doubt as minister meets presidential aspirants today
The much-anticipated Nigeria Football Federations (NFF) elections may not hold as scheduled just as the sports minister, Sunday Dare meets with the presidential candidates today. It was reliably gathered that the meeting was called by the minister with respect to…
*Korra Obidi: Divorce not for the weak-minded (Nation)*I needed money for baby items, says photographer arrested over car theft (Vanguard)
Korra Obidi: Divorce not for the weak-minded (Nation) Popular American-based dancer, Korra Obidi, has offered insights into some of the painstaking and consequences of divorce. In March, she divorced, a month after she gave birth to her last child. The…
Sports Ministry to produce special brochure for talent hunt athletes
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare , has disclosed that the ministry will soon produce a special brochure for all young athletes discovered under its Talent-Hunt-Programme so as to document their feat for posterity. The Minister made…
*Commercial activities grounded as cultists engage in supremacy battle (Vanguard)*Sanwo-Olu opens Badagry Int’l Slave Market Museum (Nation)
Commercial activities grounded as cultists engage in supremacy battle (Vanguard) Commercial and social activities on Thursday, August 25 were grounded in Ijanikin/Otto communities as cultists within both communities engage in a fierce supremacy battle. The crisis started last week when…
*ISWAP Leader, others feared killed as NAF bombards more terrorists’ stronghold in Sambisa forest (Sun)*FG begins work to reclaim road from Ladipo market (Guardian)
ISWAP Leader, others feared killed as NAF bombards more terrorists’ stronghold in Sambisa forest (Sun) A Nigerian Air Force (NAF), fighter jet engaged in the ongoing counter insurgency operations in the north east has bombarded a logistic base and stronghold…