The Nigerian Naira suffered a continuous decrease in value in parallel market yesterday March 12, as it exchanged between N405 and N420 to a dollar in the Bureau De Change segment of the market. The President, Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria, Aminu Gwadabe, said the crude oil price which fell drastically in […]
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As Italy locks down the entire country to contain the rapid coronavirus spread, Giorgio Armani has become the latest fashion brand to donate funds to help medical efforts there. The 85-year-old fashion designer’s business group want to help in the fight against the vast-spreading COVID-19 – which has infected more than 9,000 and killed 450
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Bima Enagi, senator representing Niger south, has introduced a bill seeking to outlaw electric generators in the country. The bill, which passed first reading at plenary on Wednesday, proposes to ban the importation and use of all kinds of generators. A lot of Nigerians depending on generators for electricity generation in their homes and businesses
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The Chairman, Ekiti State Teaching Service Commission, Babatunde Abegunde, said on Tuesday that the commission had dismissed a secondary school teacher, Mr Gbenga Owoosi, for allegedly impregnating a 17-year-old pupil. Abegunde said TESCOM, on getting a hint about the development, carried out a thorough investigation and followed the due process before arriving at the decision
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Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has approved the appointment of Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero as the 15th Emir of Kano in the ruling Fulani dynasty. This came barely three hours after the dethronement of Emir Muhammad Sanusi II. Until his new appointment, Aminu Ado Bayero was the Emir of Bichi. The Secretary to
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Volunteers could be paid £3,500 to be infected by a form of coronavirus. As the race to find a vaccine for the potentially deadly bug continues, volunteers in east London are being paid to endure it. Willing participants will be injected with two common but much less serious strains of the virus, reports the Daily Star. Hvivo,
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has embarked on a two-week warning strike with effect from Monday. The strike was declared by the National Executive Committee (NEC) of ASUU which ended its meeting in Enugu on Monday. The President of ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi, announced the strike in Enugu. ICYMI: Coronavirus: Second case confirmed in
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The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II has been dethroned by the Kano State Government. The removal of Sanusi was announced by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Usman Alhaji, at the State Executive Council meeting on Monday. According to him, a new emir would soon be appointed. Streetnetngr.com
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Men of the Lagos state police command have arrested a 16-year-old girl, Timilehin Taiwo, for stabbing a 49-year-old security guard, Babatunde Ishola, to death at the Aboru area of the state on Saturday March 7th. A statement released by the state police command spokesperson, Bala Elkana on Sunday March 8th, said that at about 3pm on Saturday,
The Nigerian government on Monday, 9th of March, confirmed the second case of novel coronavirus in the country. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said at a press conference in Benin City, Edo State, that the new patient had contact with the Italian man who was first infected. “It is my duty, therefore, to
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