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Nigerian superstar singers Burna Boy, Ayra Starr and Rema made it to the 2022 favourite music list of former US President, Barack Obama. Obama’s list hits some of the biggest releases of the year in wisely disparate genres, including Burna Boy’s ‘Last Last’, Ayra Starr’s ‘Rush’ and Rema’s ‘Calm Down’. The former US president known for his flair in releasing his favourite things in different activities took to his verified social media to share his list of favourite tracks which includes 25 songs from different artistes across the world. “I always enjoy sharing my end-of-year music playlist with all of…

The naira on Friday exchanged at 456.50 to the dollar at the Investors and Exporters Window. The figure represented a decrease of 0.05 per cent, compared with N456.25 it exchanged on Thursday. The open indicative rate closed at N451.38 to the dollar on Friday. An exchange rate of N452 to the dollar was the highest rate recorded within the day’s trading before it settled at N456.50. The naira sold for as low as 440 to the dollar within the day’s trading. A total of N155.86 million was traded at the official Investors and Exporters window on Friday.

Four teenage girls have been rescued from child traffickers through the intervention of the Anambra State Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Ify Obinabo. The girls, who are between the ages of 13 and 15, all hailed from Akwa Ibom State. They were said to have been taking to Agbor, Delta State, before been brought to a motor park in Anambra State on their route to another destination. It was at the motor park that they were rescued and the suspect arrested. According to the Commissioner’s spokesperson, Chidimma Ikeanyionwu, the operation of their rescue was carried out on Thursday night…

The Nigerian Union of Journalists, Sokoto State Council, has commended pragmatic and exemplary leadership of Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Faruk Yahaya, for ensuring professionalism in Nigeria Army and nation building. A statement signed by the state’s NUJ chairman, Dalhatu Safiyal-Magori, lauded the efforts of Yahaya over successful conduct of the 2022 COAS annual conference and various community development protects inaugurated across Sokoto state. Safiyal-Magori said the conference showed the integrity of Yahaya toward promoting professionalism in Nigerian Army. He said presence of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), Governkr Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state, Ministers, former and…

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria has celebrated 50 years of existence. The body used the opportunity to interact with Anambra manufacturers and consumers and also restated its commitment to quality and standards. Speaking during the ceremony in Nnewi, Anambra State, on Thursday, the Director General and Chief Executive Officer, SON, Mallam Farouk A. Salim, stated the need for everyone to understand the importance of quality and standards in products and services. Salim reiterated SON’s commitment to driving standards and quality service delivery, which are the keys to economic growth and well-being of society. He expressed satisfaction that both manufacturers and…

The Federal Government is to stop cash withdrawal from all public accounts with immediate effect. In place of cash withdrawals, public officers are to open domiciliary accounts in foreign and local currencies ahead of the commencement of the new policy, which comes on the heels of the new Naira withdrawal policy announced by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. Director/Chief Executive Officer, CEO of Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, Modibbo Tukur, in a statement, yesterday, gave the new directive at a parley with the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmud Yakubu, in Abuja. Section 1 of Money…

BENIN CITY- THE member representing Ovia Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon Dennis Idahosa has said that the neutrality of President Muhammadu Buhari would make the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ensure credible election by 2023. “In the 2023 elections, I strongly believe that it is going to be credible, free and fair because there are a lot of factors that are coming into play. What we want as candidates and as a country is a free fair and credible election because we don’t want to impose anybody on the people, we want the will of the people…

GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State and Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Wednesday, expressed optimism that the party would win the 2023 general elections, saying there would be no room for All Progressives Congress, APC, to govern Nigeria again. The APC was ashamed of it’s performance in the last seven and half years and had resorted to lies and propaganda said Okowa. Speaking during the of the party’s governorship Local Government campaign flag off at Patani, Patani Local Government Area, Okowa said the PDP was out to repair the destructions and damages inflicted on Nigerians by the…

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) said on Thursday that the welfare of Nigeria’s over 318,000 police personnel remains his regime’s priority. While noting that accommodation remains a major challenge, he said officers and men of the force will be motivated to perform their duties when their families live in decent houses and have adequate health coverage. “I particularly note that accommodation for police officers and men is very critical and this administration has made the welfare of police officers and men, and indeed, the armed forces a top priority” Buhari said when he received the 2021 audited report…

Nigeria domestic debt has risen to N22.57tn as the Federal Government on Wednesday proposed  a last-minute supplementary budget for the 2022 fiscal year. The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is seeking the approval of the National Assembly for N819.54bn supplementary budget, which it planned to finance through domestic borrowing. Buhari on Wednesday forwarded to the National Assembly for approval, N819.5bn supplementary budget for the 2022 fiscal year to fix various infrastructure destroyed by floods across the various states in the country a few months ago. The supplementary budget as explained by the President in a letter read in plenary…