THE exchange rate for the US dollar (USD) to Nigerian Naira (NGN) in the parallel market also known as the black market, especially the Aboki fx as of 17th August 2024 is N1,605 for 1 USD. This rate is often sourced from the latest data provided by Bureau De Change …
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Legendary Singer, Mike Ejeagha Receives August Visitors
LEGENDARY folklorist, Mike Ejeagha, played host to August visitors at his country home in Enugu on 14th August 2024. The visitors were a team of clergymen, who from all indications are not only fans of the nonegerian, but appeared to have strong knowledge of his evergreen songs, aside from the …
Read More »EPL: Joshua Zirkzee’s Late Strike Secures Manchester United Defeats Over Fulham
Joshua Zirkzee emerged from the bench to score an 87th-minute winner as Manchester United beat Fulham 1-0 in the opening game of the Premier League season. It had looked like Erik ten Hag’s side would be frustrated by The Cottagers at Old Trafford until the Netherlands international, signed from Bologna …
Read More »Court Restrains FBN Holdings From Conducting AGM On Aug 22
THE Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has restrained FBN Holdings Plc from holding, conducting or hosting its 12th Annual General meeting scheduled for August 22, 2024, whether virtually or otherwise, pending the determination of a motion for interlocutory injunction filed by an aggrieved shareholder, Tohir Folorunsho Ismaila. Justice …
Read More »Gani Fawehinmi Awards: HEDA Extends Nomination Period
THE Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) is pleased to announce the extension of the nomination period for the 7th Edition of the Gani Fawehinmi Impact and Integrity Awards (GFIIA 2024). The nomination window, initially set to close on August 11, 2024, has now been extended by two …
Read More »Tinubu’s Economic Council Member Behind Petrol Imports From Malta, Russia
A member of Tinubu’s Presidential Economic Coordination Council (PECC), Abdulkabir Adisa Aliu has been alleged to be behind the petrol imports from Malta and Russia. Chairman of Dangote Refinery, Aliko Dangote recently made some revelations about the increase in fuel imports from Malta In 2023, Nigeria’s petroleum importation from Malta …
Read More »Immigration Confirms Woman Who Allegedly Tore Husband’s Passport Was Creating Content
THE Comptroller of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Edo State Command, Mr Martins Monyei, has confirmed that the woman who purportedly tore her husband’s passport on arrival at the Nigeria Airport, Lagos, was only creating content that the husband’s passport, her passport and that of her two children are intact. …
Read More »Ogun Govt Issues Quit Notice to illegal Occupants of Housing Estates
OGUN State Housing Corporation has issued a seven-day quit notice to illegal occupants of its housing estates across the state urging them to vacate and remove structures and buildings. The General Manager of the Corporation, Wale Ojo, disclosed this on Friday during a development control and enforcement exercise at Idiroko …
Read More »BREAKING: Chinese firm Releases Seized Presidential Jet for Tinubu’s France trip
Chinese firm Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Ltd. has released one of the three Nigerian Airbus A330 aircraft that were detained in France following a court order from a Paris judicial court. The Punch reported that the firm had seized a Dassault Falcon 7X, a Boeing 737-7N6/BBJ, and an Airbus …
Read More »Police Arrest Islamic cleric, Seven Others for Money Ritual killing
OYO State Police Command has arrested eight suspected serial ritual killers and 15 others over alleged murder, robbery and rape. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Ayodele Sonubi, made this known while parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters in Ibadan on Friday. Sonubi said that the command got …
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