THE Nigerian currency, the naira, continued its downward trajectory on Monday as it faced further devaluation against the US dollar in the foreign exchange market.  Newsextra24 reports that data sourced from both the parallel market and the FMDQ, disclosed that the naira experienced a significant depreciation. At the parallel market, a …

A Point of Sale (POS) operator, Mutiu Salako, has been fatally shot by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Oke Lantoro, Abeokuta, Ogun State. Trojan News reports that the incident, which took place at around 6 pm on Sunday, initially sparked rumors of a cult-related attack. However, the Ogun State Police Command, through its …

TENNANTS in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, are groaning under the burden of hiked house rents by their landlords. A report by Daily Trust showed that within the last one year, tenants in different areas of the FCT had been notified of rent increases by landlords. Some of them …

FEMI Falana, human rights lawyer, says members of the Rivers state house of assembly who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) have lost their seats. Speaking in an interview with Channels Television on Sunday, Falana said lawmakers could not decamp and remain members of the legislative house. The human …

THERE were signs over the weekend that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission plans to join forces with the United Kingdom prosecutors as an interested party in the trial of former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, in a UK court. A team from the anti-graft commission is expected in London to …

THE Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has uncovered two illegal bunkering sites in Rivers. The NSCDC spokesperson, CSC Babawale Afolabi, in a statement on Monday, disclosed that the sites were located at Odagwa-Owaza Riverside boundaries of Rivers and Abia while the other was at Etche local government area …

THE Kano Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has launched an investigation into the death of Mr Abdullahi Magaji, a serving officer at the customs headquarters in Abuja. Magaji was a resident of resided of Farm Centre Quarters, Kano. The Area Controller of Customs, Kan/Jigawa, Dauda Chana, told the …

Armed bandit, who identified itself as “Ijaw Freedom Fighters” on Sunday night attacked Imariogha Community, near Okomu oil palm plantation, setting ablaze over eight vehicles, reports the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). NAN investigation reveals that the bandit invaded the community, formerly known as AT&P,  located in Ovia South West …

CHILDREN under the age of 14 in South Australia would be banned from using social media under a proposal put forward by the state’s Premier. Peter Malinauskas announced that his state government had appointed Robert French, former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, to examine the legal practicalities …

THE police in Eket, Akwa Ibom, have assured that public facility vandalism would be completely tackled in the town and its environs. The Divisional Police Officer, SP Felix Ekpoudom, stated this shortly after visiting a vandalised water fountain at Udom Emmanuel Boulevard in Atabong, Eket town. Ekpoudom said that the …