Month: May 2022
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Naira Slides To N610 Per Dollar in Parallel Market
THE nation’s currency, Naira, slid to N610 to a dollar over the weekend at the parallel market in Lagos and Abuja, thus widening the gap between the official and parallel market exchange rates to N191. The exchange rate hovered between N600 and N605 to the dollar in other cities such as Ibadan, Abeokuta and Benin…
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2023 Presidency: Six Political Parties Join Forces With Labour Party To Dislodge APC, PDP
Vanguard AFTER 15 months of discussion and engagements, six parties, on the banner of Allied political parties, and the National Consultative Front, NCFront, the umbrella body of the Third Force Movement, have agreed to join forces with the Labour Party, LP, to present a joint presidential and other candidates for the 2023 polls. This adoption…
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2023: Confusion as APC Unfolds Plan To Screen Ex-president, Goodluck Jonathan, Emefiele, AFDB Boss, Adesina
The Nation Newspaper There was confusion in the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday as the National Working Committee (NWC) unfolded plans to screen former President Goodluck Jonathan, Minister of Labour and Employment Dr. Chris Ngige, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele and African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwunmi Adesina. Although the nomination forms…
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Gunmen Threaten To Murder More Lawmakers in Anambra
Barely 24 hours after some unknown gunmen gruesomely murdered Hon. Okechukwu Okoye, a lawmaker who represented Aguata II constituency at the Anambra State House of Assembly, unknown gunmen have threatened to murder more Anambra lawmakers. Okoye was abducted in Aguata on May 15, but his head was found in Nnobi, Idemili South Local Government Area…
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FG Names Acting Accountant General of Federation After Suspension of Ahmed Idris
The Federal Government has announced the appointment of Mr Anamekwe Nwabuoku as the acting Accountant General of the Federation. Nwabuoku’s appointment was conveyed in a letter dated May 20th, 2022 and signed by Aliyu Ahmed, the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning. President Muhammadu Buhari’s former aide, Bashir Ahmad…
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Just In: APC Postpones Presidential Screening
Punch Newspaper The screening exercise for the 25 presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress earlier scheduled to hold on Monday has been postponed again. This is the second time that the National Working Committee of the party will be shifting the date of the presidential screening after it failed to hold last weekend. The…
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Buhari Sends Electoral Bill to INEC, Malami for Legal Opinion
THISDAY President Muhammadu Buhari has sent the new Electoral Act Amendment Bill to the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for legal advice, THISDAY has learnt. The president’s decision not to be in a hurry to sign the bill, it was…
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How 40-year-old Woman Narrowly Escaped Lynching in Bauchi Over Alleged Blasphemy
Deborah Samuel (Illustrative Picture)
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Nigerians To Pay More For Calls To Enjoy Free Healthcare
The Federal Government has introduced a new tax on phone calls in the nation to fund free healthcare for the Vulnerable Group in Nigeria. This is despite recent moves by telecommunication companies to increase the price of their services as a result of an unfavourable operating climate. The telecom tax in the equivalent of a…
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Why Some People Develop Headaches During sex –Neurologist
Punch Healthwise A Professor of Clinical Neurology and Internal Medicine at the College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu, Ikenna Onwuekwe, has said that people with existing headaches are often more prone to having headaches when having sexual intercourse. The health expert urged people who experience headaches during sex not to take it lightly but…