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Best-performing African currencies against US Dollar in 2025
Vanguard News In 2025, several African currencies have held up remarkably well against the US dollar, benefiting from strong commodity exports, prudent fiscal management, foreign exchange controls, and investor confidence. Here’s a look at some of the best-performing African currencies and what is driving their relative resilience. The Tunisian dinar remains at the top in…
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Minister Gives Insights Into Resignation
A former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Geoffrey Nnaji, has gave insight into his resignation from President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet adding that the move is to protect his integrity and prevent distractions to the Federal Government’s Renewed Hope Agenda. He had resigned from his post on Tuesday, amid controversies surrounding academic records and allegations…
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Tinubu’s Minister Resigns
The Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, has resigned from President Bola Tinubu’s government. The Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday. Prior to his resignation, there has been controversy trailing his certificate said to be obtained from the University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu State as well as the…
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Supreme Court Reserves Judgement On Osun LG Funds
The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the case instituted by the Osun State government challenging the Attorney General of the Federation for withholding local government funds due to the state. Justice Uwani Abba- Aji, who led a seven- man panel of Justices, reserved judgement, to a date that will be communicated to the parties,…
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BREAKING: New acting INEC chair takes over
Punch Newspaper A National Commissioner at the Independent National Electoral Commission, May Agbamuche-Mbu, will take over as the Acting Chairman of the Commission. This followed the formal handover of duties by Professor Mahmood Yakubu, who is proceeding on a terminal leave. The announcement was made on Tuesday at the INEC headquarters in Abuja during a…
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Warning Strike: ASUU Mobilises Chapters
Punch Newspaper Barring any last-minute change, the Academic Staff Union of Universities will on Monday, October 13, 2025, commence a two-week nationwide warning strike to press home its demands from the Federal Government. This was contained in a memo tagged “Strike Bulletin One” sent to all branches and obtained by our correspondent on Monday in…
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CBN Rolls Out Guidelines for POS Operators, Sets Daily Transactions Limit
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued a new set of guidelines for the operations of agent banking in the country. Agent banking is the provision of financial-related services to customers by a third party (agent) on behalf of a licensed deposit taking financial institution or mobile money operator. In a circular signed by…
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FULL LIST: Recent winners of Nobel Medicine Prize
Punch Newspaper Here is a list of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine in the past 10 years: 2025: Americans Mary E. Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell, and Japan’s Shimon Sakaguchi, for research into how the immune system is regulated and kept in check. 2024: US scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, for their discovery…
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Abdul Mahmud: Governor Amuneke is who he is
His is not just ordinary commentary. It is a political satire. A mirror held up to our country, its rulers, people and politics. His is the art of laughter and lament. Kevin Arua, who goes by the nom de guerre, Kevin Black, and the popular Governor Amuneke, an online voice that exposes folly, mocks power,…
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Court rejects Uche Nnaji’s bid to block UNN from releasing academic records
TheCable News A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed a request by Uche Nnaji, minister of innovation, science and technology, to stop the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), from releasing his academic records. Hausa Yilwa, the presiding judge, delivered the ruling on September 22, rejecting Nnaji’s application for an injunction. The minister had filed…