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Thursday was a good day for the Nigerian currency, Naira as it appreciated against the U.S dollars in both the official and unofficial market. The biggest gain was in the black market as naira closed at N493/$1 representing a N9.00 or 1.80 percent appreciation from N502.00/$1 it traded on Wednesday. Naira also gained against British pounds to close at N710 from N713...

Rivers United coach, Stanley Eguma, has been freed by his abductors, the Portharcourt club has confirmed on Friday morning. Eguma, who is known as the longest serving manager in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), was taken away on Tuesday by unknown men. A police statement had confirmed that the manager was kidnapped along the Enugu-Portharcourt expressway by 4p.m that Tuesday. “We...

Leicester City and Super Eagles Striker Iheanacho Describes  Gov Bello As An Inspiration To Nigerian Youths Leicester City ‘Seniorman’ and Super Eagles striker, Kelechi Iheanacho has described the governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello as an inspiration and rallying point for the youths in Nigeria. The FA cup winner disclosed this on Thursday during his courtesy visit to the governor in...

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo says the death of Zambia’s founding president Kenneth Kaunda is the end of pioneers and forefathers “who led the struggles for decolonisation of the African continent and received the instrument of Independence from the colonial masters in Africa.” His statement titled, “Gone Is The Last Of The Mohicans: Tribute to Kenneth Kaunda”, comes after the death...

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, said on Thursday the commission recovered over N6 billion, 30 real estates, and 32 automobiles in the country within three months. Bawa, who disclosed this at the weekly media briefing organised by the Presidential Communication Team in Abuja, said the recoveries were made between March and this month. He...

Boko Haram has confirmed the death of its erstwhile commander, Abubakar Shekau. The confirmation came through a video announcement sent to the media by the presumed new leader of the terror group, Bakura Modu, aka Sahaba. Abubakar was reportedly killed during infighting with the rival Islamic State for West African Province (ISWAP) last month. The ISWAP commander, Abu Musab Al-Barnawi, claimed Shekau killed himself...

The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at the commission’s second quarterly meeting with political parties in Abuja. According to him, the 18 political parties had scheduled their primaries for the election in line with the timetable released by the commission. Yakubu, however, refused to mention the parties that had declared their intention to take part in the election. He said: “In the...

President Muhammadu Buhari could not hide his joy in Maiduguri on Thursday, after commissioning seven out of 556 capital projects delivered by Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, in just two years in office. “I am highly impressed by the very dynamic leadership that His Excellency Governor Babagana Umaru Zulum has been providing in Borno State in the last two...

Self-styled Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, on Wednesday, issued a fresh warning to Fulani herdsmen in the South-West to vacate the region for their own good. In a video message issued by his media aide, Oluyomi Koiki, the activist said the fresh eviction notice was to herdsmen who still hide in South-West forests to carry out atrocities. Igboho...

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Wednesday pledged to enact anti-open grazing law in the state. Wike disclosed this during the commissioning of two streets in new G.R.A., Port Harcourt. He said the decision followed the resolution of the southern governors to ban open grazing in the region. The governor said the bill would be forwarded to the state House of Assembly...