By Funmilola Gboteku Telecommunications and ICT services contributed N2.508 trillion to Nigeria’s GDP in the first quarter of 2023, the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) stated on Thursday. NCC quoted figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in a statement issued by its Director, Public Affairs, Mr Reuben Muoka. “Telecoms contribution to GDP was […]
By Lydia Ngwakwe Naira on Thursday depreciated against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window, exchanging N469.50 to dollar. The local currency showed a 1.04 per cent decrease when compared with N464.67 it exchanged for the dollar on Wednesday. The open indicative rate closed at N468.94 to the dollar on Thursday. An exchange rate […]
By Imelda Osayande A mobile court at King’s Square, Benin, on Thursday evening convicted 21 people for illegal parking, dropping passengers in unauthorised places, driving one-way as well as street trading. The State Prosecuting Counsel, Mr Ayo Aigbokhiade, said that all the convicts who were apprehended within the Benin metropolis, pleaded liable. Aigbokhiade said the […]
By Ehigimetor Igbaugba The Chairman of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) branch of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mr Emmanuel Ogbeche, has been named the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the announcement was made in a press release by […]
By Alaba-Olusola Oke The Forum of Youthful Nigerian Professionals (FYNP), has urged Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State to project his best youths that have been able to prove their mettle for positions in the administration of President Bola Tinubu. FYNP is a group of young professionals in different fields of endeavour. In a statement on Monday, […]
By Abigael Joshua. Stakeholders at the 2023 World Environment Day in Abuja on Monday, warned against plastic pollution, which posed grave risks to human health and contributed to climate change. They also advocated significant reduction in plastic pollution with consolidating efforts that would ultimately lead to its elimination in terrestrial and aquatic environments. The News […]
By Esenvosa Izah The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has released demands it made at the meeting held with the Federal Government on Sunday over the recent fuel subsidy removal. In a statement signed by the union’s President, Mr Festus Osifo, and General Secretary, Mr Nuhu Toro on Monday, the union called for […]
The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate in the last election, Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday, called their first subpoenaed witness at the Presidential Election Petition Court. In a petition marked CA/PEPC/05/2023, Atiku and the PDP are challenging the outcome of the presidential election which produced Tinubu as the president. At the resumed hearing, counsel […]
A Nigerian student, Cyril Kenneth, who arrived in the United Kingdom in February has been arrested by the police for allegedly attempting to sexually harass minors in the Belfast province of the country. In a video posted by Far and Wide TV on Youtube with the caption, “Nigerian man arrested in UK for dating children”, […]
A witness of Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate in the February 25th presidential elections, Ndubuisi Nwobu has revealed how his candidate was rigged out by Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi in Anambra state. Nwobu told the presidential election tribunal, Wednesday that “magic happened to the votes of the PDP candidate at […]