The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) have signed a peace pact to de-escalate religious tensions in the 2023 general elections in Nigeria. The peace accord was signed in Washington D.C., United States at the International Religious Freedom Summit 2022 organised by the Global Peace Foundation and…
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The Central Bank of Nigeria CBN says the non-remittance of dollars to foreign reserves by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is responsible for the naira’s free fall in the official and parallel markets. On Thursday, July 28, the naira traded for N700/$1 at the parallel market and N415.96/$1 at the official market. In…
Two persons, a hotelier and his worker, have been abducted after gunmen suspected to be kidnappers invaded Abaa, a community near the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso on Thursday night, July 28. The gunmen were said to have stormed the community which is located in the Surulere Local Government Area of Oyo State…
The federal government is set to implement five per cent inclusive excise duty on telecommunications services in Nigeria, a move that will make Nigerians pay 12.5 per cent tax on telecommunications services. Minister of Finance Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed made the announcement on Thursday July 28, at a stakeholders’ forum on implementation of…
A newborn baby has been rescued after being abandoned in front of a church in Rivers state. Facebook user, Blessedcovenant Cyril Antai said the baby was abandoned in front of his church on July 19, with a note which read “call her godgift and take care of her.” Cyril revealed that he had to take the…
Yakubu Maikyau, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) has emerged winner of the Nigerian Bar Association presidential election. Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) disclosed that 59,392 lawyers (highest ever) were accredited to vote in the election held on Saturday July 16. Maikyau polled a total of 22,342 to Joe Gazama, senior advocate of…
A Nigerian pastor, Evang. Gospel Agochukwu has called on Christians to increase their church tithing. The founder of Shekinah Arena Gospel Ministries, Port Harcourt, who stated this via Facebook on Saturday, July 16, claimed he gives 70% of his income as tithe.
Two armed robbery suspects have been arrested by the police in Ekiti state, who also recovered arms and ammunition from them. Spokesperson of the police command, DSP Sunday Abutu said the two suspects were arrested at their hideout in Atikankan area of Ado-Ekiti. The arrested suspects have been identified as Olusesan Segun, popularly called “Always” and Kareem…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arrested four persons for offences bordering on vote buying during the governorship election which held on Saturday, July 16, 2022 in Osun State. The suspects are Yekini Nurudeen Abiodun, Jimoh Kazeem, Adeyemo Bahir and Abidogun Ismail. They were arrested by operatives of the EFCC at different polling…
