Author: NPO Admin II
By Hallimah Olamide The naira depreciated against the dollar on Tuesday as it exchanged at N775.34 at the Investors and Exporters window. The naira lost by 0.42 per cent compared to the N772.12 it exchanged for the dollar on Monday. The open indicative rate closed at N769.66 to the dollar on Tuesday. A spot exchange rate of N799.90 to the dollar was the highest rate recorded within the day’s trading before it settled at N775.34. The naira sold for as low as N701 to the dollar within the day’s trading. A total of 71.32 million dollars was traded at the…
•Says It Didn’t Emanate From Party Headquarters By Halimah Olamide The All Progressive Congress late Tuesday disowned a list of National Campaigns Council which has gone viral on the governorship elections in Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo states. In a statement signed by Felix Mouka, National Publicity Secretary of the APC he said the list in circulation did not come from the party. “The lists are not official documents of the party,” Morka said in his terse statement. He asked Nigerians to disregard the list. On the earlier list which was also reported by the NPO Reports, the name of the…
By Kamil OpeyemiThe All Progressive Congress on Tuesday named Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike as a member of the Bayelsa State Governorship Campaign Council. This comes after the Peoples Democratic Party, Wike’s original party, had appointed him as a member of the same council for Imo State. In the list released by the Organising Secretary of the party Amb. Sulaiman Argungu, Wike’s name comes 6th on the list of the campaign council which also has Inuwa Yahaya as the Chairman. Wike is yet to renounce his membership of the PDP on the platform of which he was…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday approved the appointment of a new Board and Management team of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). According to a statement by Ajuri Angelale, his special adviser on Media the new board will be chaired by Mr. Chiedu Ebie – Chairman (Delta). The statement gave the list as follows: Dr. Samuel Ogbuku – Managing Director / CEO – Bayelsa Mr. Boma Iyaye – Executive Director (Finance and Admin) – Rivers Mr. Victor Antai – Executive Director (Projects) – Akwa-Ibom Ifedayo Abegunde – Executive Director (Corporate Services) – Ondo Sen. Dimaro Denyanbofa – State Representative…
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has been buried in a private funeral in St Petersburg, his press service has said. It said the ceremony, in his home city, was held in “a closed format”, and all those “wishing to say goodbye can visit the Porokhovskoye cemetery”. The mercenary chief was confirmed dead by Russian officials after genetic analysis of 10 bodies found in a crashed plane on 23 August near Moscow. The Kremlin has denied speculation it was to blame for the crash. But a number of Russia watchers – both in the country and abroad – have described Prigozhin, 62,…
In a world first, scientists say an 8cm (3in) worm has been found alive in the brain of an Australian woman. The “string-like structure” was pulled from the patient’s damaged frontal lobe during surgery in Canberra last year. “It was definitely not what we were expecting. Everyone was shocked,” said operating surgeon Dr Hari Priya Bandi. The woman, 64, had for months suffered symptoms like stomach pain, a cough and night sweats, which evolved into forgetfulness and depression. She was admitted to hospital in late January 2021, and a scan later revealed “an atypical lesion within the right frontal lobe…
By Kamil Opeyemi Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested six suspected internet fraudsters in Bwari and Dutse axes of Abuja. Its Spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said that the suspects were arrested on Monday, following an intelligence report on their alleged cybercrime-related activities. According to him, the suspects are Odey Paul, 25, Greg Odey, 23, Julius Okpanachi, 21, Ugbede Opaluwa, 25, Okpanachi Emmanuel, 25, and Mohammed Abba, 26. Items recovered from the suspects included two Toyota Camry and one Mercedes Benz C300 cars, twelve mobile phones and…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration (FCTA) will pay N825.8 million as compensation for the construction of second runway for Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Wike stated this in Abuja on Tuesday, while briefing newsmen at the end of a closed-door meeting with members of the Jiwa community and other stakeholders. He said that the amount would be paid through the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) for compensation and resettlement of the people of the community affected by the project. He added that as part of the…
By Kamil Opeyemi The officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Tuesday demolished an illegal market called “Kasuwan Dare”, a suspected hideout for hoodlums and drug dealers in Asokoro, Abuja. The market was located at Hassan Musa Katsina Street, near Kpaduma II in Asokoro Extension, Abuja. Speaking after the demolition, the Director, Department of Development Control, Mr Mukhtar Galadima, said that the illegal market was becoming a threat to the residents of the area and passerby. Galadima added that the area was turned into a haven for criminal activities despite relentless efforts by the FCT Administration to sanitise…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Delta State Police Command on Tuesday announced that it arrested over 100 suspected homosexuals carrying out a wedding ceremony in a hotel in Delta state. Announcing this via its official X (formerly Twitter) handle the state police said it would parade the suspects shortly. “Delta State Command has arrested over a hundred gay suspects in a hotel carrying out a gay wedding ceremony. We will be going live shortly on Facebook to parade the said suspects.” It would be recalled that since 2014 when the anti-gay was signed into law, some suspects have been arrested…