Author: NPO Admin II
By Hallimah Olamide Naira depreciated against the dollar on Wednesday as it exchanged at N782.38 at the Investors and Exporters window. It lost by 3.38 per cent when compared with N757.51 for which it exchanged for the dollar on Tuesday. The open indicative rate closed at N778.49 to the dollar on Wednesday. A spot exchange rate of N800 to the dollar was the highest rate recorded within the day’s trading before it settled at N782.38. The Naira sold for as low as N730 to the dollar within the day’s trading. A total of 60.26 million dollars was traded at the…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Commissioner of Police in Imo, Mr Mohammed Barde, says a manhunt for the arsonists who burnt down the residences of Mr Jerry Alagboso and Chief Ezekiel Nwokedi has begun. Alagboso is a former House of Representatives while Nwokedi is an Eze-elect, both from Orsu Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, ASP Henry Okoye disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Owerri. “The Commissioner of Police condemned this dastardly acts in totality and has ordered an intensive manhunt for the arsonists. “More so,…
By Kamil Opeyemi Two persons were confirmed dead while three others sustained varying degrees of injuries in an accident involving a Mazda bus on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Wednesday. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the spokesperson of Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta. Akinbiyi explained that the accident occured at 4:05 p.m opposite the Conoil filling station after the expressway’s interchange and was caused by excessive speeding. He stated that the driver of the Mazda bus marked LGB 739 XA lost control and somersaulted into a ditch on the expressway. The TRACE spokesperson noted…
President Bola Tinubu, late Wednesday met with a group of intervention team over the growing tension in Niger Republic. Information available to the NPO Reports showed that the group that met the President was made up of leaders of various Islamic organisations that cut across West Africa up to Sudan. It was learnt that some of the leaders of the groups had shown concerns over escalating face off between new military junta and the ECOWAS. They were said to have volunteered to intervene in the face off and ensure an amicable resolution. NPO Reports had reported earlier that former Emir…
By Kamil Opeyemi Former Finance Minister and current Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has denied being the author of a statement claiming that she is being attacked for visiting President Bola Tinubu. The former Nigeria’s Minister of Finance in a post on Twitter on Wednesday evening, described the statement which she said was being circulated on WhatsApp as “wickedly false designed to create mischief among Nigerians.” She also asked that the statement be disregarded. “It has just been brought to my attention that there is a false statement circulating on whatsApp attributed to me saying…
The Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, has advised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu – as Chairman of Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, – to persuade the sub-regional body to adopt diplomatic channels in handling issues arising from the seize of power by the military junta recently in Niger Republic. Although the professional body of editors in Nigeria noted that military intervention was regarded as an aberration around the world, it urged the ECOWAS to employ ‘’strategic engagement and diplomacy’’ in ensuring that democratic structures are restored in the country. The NGE also observed that the hike in pump price…
Catholic Bishops have on Wednesday voiced their opposition against possible military strike against Niger by the Economic Community of West Africa. The Bishops under the aegis of the Reunion of Episcopal Conferences of West Africa, RECOWA, urged the Authority of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government to restrain from the use of force to restore the constitutional regime in the country. The authority is chaired by Nigerian President Bola Tinubu. RECOWA comprises all Catholic cardinals, archbishops, and bishops in West Africa. It advised the sub-regional leaders to learn from what happened in Libya in 2011, describing it as a…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has reserved judgement in two appeals brought before it by the Governorship Aspirants of the All Progressives Congress in Kogi state, Abubakar Achimugu and Smart Adeyemi against a judgment of a Federal High Court Abuja which affirmed Usman Ododo as the APC flag bearer for the November 11 governorship election in the state. The appeal was against the judgment of Justice Obiora Egwuatu and Justice James Omotosho, both of the Federal High Court, Abuja. In their separate Judgements they had held that Ahmed Ododo can lawfully continue to fly the…
By Kamil Opeyemi Operatives of Police Command in Bauchi State have arrested three suspects over the lynching of a police constable in Konkiyel village of Darazo Local Government Area of the state on July 25. Police spokesman in the state, SP Ahmed Wakil stated in Bauchi on Wednesday that six of the suspects’ accomplices were still at large. He stated that the constable, Mr Bala Magaji was on official duty in Konkiyel village when he was attacked by the mob that dealt him machete blows and pelted him with stones to his head. “Three suspects have so far been arrested…
By Halimah Olamide A former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and deposed Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has met with the coup leaders in Niger Republic. His meeting on Wednesday came shortly after the junta declined to meet with representatives of African Union (AU). In a video currently in circulation, Sanusi was seen in company of the Sultan of Damagaran during a visit to the coup leader, Abdourahmane Tiani. Damagaran is the third largest city in Niger. The new military leaders had on Tuesday vowed to resist any form of external interference in the affairs of…