ActionAid Nigeria has decried the non increment in ministerial slot to women after the newly announced cabinet reshuffling by President Bola Tinubu. The Country Director, ActionAid Nigeria, Andrew Mamedu, in a statement on Thursday said the organisation “acknowledges the recent cabinet reshuffling, along with the disbandment and merging of some Ministries, as an effort towards recalibrating governance. While restructuring is within the President’s prerogative, this moment demands that government agendas are decisively aligned with the needs of citizens, with a focus on inclusivity, cost-efficiency, and competent service delivery. “The ousting of three female portfolio Ministers and appointment of seven new…
Author: Abimbola Ogunaike
Despite the ongoing war between the immediate past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, the current minister of the Federal Capital Territory(FCT) and the state governor Sim Fubara, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed confidence that it will soon take control of state. The National Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Ganduje, stated this at an event on Thursday, 24 October, 2024 in Abuja, stressed that the party’s chapter in Rivers State would be rebuilt and repositioned to establish a stronghold in the state. His comment comes amid the ongoing war between the state governor, Fubara, and his predecessor, Wike, who…
A 14-year-old has attacked a police station, fatally stabbing one officer and critically injuring another. The Interior Minister for the Bosniak-Croat federation, Ramo Isak, who made this disclosure, said the assault took place in Bosanska Krupa, a town located 300 kilometres (186 miles) northwest of Sarajevo, Bosnia’s capital, “One officer is dead and the other is wounded,” Isak stated Police spokesman, Adnan Beganovic, confirmed the development to national broadcaster BHRT that injured officer is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries According to Beganovic, the young attacker, born in 2009, has been arrested, and an investigation into the incident is underway. The motive for the…
Things are looking for the Nigerian economy as the Naira recorded its first appreciation against the dollar at the foreign exchange market since Friday last week as FX supply increased. FMDQ data showed that the Naira strengthened to N1,601.20 per dollar on Thursday, 24 October, 2024 from N1,654.09 exchanged on Wednesday, 23 October, 2024. This represents a significant N52.89 gain against the dollar compared to the N1,654.09 exchange rate the previous day. Meanwhile, at the black market, the Naira dropped to N1,735 per dollar on Thursday, 24 October, 2024 from N1,730 traded on Wednesday, 23 October, 2024. The development comes…
Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo has a king-sized headache over the size of debt being owned by the country, years after he left office in 2007. According to Obasanjo, he left the nation with about $70 billion, including a $45 billion reserve and $25 billion in a designated “excess crude” account. The former President made this disclosure on Thursday, 24 October, 2024 in an exclusive interview with Kayode Akintemi of News Central Television. Obasanjo, who lamented the poor quality of leadership in the country, said his government met a debt overhang of close to $36 billion but reduced it to about $3.5…
The Councillor representing Ward 8 of Udaba, Ofukpu, Agbavo and Osomhegbe in Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State, Joseph Odemokpai, has disclosed that as floods continue to ravage and submerge communities along the River Niger, corpses are being washed away. Odemokpai, who disclosed this in a chat with newsmen in Benin City,claimed that the corpses were washed away in Udaba community in the locality. According to him, some people reportedly died in the locality due to the severe cold caused by the flood, just as he also added that the flood situation and water level are still high in…
A cross section of traders in various markets in Umuahia, Abia State has thanked the Central Bank of Nigeria for rejecting the House of Representatives directive to mop up old Naira notes of N200, N500, and N1000 from circulation and make more of the new notes available before December 31, 2024. The traders cautioned the lawmakers to focus on more pressing matters in the country than the issue of old and new naira notes. These calls were made by the traders in various markets in Umuahia, on the morning of Friday, 25 0ctober, 2024. The traders thanked the apex bank for…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that there is no deadline on the circulation of old N200, N500 and N1000 bank notes. The spokesperson of CBN, Sidi Ali Hakama disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, 24 October, 2024 This comes amid speculations that the old Naira notes will cease to be legal tender from December 31, 2024. The Apex Bank, however clarified that the claim is false, stressing that all bank notes remain legal tender. “The attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been drawn to discussions at different fora suggesting that the old series…
Tragedy occurred in Philippine on Friday, 25 October, 2024, Tropical Storm Trami, which has moved out to sea, left at least 40 people dead. Philippine rescue workers struggled through widespread floodwaters on Friday, 25 October, 2024 to reach residents stranded on rooftops. The storm dumped two months’ worth of rainfall over just two days in parts of the country, displacing tens of thousands. “Many are still trapped on the roofs of their homes and asking for help. We are hoping that the floods will subside today since the rain has stopped.” Police Director for the Bicol region, Andre Dizon, told AFP.…
The Medical Director of Goodwill Maternity at Obinze in Owerri West LGA in Imo State, Silas Nwamadi, allegedly seized twin baby boys delivered at his hospital over the mother’s inability to pay the hospital bill. The Imo State Police Commissioner, Aboki Danjuma, also ordered the immediate release of the twin boys, Chidindu and Chijindu, who were held at the maternity since May 4, after being delivered via a cesarean section, due to their parents’ inability to pay the medical bill, just as he also ordered a probe of the matter The CP, who gave the order at the command headquarters…