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The Naira, has continued its depreciation after exchanging to the dollar at 980/$ at the parallel market on Wednesday. Naira exchanges at 980/dollar A Bureau De Change Operator in Zone 4 Abuja, Ahmed Gazali, confirmed this to Daily Post on Thursday. Gazali attributed the development to the forex scarcity.“It is …

Despite the numerous assurances by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu that the subsidy is gone, Daily Trust’s finding shows that the federal government paid N169.4 billion as subsidy in August to keep the pump price at N620 per litre. There have been several reports suggesting that the current price stagnation despite …

The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kano has declared Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress, APC, winner of the Kano governorship election. The tribunal gave the final judgement after cancelling some votes recorded by the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, candidate and Kano Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf.The …

Cristiano Ronaldo broke an impressive accolade as Al-Nassr triumphed in their AFC Champions League clash on Tuesday night. The Portuguese superstar played 90 minutes, before getting subbed off in added time, during his side’s 2-0 win over Persepolis.Despite not getting on the scoresheet on the night, the 38-year-old did still manage …

President Bola Tinubu is set to unveil a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers in the coming week, according to revelations made by Comrade Festus Osifo, the President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC). The announcement comes after a crucial meeting held between the TUC and the federal government to …

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has announced for the first time that he plans to run for a fourth term in next year’s elections. “I am happy with the confidence Rwandans have shown in me. I will always serve them as long as I can. Yes, I am indeed a candidate,” Mr …

A medical doctor at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba is dead. Doctor slumps, dies during 72-hour nonstop shift at LUTHHe died during a Sunday church service after performing a 72-hour surgery without a break at the neurosurgery unit. The Association of Resident Doctors disclosed this in a letter dated …

Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that he became a politician by accident. The former military head of state said that he never wanted to go into politics Obasanjo said this while speaking with a group of youths under the aegis of Africa for Africa Youth Initiative (A4A), …

Sixty-nine gay suspects apprehended on August 27 in the Ekpan community, Uvwie LGA in Delta, during a gay wedding ceremony have been granted bail. Counsel to the suspects, Ochuko Ohimor, stated on Tuesday in Warri that they were to provide N500,000 and two sureties each as the conditions for bail. According to …

 Actress Iyabo Ojo has paid a visit to Aderoju Mathew aka DJ Splash, a disc jockey formerly signed to Naira Marley’s record label who is allegedly battling mental illness. DJ Splash’s case came to limelight following the death of Mohbad who was also previously signed to the same record label.Splash’s mother, in a recently surfaced video, …