A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Femi Falana has said the Central Bank of Nigeria’s decision to float the Naira at the foreign exchange market was illegal. Falana disclosed this on Friday during a Channels Television interview He stated that the country’s economy is in crisis because it has been dollarized. The human rights lawyer lamented that domestic transactions such as rent, school fees and others are being made in Dollars thereby putting pressure on the Naira. “The major problem is the dollarisation of the economy. As long as the government is not prepared to strengthen the Naira, to make…
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Top stakeholders in the sports sector on Wednesday expressed shock over the appointment of Cross River State politician, Senator John Enoh, as the Minister of Sports Development by President Bola Tinubu, The Presidency also separated the Ministry of Sports Development from Youth, unlike what it was under previous administrations. A former member of the House of Representatives for Etsako, Abubakar Momoh, who is from Edo State, now heads the new Ministry of Youth. Enoh represented the Central Senatorial District of Cross River State in the 8th Assembly between 2015 and 2019. Before then, he was a member of the House…
The military high command has said no fewer than three officers and 22 soldiers were killed during the ambush on troops in Niger state. Addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, the Director, Media Operations, Maj. Gen. Edward Buba added that seven soldiers were wounded during the ambush. He said the incident necessitated the deployment of the crashed Air Force evacuation aircraft. Buba noted that onboard the crashed aircraft were 14 previously killed soldiers, seven wounded soldiers, two pilots, and two crew members. He said, “Our troops entered into an ambush in the general of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger…
Date: 2023-Aug-17 🎯TOPIC: WALKING IN HIS WILL 📺 WATCH THE DEVOTION VIA THE LINK BELOW👇 https://youtu.be/3ldl-4yuodY ✝️ TEXT: Jeremiah 7:1-17(NKJV) 7:1. The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 7:2. “Stand in the gate of the LORD’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, all [you of] Judah who enter in at these gates to worship the LORD!’ ” 7:3. Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: “Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. 7:4. “Do not trust in these…
The Deeper Christian Life Ministry, founded by Pastor Williams Kumuyi on August 3, 1973, celebrated its 50th anniversary on Sunday with a global service at its headquarters in Gbagada, Lagos. During the global 50th anniversary celebration service, emphasis was laid on how the denomination, which started in 1973 with a bible study of 15 members at Kumuyi’s official residence in Flat 2, Faculty of Education Campus, University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos has risen to about 5.3 million people across 150 countries. In his anniversary message, titled ‘Marching Forward with Fresh Vision into the Future Destiny’, Kumuyi said, “50 years…
Profile of the Bishop Elect of Akoko Edo Diocese – Ven Ebenezer Saiki Birth The Ven. Ebenezer Omeiza Saiki, now Bishop-Elect Akoko-Edo of Diocese, was born into the family of Surveyor Joseph Bayo & Mrs Clara O. SAIKI, of Igarra in Akoko-Edo LGA, Edo state. Education He had his Primary and Secondary Education in Benin City, Edo state where he was born. (Attended Ohuoba Primary School in Benin City from 1983 – 1989, Edo College in the same Benin City from 1990 – 1995, and finished Secondary education at Western Boys High School, Benin in 1996) Ministry He gave his…
Bandits have claimed responsibility for the crashed surveillance helicopter in Badna, Chukuba ward of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. It is recalled that the surveillance helicopter crashed in Badna, Mina, on Monday The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, while meeting with Niger State governor in his office, Abuja, stated that weather conditions, among others, may have contributed to the helicopter crash, adding that investigation had commenced to determine the probable cause of the incident. But terrorists, in a two-minute-and-seventeen-second video, claimed they brought down the jet using an AK-47 rifle. The narrator in the video,…
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday said the biting sanctions imposed by the Economic Community of West African States on the Niger junta would not be lifted despite the military leaders’ promise to negotiate with the regional bloc to resolve the crisis in the francophone country. Tinubu, who stated this when he received the Special Envoy of President Ali Ondimba and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Gabon, Hermann Immongault, at the State House in Abuja, insisted that military takeover of government was no longer acceptable in Africa. However, the junta led by Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani, has demanded…
Former Gombe State Governor, Ibrahim Dankwambo, has called for an investigation into protests by students at the University of Calabar. Recall that earlier reports had reported that some students had protested in the institution, accusing one Prof Cyril Ndifon, Dean of the university’s Faculty of Law, of frequently harassing them sexually. They moved about in groups on the campus late Monday afternoon chanting ‘Ndifon, go! go!’ The students displayed placards with various inscriptions, including “Ndifon Must Go!” “We’re tired of sucking dicks for marks”, “Law Girls Are Not Bonanza”, “Prof Ndifon Must Stop Grabbing our Bum Bum”. Reacting on Twitter,…
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said the ‘Emilokan’ slogan will not win elections in the state. He spoke while receiving the leaders of Edo South Senatorial District at the Government House. President Bola Tinubu used ‘Emilokan’ during his presidential election campaign. However, Obaseki said: “Edo people will not accept ‘Emilokan’ as a strategy in government as they are not known for that. For us, it is the people that will decide. “What has happened in the last few months is strange, and even if you have ambition, this is not the time to express it. The timetable for…