According to Central Bank of Nigeria official website, the Dollar to Naira bank rate is selling at ₦782.309/$1 and buying at ₦781.309/$1 as of today, Wednesday, July 19, 2023.
The Athletics Integrity Unit(AIU) has provisionally suspended Nigerian track and field athlete, Tobi Amusan for three missed ‘Whereabout failures’ The suspension was consequent upon Amusan’s missing of three drug tests within a 12-month period. In a statement on Twitter, the AIU said the charge will be heard by the Disciplinary Tribunal and determined before the…
Cristiano Ronaldo, a five-time Ballon d’Or winner, recently made a statement on 17 July suggesting that the Saudi Professional League is superior to Major League Soccer (MLS) in America. After participating in the first half of Al Nassr’s 5-0 preseason friendly loss to La Liga side Celta Vigo in Portugal, his home country, Ronaldo shared…
AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the Kwara State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum has approved the observance of every Muharram 1 as a work-free day in the state, a policy pronouncement that fulfils longstanding yearnings of the Muslim community in the state. In a statement released by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye,…
Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the immediate review of the proposed N8000 palliatives to poor households to cushion the effect of the petrol subsidy removal. In a statement on Tuesday by Dele Alake, the special adviser on special duties, communications and strategy, said the president also directed that the whole gamut of…
The Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde on Tuesday, declared Wednesday, July 19, 2023, a public holiday in the state, to mark first day of Muharram 1445 AH. Makinde, in a circular signed by his Chief of Staff, Segun Ogunwuyi, declared the day a public holiday in commemoration of this year’s Hijrah 1445. The statement, which…
Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday, ordered a thorough investigation into the shooting of a two-year-old boy, Ivan Omhonrina, who killed during a raid in Delta state. It could be recalled that Femi Babafemi, spokesperson of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Saturday, said a stray bullet hit the young Omhonrina…
The Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday, shed more light on two of its officers from Kwara State Command dismissed after a viral video featuring the two dismissed police officers, Sergeant Shola Akano and Corporal Babatunde Glorious claiming they were wrongfully axed. The Force, in a statement by CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Public Relations Officer, said…
Following the new petrol pump price, the Ekiti State Governor, Abiodun Oyebanji has urged Nigerians to be patient with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration. The Governor said Nigerians should exercise more restrain with Tinubu over the difficulties the Fuel Subsidy removal must have caused. Speaking with Journalists yesterday in Abuja at the National Assembly after…
Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Tuesday, kicked against the new pump price of fuel, while describing it as provocative, which is designed to worsen the poverty level and hardship Nigeria are passing through. According to Joe Ajaero, the NLC presisent in a statement said; “We woke up this morning (Tuesday) to the news that NNPCL…
Mall. Abdulrazaq M. Lawal, the Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Kwara State, on Tuesday, announced his resignation of his membership from the party. Abdulrazaq, in a letter letter written to the PDP Badari ward dated 18th July 2023 and sighted by The Informant247, said his reason for the resignation is personal. This is…
The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke will on Wednesday, swear in newly appointed commissioners. It could be recalled that the governor had earlier unveiled his commissioner-nominees through the State House of Assembly. Adewale Egbedun, the Speaker of the Assembly read the names as contained in the letter sent to the lawmakers by Adeleke at the…
The chief executive officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mele Kyari, on Tuesday, said that market forces was behind the increase in petrol pump price from N540 to N617 per litre. The Informant247 had earlier reported that the price of Petroleum Motor Spirit, PMS, jumped from N539 to N617 per litre in…
Bala Mohammed, the Bauchi State Governor, on Tuesday, dissolved all the 20 Local Government Caretaker Committees in the state, with immediate effect. The governor’s directive was contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Ibrahim Muhammad Kashim and made available to journalists. It could be recalled that the caretaker committees…
A former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani on Tuesday, reacted to the new new price of Premium Motor Spirit popularly known as Petrol acrossthecountry. It was earlier reported on Tuesday, that the price of Petroleum Motor Spirit, PMS, jumped from N539 to N617 per litre in the nation’s capital and other part of the country Sani,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, disowned Ibrahim Mohammed, a police lawyer, who filed a criminal charge against former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Adaeze Oduah. It was gathered that the anti-graft agency told the Federal High Court in Abuja that Mohammed, a Superintendent of Police was not mandated to file any…
Osun State Government on Tuesday, declared Wednesday, as public holiday to mark the beginning of 1445 Hijrah calendar. In a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Regional Integration and Special Duties, Mr Mudashiru Oyedeji on Tuesday, said the Governor’s decision to allow Muslims celebrate the new year. The statement also added that the…
Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Tuesday, received some heads of state from African countries at Presidential Villa in Abuja. The heads of state hosted by President Tinubu include: Umaro Emabalo, president of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau; Patrice Talon, president of the Republic of Benin; Bazoum Mohamed, president of the Republic of Niger; and…
Umo Eno, the Akwa Ibom State Governor, has lamented the rate by which politicians flood the Government House during work days. Eno expressed his grievances in a video on Facebook, where he was addressing a congregation, urged politicians to allow him to concentrate on the job he was elected to do, saying he was being…
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