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NAIRA CRASH: EFCC ARRESTS 34 CURRENCY SPECULATORS IN ABUJA As part of efforts to improve the value of the naira, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) attached to the Taskforce on Currency Mutilation, Dollarization of the Economy and Forex Malpractice, have arrested 34 suspected currency speculators over alleged foreign exchange fraud. They were arrested on Friday, April …

NLC PRESENTS DEMANDS TO FG AHEAD OF MAY DAY The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has outlined its demands ahead of the May 1st, 2024 workers’ day celebrations. Among the demands presented to the federal and state governments is the establishment of state and local government police. The demands come under the theme of ‘Social Justice and Decent Work for All,’ …

BANDITS CELEBRATE SALLAH IN VIRAL VIDEO, NIGERIANS REACT Nigerians and the rest of the world were taken aback when a video of thousands of bandits celebrating Sallah in Zamfara State surfaced on social media. The development, many say, is a slap on Nigeria’s security architecture. The video, which was disclosed by a counter insurgency analysts and security expert focused on …

ROBOT PRIEST, ‘FATHER JUSTIN”, EXCOMMUNICATED BY CATHOLIC CHURCH A robot priest created by artificial intelligence was defrocked after just one day when parishioners kicked against it. The virtual priest named “Father Justin” was set up by a US religious network Catholic Answers to tend to the needs of Catholics online. But within 24 hours the computerised clergyman was excommunicated as …

IT’S A LIE! 2023 POLL DIDN’T REFLECT NIGERIANS’ WILL – LP, PDP FAULT US REPORT The opposition Labour Party, LP, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have expressed shock over how the United States 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices arrived at its conclusion that the 2023 polls reflected the will of Nigerians, despite widespread irregularities. However, the All Progressives …

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LAGOS WORKERS EARNING N70,000 MINIMUM WAGE SINCE JANUARY – SANWO-OLU Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State said on Thursday that civil servants in the state have been receiving N70,000 minimum wage since January. Sanwo-Olu said his administration has been paying workers an additional N35,000 wage allowance since January. Speaking at a function on Thursday, the governor assured workers that his …

ENUGU GOVT GEARS TO REPOSITION ANAMMCO The Enugu State Government has stated its desire and preparedness to reposition the old Anambra Motor Manufacturing Company (ANAMMCO), based in Enugu, to upscale its economic relevance in the state. The State Commissioner for Labour and Productivity, Mr. Chika Ugwoke, made the pledge after Gov. Peter Mbah took a facility tour of the ANAMMCO …

THOUSANDS OF DOCTORS CONSIDERING LEAVING UK – GMC Factors driving thousands of doctors to consider leaving the UK have been revealed in new research published by the General Medical Council (GMC). The GMC had commissioned independent research into the reasons doctors may be considering, or have already made, a move abroad. The report, Identifying groups of migrating doctors, also makes …

US CRITICIZES ‘ARBITRARY ARRESTS’ OF GODWIN EMEFIELE, NNAMDI KANU The United States Government has criticized the arbitrary arrests of Godwin Emefiele, the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, and Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), by security personnel in Nigeria. In its ‘2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Nigeria,’ published Tuesday on …