Naira down to N1,500/$ in parallel market
The Naira yesterday depreciated in the parallel market to N1,500 per dollar from N1,485 per dollar on Tuesday. Similarly, the Naira depreciated to N1,476.24 per dollar in the Nigerian Autonomous…
Hardship: Labour kicks as 20 states deny workers wage award
Eight months after the Federal Government commenced payment of N35,000, a wage award in addition to N30,000 minimum wage to workers, and urged state governments to replicate it, 15 states…
NCDC alerts on cholera outbreak
….As Nigeria records 30 deaths; 1,141 suspected cases The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has alerted on increasing cholera cases nationwide, with 30 deaths, 1,141 suspected and…
I faked my kidnap to extort money from my mother —27yr-old-lady
A Secondary School drop-out, Ruth Livinus, arrested for faking their kidnap, revealed yesterday that she did it to extort money from her widowed mother to establish a hairdressing salon. The…
Motorcycles importation rises 205% to N73.59bn
The value of imported motorcycles surged by 205 percent, Year-on-Year, YoY to N73.59 billion in Q1’24, reversing three years decline from first quarter of 2021, Q1’21 Starmich blog analysis of…
2026 W/Cup: NFF plans changes to ensure Super Eagles’ qualification
The President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) , Ibrahim Gusau says the Federation will take all necessary steps to ensure the Super Eagles qualify for the 2026 World Cup in…
(FOREIGN) US Supreme Court rejects bid to trademark ‘Trump too small’
The US Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an attempt by a California man to trademark the suggestive phrase “Trump too small.” The court, in a unanimous opinion, ruled that the…
Okonjo-Iweala is brilliant woman, worthy Nigerian ambassador – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has described the Director General of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as a brilliant woman, who is worthy to be Nigerian ambassador. Okonjo-Iweala stated this in…
India to re-conduct medical entrance exam over scam
The Supreme Court of India on Thursday directed the National Testing Agency (NTA) to re-conduct the medical entrance examination (undergraduate) for as many as 1,563 students on doubts about a…
(FOREIGN) Elon Musk’s X makes users’ likes private
Former Twitter platform X on Thursday said “likes” on the platform will now be private in an effort to protect users and drive up engagement. With the change, which includes…
