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Job losses loom as Naira sells 194 to dollar

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, December 20th, 2014

The continuous fall in the price of crude oil in the international market and the recent devaluation of the nation’s currency, the naira, are putting serious pressure on the economy, with the currency experiencing a free fall. The naira exchanged for between 192 and 194 to the United States dollar at the parallel or street […]

Obama vows response to ‘N’Korea cyber attack’

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines Saturday, December 20th, 2014

The United States will “respond proportionately” to a North Korea cyber attack that damaged Sony Pictures Entertainment, President Barack Obama has said, after the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Pyongyang was responsible. “We will respond. We will respond proportionately and we’ll respond in a place and time and manner that we choose,” Obama told an […]

Woman charged after Toronto-bound flight diverted

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, December 18th, 2014

The Canadian Press Published Thursday, December 18, 2014 3:27PM EST HALIFAX – The Mounties have charged a 30-year-old South African woman with assault after an international flight was diverted to Halifax on Wednesday. Investigators said the Air Canada flight was travelling from London to Toronto with 239 passengers on board. They allege flight attendants were […]

70 prophets storm Jerusalem to pray for Nigeria

Posted by admin Headlines, Religion Thursday, December 18th, 2014

By AIDOGHIEPAULINUS Everything is being put into the task of ensuring that Nigeria remains in peace or regains her peace, even in the face of threats by politicians jostling for power ahead 2015. One of the novel moves came from Rev. Ifeanyichukwu Epunam who assembled 70 prophets of the Christian faith through private sector sponsorship […]

CBN bars banks from holding funds in dollars

Posted by admin CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Headlines Thursday, December 18th, 2014

CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele The Central Bank of Nigeria has barred commercial banks from holding any part of their funds in United State dollars as it steps up efforts to reduce pressure on the naira. The CBN, in a circulated dated December 17, 2014, ordered the banks to stop keeping one per cent […]

B’Haram abducts 185 children, women near Chibok

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Thursday, December 18th, 2014

No fewer than 185 women have been reported kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents in Gumsuri, North of Chibok in Borno State. The insurgents, who killed about 32 men, set fire on the village with petrol bombs before herding the women and children in their pickup trucks. The Sunday incident is coming less than nine months […]

Allow prisoners to vote, court orders INEC

Posted by admin Headlines, INEC Politics Thursday, December 18th, 2014

A Federal High Court sitting in Benin, Edo State, has granted a suit seeking to uphold the right of prison inmates to vote in all elections conducted in the country. The plaintiffs, who instituted the suit on behalf of inmates of Nigerian prisons, are Victor Emenuwe, Onome Inaye, Kabiru Abu, Osagie Iyekepolor and Modugu Odion. […]

Soldiers nab Fulani herdsmen robbing on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines, Lagos, Oyo, State News Tuesday, December 16th, 2014

The Lagos State Police Command has detained two Fulani herdsmen, Mohammed Umar and Manu Hassan, for allegedly robbing motorists on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Our correspondent learnt that Umar and Hassan, who were herdsmen from the Ngaski area of Kebbi State, were arrested by soldiers attached to the OP MESA while they were robbing some people. […]

Police arrest power-drunk cop’s team members, grill DPO

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Tuesday, December 16th, 2014

-Punch The police have arrested other six cops at the scene of the torture of a couple in the Lekki area of Lagos State. A police source told PUNCH Metro on Tuesday that the policemen were being detained at the state police headquarters in Ikeja to explain their role in the incident. Our correspondent […]

AU insures Nigerian Ebola volunteers

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Tuesday, December 16th, 2014

The African Union has said it provided a comprehensive insurance coverage for Nigerian health workers who are currently on volunteer jobs in Liberia and Sierra Leone. About 250 health workers from Nigeria left for the two African countries on December 4 to help curb the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease. According to the World […]