NGN/USD 1,540.20 ↓ 0.4% BRENT CRUDE $82.14 ↑ 1.2% NGX INDEX 99,240.50 ↑ 0.1% INFLATION 33.95% ↑ 1.8% MPR 26.25% stable
NGN/USD 1,540.20 ↓ 0.4% BRENT CRUDE $82.14 ↑ 1.2% NGX INDEX 99,240.50 ↑ 0.1% INFLATION 33.95% ↑ 1.8% MPR 26.25% stable

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Police teargas peaceful protesters amid public outcry against Cybercrime Act, emergency rule in Rivers

THE Nigerian police have, as usual, tear-gassed peaceful protesters who are demonstrating the abuse of the Cybercrime Act by the police and government institutions. The demonstrators are also opposing the illegal declaration of emergency rule in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu. The protesters, led by the Take-It-Back Movement leader, Mr Omoyele Sowore, and lawyer […]

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Feb 21, 2025 post

Terrorist Turji rattles Sokoto, demands N25m from farmers, jobless villagers

A NOTORIOUS terrorist, Bello Turji, has reappeared in Sokoto, North-West of Nigeria, rattling farmers, jobless villagers and other small-income members of communities in the state. He has also imposed N25 million on each of the communities. “Bello Turji is currently in the Isa and Sabon Birni axis of Sokoto. He has even imposed a ₦25 […]

Sep 20, 2023 post

Sit-at-home: How South-East Nigeria lost N5.4trn in 15 months

The South-East Nigeria’s micro businesses wasted 71 Mondays between August 9, 2021 and December 19, 2022, losing N5.375 trillion ($12.215 billion) in the process. This is according to an investigation funded by the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR).   The losses arose from Monday sit-at-home exercises being implemented in the region. The Indigenous People of Biafra […]