Woman welcomes sextuplets in Abuja after 13 years of childlessness in marriage
Jan. 31, 2024 Mrs Precious Ifeanyi, a business woman married for 13 years welcomed a set of sextuplets at the National Hospital, Abuja on Monday. Ifeanyi, a native of Ebonyi…
Nigeria caps FX position for banks, dollar bonds drop
Jan. 31, 2024 Nigeria’s central bank announced limits on how much banks can hold in foreign currencies on Wednesday and expressed concern about the growth of forex exposures on their…
FG, UK partner on minerals deposits development
Jan. 31, 2024 The Federal Government is partnering with the United Kingdom to establish a joint technical working group for the development of critical mineral deposits in the country. Dr…
Traders divert Russian oil products around Africa to avoid Red Sea – Sources, LSEG
Jan. 31, 2024 Traders were diverting cargoes with Russian oil products around Africa to avoid the Red Sea due to a heightened risk of attacks by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group,…
Anambra Police arrests woman, daughter for attempting to sell her 2 sons for N2m
Jan. 31, 2024 …As Commissioner poses as potential buyer Anambra government has arrested a 38-year-old woman for attempting to sell her nine and seven-year-old sons for N1 million each. Commissioner…
Elon Musk’s Neuralink implants brain chip in first human
Jan. 31, 2024 The first human patient received an implant from brain-chip startup Neuralink on Sunday and is recovering well Elon Musk has said. “Initial results show promising neuron spike…
Health: Bayer says to outsource some aspects of pharma business in Africa
Jan. 31, 2024 Germany’s Bayer will contract a third party to distribute its pharmaceutical products in four African markets including Kenya, it said, adding that the impact on jobs will…
FG, IOM evacuate 327 Nigerians from Libya
Jan. 31, 2024 The Federal Government, in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), has successfully evacuated 327 stranded Nigerians as well as those released from detention facilities in…
How Bafarawa Diverted N4.6bn from ONSA – Witness tells court
Jan. 31, 2024 A Second Prosecution Witness, PW2, in the trial of a former governor of Sokoto State Attahiru Bafarawa, Kassim Yusuf, on Tuesday recounted before Justice Yusuf Halilu of…
Reps query Customs over non-submission of 3 years audited financial statement
Jan 31, 2024 The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has queried the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) over non-submission of audited financial statements for the 2016 to 2018 financial…