Naira

The Naira yesterday appreciated to N361.85 per dollar in the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window due to an 80 percent increase in the volume of dollars traded.

The Naira yesterday depreciated to N362.03 per dollar in the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window.

Timi Soleye returned home to Nigeria from the United States to set up a gas logistics business six years ago, encouraged by predictions of growth and an expanding middle class.

Detectives have quizzed a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Joe Agi, over alleged payment of about $30,000 into one of the domiciliary accounts of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen.

The Coalition of United Political Parties on Tuesday alleged that it has uncovered a plan by the Federal Government to force the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, to resign “at gun point.”

The senator representing Nasarawa West at the National Assembly, senator Abdullahi Adamu has blamed the economic hardship confronting the nation on the bad governance former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, vice president Atiku Abubakar and Dr. Goodluck Ebere Jonathan brought to the country.

Some Nigerians have expressed diverse reactions as crowds gather to audition for the Big Brother Naija auditions across the country on Friday.

The Naira on Thursday traded flat at N360.5 to the dollar at the parallel market in Lagos, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.

The Naira on Wednesday closed at N363.32 to the dollar at the investors window, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

The Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has backed President Muhammadu Buhari over the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen.

The above quote is probably synonymous with the popular definition of insanity as “the continuous repetition of the same process with the same wrong results, and still expect a positive difference at each turn.”

The Human and Environmental Development Agenda Resource Centre (HEDA) has commended the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice for the timeous and prompt nature of the prosecution of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, over the non-declaration of assets before the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

The Naira on Thursday lost marginally to the dollar at the parallel market in Lagos exchanging at N362.5, weaker than N362 traded on Wednesday.

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has said he is among those suffering from the power problem in the country.

The Naira, on Wednesday, exchanged at N362.58 to the dollar at the investors window as investors traded a total of 334.34 million dollars at the close of business.

A sitting House of Representatives, member, Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu, has alleged that the Federal Government under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari is planning to devalue the Nigerian currency to Foreign exchange rate in April.

In yet another massive intervention, the Aliko Dangote Foundation Monday officially launched a major philanthropic programme in Zamfara State, doling out food items running into several millions of naira to support victims of insurgency.

The Federal Government will soon start sourcing foreign exchange (forex) from Dangote Group, as soon as the latter’s refinery, petrochemicals and fertilizer projects come on stream.