On Sunday, it declared a two-day holiday, Tuesday and Wednesday, for the festivities. However, the crescent moon was not sighted in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, meaning the Eid celebration will take place on Wednesday. This prompted the Federal Government to add an extra day to the already-declared public holiday. “The Federal Government has approved Thursday…
The declaration, he says, followed the report of the National Moon Sighting Committees across the country which confirmed that the moon has not been sighted. A statement signed by the Chairman, Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs to the Sultanate Council, Prof Sambo Junaidu, said the council accepted the report and accordingly declared Wednesday, April 10,…
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria have great potentials and opportunities to earn foreign exchange (forex) if their products are well branded and packaged to meet international standards. Managing Director/Chief Executive, Export and Sell Limited, Nduka Udeh made this submission in his presentation titled: Earning FX By Exporting to USA and Canada, delivered at…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has again announced the sales of dollars to Bureau De Change operators. It disclosed this in a circular uploaded to its website on Monday.The apex bank said it is set to sell $10,000 to each BDCs at N1101/$ and directed the operators to sell at a spread not more than…
President Bola Tinubu on Sunday arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos ahead of the Eid al-Fitr celebration. The President was welcomed by Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and Secretary to the State Government, Bimbola Salu-Hundeyin, among others. After his arrival, Tinubu inspected the military parade.The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, disclosed…
He made the remarks on Sunday when he donated a borehole to Pantami Sheep Market in Gombe State, a market with thousands of business owners and households. “I am for peace, I believe that we are one. We are one people and our concentration should be on peace and I believe we will resolve all…
The Newspapers Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria; the Nigerian Union of Journalists; and the Nigerian Guild of Editors, among other media industry stakeholders, have demanded a probe into the abduction of FirstNews editor, Segun Olatunji, by the military. On March 15, 2024, Olatunji was abducted from his Lagos home in Abule Egba by gun-toting men in…
The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government in a statement on Sunday signed by the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Aishetu Ndayako. The minister congratulated all Muslim faithful for the successful completion of the fasting in the holy month of Ramadan. He called on Muslim faithful to imbibe and…
The People Democratic Party’s (PDP) leaders in the three Etsako Local Government Areas of Edo North have rejected Barrister Pascal Ugbomhe as replacement for the embattled Deputy Governor of Edo State, Comrade Philip Shaibu. The leaders, in a terse press statement made available to journalists in Benin City are miffed by the report suggesting that…
