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The naira remained broadly stable against the United States dollar on Friday, July 31, 2026, with only marginal movements recorded in both the official Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) and the parallel market.
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By Peter Egwuatu Femi Otedola, Chairman of First HoldCo, parent company of First Bank, has bought additional 1.779 billion shares of the company worth N222.209 billion. According to a statement signed by the company’s secretary, Abiola Baruwa, made available to the Nigerian Exchange Limited, NGX, yesterday, the shares were acquired through Otedola’s investment vehicle, Calvados Global Services Limited. […]
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By Elizabeth Adegbesan The value of Automated Teller Machines (ATM) transactions grew sharply by 208.4 percent year-on-year (YoY) to N89.12 trillion in 2025 from N29.12 trillion in 2024. The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, disclosed this in its 2025 Annual Report noting that the increase in ATM transactions reflects user preferences, adoption of digital channels, […]
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THE National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, yesterday, reassured Nigerians of the Federal Government’s commitment to mopping up illegal weapons across the country as part of efforts to secure lives and property.
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The Federal Government, and Organised labour yesterday, disgreed over the use of savings from the removal of fuel subsidy, with government explaining how the savings were used used to finance Ways and Means, service foreign debt, increased federal workers’ salaries, students’ loans, among others.
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By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — Former President of the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria, REDAN, Dr Aliyu Wamakko, has urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on soaring building costs rather than rising rents, saying spiralling construction costs, not landlords, are driving Nigeria’s housing crisis. With rents climbing beyond the reach […]
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Zamfara State Government had taken over over the Medical Centre of Ahmadu Bello University for rehabilitation and upgrade. The government took over the facility better known as Sickbay at a brief ceremony at the medical centre inside the Main Campus, ABU, Samaru, Zaria held Saturday, 25 July, 2026. The contract for the rehabilitation and upgrade […]
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The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Gusau, Professor Tukur Adamu, has commended the Zamfara State Government for its sustained infrastructural interventions in the university. Professor Adamu made the commendation when he led members of the university management on an inspection tour of ongoing construction projects on campus. The projects inspected include the construction of […]
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Zamfara State judiciary had organised a training workshop for magistrates, state high court staff and other stakeholders in the justice system. Speaking at the opening of the workshop, the Chief Judge of Zamfara State, Justice Kulu Aliyu, said adequate funding of the state judiciary would enable it to carry out its constitutional duties effectively. She […]
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Zamfara State government yesterday presented the newly-approved education curricula to some selected schools in three local governments of the state. The state Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Abdulmalik Abubakar Gajam, presented the newly approved curricula during an official inspection tour of Shinkafi, Moriki and Zurmi Local Government Areas. The presentation forms part of the […]
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