September 2025 – Page 236

Police Restrict Egungun Festival To Designated Venues In Lagos

01.09.2025

The Lagos State Police Command has restricted all Egungun masquerade festival activities to designated outing points and approved venues of celebration only. Command spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a statement yesterday in Lagos. He explained that the directive banned practitioners from engaging in public processions or street parades to safeguard lives, property, and...

Nigeria & Brazil Partner on Mobile Money Expansion

01.09.2025

Nigeria and Brazil have opened talks aimed at strengthening economic and financial cooperation, with a particular focus on payment systems, fintech, and mobile money expansion. The discussions were held in Brasília between the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, and his Brazilian counterpart, Gabriel Galípolo, during President Bola Tinubu’s state visit to...

Strike: Kaduna Doctors Urge Action On Unmet Demands

01.09.2025

The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Kaduna State chapter, has reiterated its commitment to dialogue and fair negotiations as it prepares for an indefinite strike beginning 12 a.m. today (September 1). In a communiqué released after an emergency virtual congress meeting and shared with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the ARD expressed appreciation for...

Naira Volatility Driven by FX Demand – Oyedele

01.09.2025

The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has identified discretionary demand for foreign exchange as a major driver of the naira’s volatility. Speaking at the Nigerian Economic Summit Group’s half-year review of the economy in Lagos recently, Oyedele emphasised that the naira’s stability depends on addressing this discretionary...

Stakeholders To FG: Prioritise Security, Citizens’ Welfare, NLC

01.09.2025

The Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Ebonyi Chapter, Prof. Egwu Oguguo, and other prominent residents of the state have called on the Federal Government to prioritise security and welfare of the ordinary Nigerians. The people made the call in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakiliki yesterday. They spoke against...

El-Rufai Denies Rift With Sani, Accuses Kaduna Govt Of ADC Attack

01.09.2025

Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has denied having a rift with his successor, Senator Uba Sani, but revealed that the current governor is not his friend despite their political history. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, El-Rufai, 65, clarified that although he was instrumental to Sani’s emergence as Kaduna State governor...

N’West Leads FEC Projects with N5.97tn – Budget Office

01.09.2025

The Budget Office of the Federation has disclosed that the North-West geopolitical zone received the highest share of Federal Executive Council projects approved under President Bola Tinubu, amounting to N5.97tn or more than 40 per cent of the total N10.92tn approvals. The Director-General of the Budget Office, Tanimu Yakubu, made this revelation in a statement...

One Killed, 300 Farmlands Submerged As Heavy Flood Hits Nasarawa

01.09.2025

At least one person has been confirmed killed, while over 300 farmlands and crops worth millions of Naira have been submerged as a result of heavy flooding that hit Nasarawa, Kokona and Doma Local Government Areas of Nasarawa State. The Director General of Nasarawa State Emergency Management Agency, Benjamin Akwash, made this known while briefing...

Nigeria Threatens Gencos with Grid Disconnection Over Infrac

01.09.2025

Baffled by the incessant collapse of the national grid, the Federal Government, through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, has issued an order mandating all electricity generation companies connected to the grid to implement Free Governor Control across their generating units, warning that non-compliance would attract heavy penalties, including disconnection from the grid. The order, referenced...

Save Indigenous Languages, NINLAN Appeals To Govs

01.09.2025

The National Institute For Nigerian Languages (NINLAN), Aba, has appealed to the 36 state governors to help preserve various indigenous languages in their state by investing in the research and teaching of such languages. The appeal was made by the Executive Director of the institute, Prof. Ogbonna Onuoha, during the seventh matriculation ceremony of the...