Author: Akintayo Adams

In the past three years, 42,000 nurses have left Nigeria, according to Faruk Abubakar, Registrar of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN). Faruk’s remarks followed the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) demonstration against the Council’s newly revised certification verification procedures. In a circular, the NMCN stated that candidates wishing to have their certificates verified by international nursing boards and councils must have two years of qualifying experience in addition to paying a non-refundable application fee. Speaking about the rationale behind the Council’s release of the guidelines, he noted that the country’s nursing shortage in recent…

Every member of the Super Eagles who competed in the recently ended AFCON has been awarded the national honor of Member of the Order of the Niger (MON) by President Bola Tinubu. The Super Eagles, Nigeria’s national football team, are currently being hosted by President Bola Tinubu in the State House’s Council Chambers. Tuesday’s encounter comes soon after their recent 2024 Africa Cup of Nations finals loss to the host country, Côte d’Ivoire, in which they were unable to capture the championship. More to Follow…

The leaders of the security services and the economic team are currently meeting with the Senate to discuss the nation’s recent security issues.At 11:35 a.m., the Senate suspended its norms to let non-lawmakers attend the plenary. The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoheed Lagbaj; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Hassan Abubakar; Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun; Director General of Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi; National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; and Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa were all called to a meeting by Senate President Godswill Akpabio…

This is the fourth increase in ten days that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has made to the currency rate used to calculate customs charges at the country’s seaports.According to data from the Nigeria Customs Service’s official trade portal, the exchange rate was revised increased yesterday, February 12, going from 1,417.635/$ to N1,444.56/$. This comes as Wale Edun, the minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy, is being urged by the Sea Empowerment Research Center (SERC) to order the CBN to cease the constant increase in currency rates used to calculate customs duties. The most recent rise,…

Ms. Bolaji Agbede has been appointed as the acting group chief executive officer, according to a Monday announcement from Access Holdings Plc. Its previous Group Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Herbert Wigwe, passed away. Along with his wife, son, and former Nigeria Exchange Group chairman Abimboloa Ogunbanjo, Wigwe passed away in a helicopter crash on Friday. The Central Bank of Nigeria’s acceptance of the nomination was mentioned in a statement released by the company’s Board of Directors on February 12, 2024. “Further to its announcement dated February 11, 2024, the Board of Directors of Access Holdings Plc (‘the Company’) has today…

On the official Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, the naira plummeted to a fresh all-time low of N1,534/$ on Monday. The national currency closed last Friday at N1,476.13/$, a loss of 3.93 percent, or N58, according to FMDQ Exchange, a portal that reports on the nation’s official foreign exchange trading. The official exchange rate on Monday became the worst since the Central Bank of Nigeria floated the country’s currency in June 2023. On Monday, the naira fluctuated in value between N1,480 and N1,490 on the parallel market. The local currency seems to have been trading more favorably on the black…

There is a bill scheduled to be presented in the House of Representatives that aims to create three more states in the Southwest. The proposed law, which is being supported by Oluwole Oke, the member for Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency in Osun State, calls for the creation of the states of Oke-Ogun, Ijebu, and Ife-Ijesa. “A Bill for an Act to amend the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended)” is the name of the proposed law. It proposes changing the First Schedule, Part I of the Constitution to say, “The First Schedule, Part I of the Constitution…

The National Weather Service (NWS) has reported that 13 earthquakes rocked California in less than 25 minutes during the course of the night, with the first occurring shortly after midnight. According to US officials, the first earthquake happened on Monday and was located northwest of El Centro, a city on the southern border. A large portion of San Diego County was allegedly shaken by the 4.8 magnitude earthquake, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).Six minutes later, a 4.5 aftershock rocked the region, and a string of lesser aftershocks that originated west of the Salton Sea struck shortly after,…

In Nkienzha village, Miango District, Irigwe Chiefdom of Bassa local government area of Plateau State, four people have been slain by unidentified gunmen. According to information obtained by the press, the gunmen attacked the neighborhood on Sunday night at around 11 p.m. and destroyed a house, murdering all four of its occupants. According to a statement provided to journalists and signed by Davidson Malison, the departing National Publicity Secretary of the Iowa Development Association (IDA), there was an additional injury. The statement went on to say that the Irigwe Nation’s leadership has referred to the recent upsurge in attacks and…

Olympic champion and holder of the marathon world record, Kelvin Kiptum, passed away in an automobile accident in western Kenya on Monday, according to authorities. Around 11 p.m. (2000 GMT) on Sunday, the 24-year-old was traveling from Kaptagat to Eldoret when the automobile flipped, killing both the youthful phenomenon and his Rwandan instructor, Gervais Hakizimana. The car had three occupants, two died on the spot, while one was taken to hospital. The two are Kiptum and his coach,” said the police commander for Elgeyo Marakwet County in western Kenya where the accident occurred, says Peter Mulinge. “It is Kiptum who…