The Investor & Exporter forex window recorded a turnover of $53.02m on Friday, following the Central Bank of Nigeria’s forex ban lift on 43 items. The CBN on Thursday, lifted the ban on importers of 43 items restricted from accessing foreign exchange on its official platform. It disclosed this in a statement titled, ‘CBN restates…
World Trade Organization (WTO) chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said on Thursday (October 12) she hoped the Israel-Hamas conflict could be ended quickly, warning it would have a “really big impact” on already weak global trade flows if it widened throughout the region. More details later…
A Reuters journalist was killed Friday and six others from AFP, Reuters and Al Jazeera were wounded while working in southern Lebanon, the three news organisations said. A group of journalists from different media outlets was near the village of Alma al-Shaab, close to the border with Israel, when they were caught up in cross-border…
The ruling party in Osun State, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has advised the defeated Osun Central Senatorial Candidate in the 2023 general elections, Ajibola Basiru, to cease entertaining illusions of his party’s return to governance in the state. In a press release from the party’s Media Unit, the State Chairman of the ruling party,…
The Olu of Igboora in Oyo state, Oba Jimoh Olajide Titiloye has conferred the chieftaincy title of Are Asoludero of Igboora on Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke. The monarch announced the conferment of the award on Governor Adeleke during the ongoing annual Ibeji Festival. Oba Jimoh Olajide Titiloye who said the the entry of…
Music executive, Kenny Ogungbe, completed the mandatory National Youth Service Corps programme at 53. Ogungbe, who is famous for shaping the Nigerian music scene through his Kennis Music label in the early 2000s, posted pictures from his Passing Out Parade on Thursday. He captioned the photos on his Instagram page, “NYSC graduation/POP today. Lagos/12C graduation…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state has praised the Nigerian military for shunning anti-democratic acts, describing democracy as a necessity for all societies. Welcoming the Chief of Army General Taoheed Lagbaja to his country home on Thursday, Governor Adeleke condemned democratic setbacks in some parts of Africa and urged the strengthening of democratic correction mechanisms…
… Confers on him the award of The Pensioners Most Friendly Governor of The Year Apparently satisfied and impressed by his friendly disposition and genuine concerns to their welfare since he came on board the governance of Osun state almost a year ago,the entire body of senior citizens in Osun state under the umbrella of…
The House of Representatives has screened and confirmed the presidential designates to the Board and Management of the Niger Delta Development Commission. The designates appeared before the House ad-hoc committee mandated to conduct the screening on Thursday. President Bola Tinubu had written to the House of Representatives, to ratify the Niger Delta Development Commission’s chairman…
The General Manager, Osun State Emergency Management Agency, Mr Jide Falade has warned the residents of Osun to desist from any form of activity that may cause environmental hazard like fire outbreak and flooding in the State. Falade stated this on Wednesday in a release personally signed by him and obtained by SAHEL STANDARD correspodent…
