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 Naira appreciates massively against dollar as FX supply rise The naira appreciated significantly against the dollar at the foreign exchange market as FX supply increased on Tuesday. FMDQ data showed that the naira gained to N1561.76 against the dollar on Tuesday from N1635.15 exchanged on Monday. This represents an N73.39 appreciation. Meanwhile, the naira fell further against the dollar at the black market to N1780 per dollar on Tuesday. The foreign currency transaction turnover increased to $253.68 million on Tuesday. $126.24 million traded on Monday, according to FMDQ data. The last time the naira appreciated at the official foreign exchange market was last Friday when it stood at N1631.21 per dollar. Fluctuations in the FX market have been a recurring decimal despite the interventions of the Central Bank of Nigeria in the past months.

 Odegbami seeks financial help for ailing ex-Nigerian goalkeeper, Peter Fregene Nigerian football legend, Segun Odegbami, has solicited financial assistance for ailing ex-Nigerian goalkeeper, Peter Fregene. Fregene is a former goalkeeper of the Nigeria national football team, with a career spanning over two decades. In a statement on Tuesday, Odegbami disclosed that Fregene is hospitalised in Sapele, Delta state, and urgently needs medical attention and financial assistance. The 72-year-old former striker said his colleague is “waiting for help to be moved by ambulance” to the Ohara Teaching Hospital. He said although “Tony Ojesina covered the ambulance costs, more funds need to be paid before he can be moved” to the teaching hospital. Odegbami also lamented what he described as “the lack of a functional welfare scheme for retired athletes” in Nigeria. The statement reads in full I am frustrated because I am publishing this ‘horror’ picture (a picture of Fregene in a hospital bed), wis

 Kenya lawmakers impeach Vice President Gachagua Kenya’s parliament, on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, voted to impeach Vice President Rigathi Gachagua on charges including enriching himself and stirring ethnic hatred. The impeachment paved the way for the Senate to consider the motion. “According to the results of the motion that I’ve just declared, a total of 281 members being more than two-thirds of the members of the National Assembly have voted in support of the motion,” Speaker Moses Wetang’ula said. Gachagua, who has denied all the charges, backed President William Ruto in his 2022 election win and helped secure a large block of votes from the populous central Kenya region. But in recent months, he has spoken of being sidelined, amid widespread reports in local media that he has fallen out with Ruto as political alliances have shifted. Ruto dismissed most of his cabinet and brought in members of the main opposition following nationwide protests against unpopular tax increases in June

 Burkina Faso Wants to Establish Strategic Partnership With Russia, Prime Minister Says Burkina Faso is looking for opportunities to diversify cooperation with Russia in all areas and wants to establish a strategic partnership, said Prime Minister of the African country Apollinaire Kyelem de Tambela, Sputnik reported. "When we turned to Russia, we were told that Russia could offer nothing but weapons. Nothing more. We decided to see for ourselves. Therefore, we are looking for opportunities to diversify our relations in all areas. We want to establish a military, economic, and cultural strategic partnership," he said, speaking at the Burkina Faso Economic Days forum in Moscow. He recalled that the country was previously a colony of France, but even after gaining independence, Ouagadougou was not satisfied with cooperation with the West. "I can say that our history of interaction with the French and the West in general has not brought us satisfaction. Therefore, we decide

 PROFILE OF CP MUSTAPHA MOHAMMED BALA, psc COMMISSIONER OF POLICE RIVERS STATE COMMAND. CP MUSTAPHA MOHAMMED BALA psc, hails from Sandamu in Sandamu Local Government Area of Katsina State.  He is a graduate of the prestigious Bayero University, Kano (BUK) where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree with Honours in Sociology in the year 1990. He holds a Masters degree in Law and Criminal Justice (MLCJ) from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria in the year 2006. He was enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force on the 18th of May, 1992 as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police course 3/92. He succeeds CP Olatunji Rilwan Disu as the 46th Commissioner of Police in Rivers State. WORK EXPERIENCE: *He is the immediate past Commissioner of Police, INEC POLICE LIASON OFFICE, Commissioner of Police SPU (Special Protection Unit FHQ) as well as *Commissioner of Police ABIA STATE COMMAND. w.e.f.19/9/2022 TO 16/06/2023  *DC SCID OWERRI, DC Operations, Zone 3 Yola and Dc operations kaduna Command. *He wa

 AN Open Letter From Dele Momodu To Nyesom Ezenwo Wike - CON, GSSRS . EARLIER WARNING: "MY KOBO ADVICE TO GOVERNOR NYESOM WIKE... My dear Brother, good evening.  I have watched you in recent months with trepidation. I'm scared about your inability to comprehend the country called Nigeria. You must have underrated how the owners of Nigeria operate. I studied the biography of CHIEF OBAFEMI AWOLOWO. I was an insider in the June 12 1993 crisis, and a veritable witness to the tribulations of my great mentor, CHIEF MOSHOOD ABIOLA. Closer home, you must have seen how your predecessor, DR PETER ODILI, was stopped in his tracks in 2007.  You're certainly one of Nigeria's best performing Governors, if not the best. Personally, I'm very proud of your uncommon achievements. I know you are very angry. It is your right to be. But I'm begging you in the name of God not to take decisions based on anger... Nigeria has been very kind to you. Rivers State has been extremely gener

 Burkina Faso suspends Voice of America for insurgency report Burkina Faso's junta has suspended US-funded broadcaster Voice of America for three months over comments about a militant insurgency in West Africa's Sahel region, and temporarily banned local news outlets from using any international media reports, authorities. The superior council for communication (CSC) accused Voice of America (VOA) of demoralising troops in Burkina Faso and neighbouring Mali in a discussion on September 19 that was also broadcast by a private local radio station. It said the reporter described an attack on Bamako last month as "courageous", criticised security operations and provided an unfounded death toll for an attack on a Burkina Faso town that killed hundreds in August, according to Reuters. Last month, the CSC withdrew the radio frequencies of France's popular RFI radio, which regularly reports on the Sahel. It did not provide an explanation for its removal.