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Sokoto budgets N500m on Ramadan feeding, blames inflation

Sokoto budgets N500m on Ramadan feeding, blames inflation

Sokoto State Government will expend the sum of N500m for the feeding of its citizens during Ramadan. Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, while constituting a 32-person committee on COVID-19 Ramadan feeding programme in the state said, “Unlike last year, there is significant rise in the amount to be spent from N380m last year to N500m this…

LASG warns private schools against third term resumption

LASG warns private schools against third term resumption

The Lagos State Ministry of Education has warned private schools in the state to shun the idea of resuming for the third term academic session until the lockdown period is over. Recall that the state government had on March 18 ordered public and private schools in the state to close down from March 23, as…

Tension as CBN increases exchange rate for cargo imports

Tension as CBN increases exchange rate for cargo imports

There was unease in the seaports on Thursday following the recent increase of the exchange rate for import duty payment  from N326 per dollar to N361. Our correspondent gathered that in line with the increment, the Nigeria Customs Service has effected an increase in duty payable on cargoes imported through the ports. The development has…

Mbaka prophesied pandemic in 2015 — Adoration Ministry

Mbaka prophesied pandemic in 2015 — Adoration Ministry

The Adoration Ministry, Enugu Nigeria, has said the ravaging novel coronavirus pandemic was predicted by its spiritual director, Ravened Father Ejike Mbaka. The ministry, in a report it released on Wednesday, added that the lockdown occasioned by the pandemic was among the 40 prophesies Mbaka released in 2015 among other several issues affecting Nigeria. The…