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The dollar on Thursday lifted from a seven-month low against the yen as US-Japan trade talks avoided the issue of foreign exchange, while it made small gains on other currencies ahead of the long Easter break. The dollar fell this month as the US threatened, imposed and then postponed massive tariffs, undermining confidence in US economic growth and stability. The almost 8% gain for the Swiss franc since April 2 is the largest among G10 currencies and at 0.8167 per dollar it is close to testing resistance at a decade-high of 0.81. The euro and yen are not far behind…

Arsenal midfielder, Declan Rice, was left fuming with team-mate Thomas Partey in the closing stages of their 2-1 win at Real Madrid on Wednesday night. Partey picked up a late yellow card for dissent at the Bernabeu after clashing with Madrid’s Dani Ceballos. The Ghanaian midfielder berated the referee after Madrid centre back Antonio Rudiger caught the back of Mikel Merino in an aerial challenge. Partey was subsequently booked for dissent, which led to Rice grabbing him by the arm, gritting his teeth and pushing him in the back as he expressed his frustration. The booking rules him out of…

Zamfara State House of Assembly, at its plenary session on Wenesday, officially reinstated the suspended member representing Talata Mafara North Constituency, Hon. Shamsudeen Hassan Basko, following the submission and acceptance of his written letter of apology to the House. This was contained in a statement issued by the chief press secretary of the House Speaker, Comrade Bello Madaro and made available to newsmen in Gusau, the State capital. The Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Bilyaminu Ismail Moriki, while reading the contents of the apology letter during plenary, sought the collective consent of the members present, who unanimously resolved in…

A Russian mass drone attack on Wednesday evening killed at least two people and injured no fewer than 16 in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro. Writing on the Telegram messaging app, governor of Dnipropetrovsk region, Serhiy Lysak, said that a young woman and an elderly woman had been killed. According to him, 16 people had been injured, including three children, aged 11, six years old, and nine months, adding that five people were being treated in hospital. Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov, also writing on Telegram, put the number of injured at 28, saying the attack triggered several fires. According…

Kebbi State government has vowed that it will take control of the activities of the newly constructed Birinin Kebbi central motor park without much interference of the the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW. Speaking after taking newsmen round the park, the State Commissioner for Information and Culture, Alhaji Yakubu Ahmad said that the State government constructed the park to generate revenue. He explained that the park was constructed by an indigenous construction company at the cost of over N2 billion, aiming at reducing the rate of unemployment in the State. On the newly constructed State Secretariat, the Commissioner…

Activist lawyer, Maduabuchi Idam on Thursday claimed that President Bola Tinubu may be distracted by the phobia of 2027 elections. Idam said Tinubu’s administration has not paid much attention to insecurity, stressing that Nigerians are at the mercy of hoodlums and bandits. In a statement he issued, the activist urged the National Assembly to consider the six-year single term bill. Idam said Nigeria cannot make progress with the four years-two-tenure system because no Nigerian elected officer is ever contented with just one term. According to him: “I think president Tinubu is distracted by 2027 electoral phobia. Hence, little or no…

A former Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, has advised Nigerian youths to reject those he described as agents of division and exclusion. The former Minister of Works and Housing said the youths should focus on shared values in an era increasingly defined by identity politics. Fashola made the call in Lagos State while addressing the state’s Leadership Summit 2025 with the theme “Transformative Leadership: Development-Responsive, Adaptive and Inclusive Models”. Speaking on the topic: “The Inclusion Imperative: Why No One Wins When Leadership Leaves People Behind”, Fashola emphasised the importance of unity and inclusiveness. He noted that the 1999 Nigerian…

A major disaster was averted on Wednesday along the Ilorin–Jebba expressway as firefighters from the Kwara State Fire Service swiftly responded to a collision involving a 45,000-litre diesel tanker and a stationary truck, preventing a potential explosion. The incident occurred at Shao junction, where an articulated diesel tanker collided head-on with a stationary truck parked along the roadside. The spokesperson of the Kwara State Fire Service, Hassan Adekunle, said in a statement that the tanker, bearing registration number T-16758LA, suffered severe mechanical damage following the impact of the crash. “The impact of the head-on collision of the two vehicles damaged…

Farouk Aliyu, former President Muhammadu Buhari’s close ally, has said there was no plans for the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, bloc to exit the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Aliyu, who said he is one of the members of Buhari’s cabal, is certain the CPC bloc within the APC was going nowhere. He stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday, saying it was just a mere speculation. He said, “It’s not true; there is nothing like members of the defunct CPC wants to move out of APC. “Our certificate, the certificate of CPC, was part of…

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Kaduna State Command’s Special Task Force has successfully apprehended three suspected vandals involved in the theft of railway sleepers. Speaking during the press briefing at the NSCDC Kaduna State Headquarters, the Commandant, Muhammadu Dansadau said the arrest followed intelligent reports. The Commandant, represented by the Head of Anti-vandal Unit, Assistant Commandant of Corps, Nasir Bello Jimoh said the operation led to the recovery of 61 pieces of railway sleepers along Yakowa Way, Kaduna. He said the suspects were arrested on March 20, 2025, at approximately 04:50 hours, while transporting the stolen items…