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The dollar has maintained its dominance over the naira after appreciating by 1.34 per cent on December 15, 2022, reports from the Bureau de Change have shown. The exchange rate between the currencies of Nigeria and the United States rose to N755 per dollar on Thursday, up from the previous day’s N745/$1 in the parallel market. Following trading on Thursday, Prime Business Africa understands that few dollars are being chased by many naira notes due as the phase out deadline for the old naira currency nears. Last month, the President of the Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it plans to transform the future of public health by targeting three billion people by 2023. Dr Mie Okamura of the Emergency Preparedness and Response, WHO, said this in Abuja on Saturday during the “Walk The Talk’’ peace awareness exercise. Okamura said the WHO Walk The Talk was part of awareness creation on Non-Communicable Disease (NCDs) and to promote exercise. According to her, NCDs include heart disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes. 12.6m dead worldwide from unhealthy environment – WHO “This is what we call walk the talk, which is being done every…

A viral video of Titi Atiku Abubakar, wife of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar calling for Nigerians to ‘vote’ for the All Progressives Congress (APC) has set the internet abuzz. In the video, Titi Atiku Abubakar while condemning APC for failing to fulfil its promises to Nigerians made an apparent gaffe, telling voters to vote the party in the 2023 general election. Reacting to the video, in defence of the wife of the PDP presidential flag-bearer. Wife to Atiku, Titi Abubakar, has just urged Nigerians to vote APC on February 25th next year. In all honesty,…

By Meshach Chukwuma The allegations against FIFA in regards to ensuring that Lionel Messi wins the 2022 World Cup at all costs are numerous and varied. Some of the most prominent allegations include: Bribing referees and officials: It has been alleged that FIFA has bribed referees and officials to ensure that Argentina, and particularly Messi, are given favorable decisions during matches. There have been numerous instances of questionable calls and penalties being given to Argentina during international tournaments, leading to suspicions of corruption within FIFA. Manipulating the draw process: There have also been allegations that FIFA has manipulated the draw process…

Two CSOs, Bridge Leadership Foundation and Connected Development (CODE) have collaborated to mentor youths with credible leadership skills for national development. The group disclosed this when members of the Emerging Political Leaders Fellowship (EPLF), an initiative of The Bridge Leadership Foundation, paid a courtesy call on Mr Hamzat Lawal of CODE to learn from his experiences. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that EPLF nurtures and prepares young Nigerians for political leadership at all levels with a view to improving the quality of Nigeria’s leadership pool. Mr Hamzat Lawal, Chief Executive, CODE, encouraged youths to join politics and run…

In what could be described as a daring and clinical military operation, Special Forces (SF) under the 271 Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Detachment, Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State, carried out a rescue operation in the early hours of 17 December 2022 leading to the rescue of seven Chinese expatriates earlier kidnapped and held hostage by terrorists. The rescued Chinese victims are believed to have been kidnapped in June 2022 by terrorists while working on a mining site in Ajata-Aboki, Gurmana Ward of Shiroro Local Government, Niger State. The Combat Search and Rescue operation, which consisted of 35 Special Forces was conducted…

Internationally renowned Nigerian singer Burna Boy was recently the cynosure of an NBA game between Orlando Magic and Toronto Raptors. The Afrobeat maestro was seen in a viral video being received by American basketball fans to a loud ovation Burna Boy in his full Odogwuness with so much swag full clad in a black ensemble walked across the home court of the NBA side Orlando Magic. The singer after the game was seen fraternizing with some of the Orlando Magic players, as they thanked him for coming out to support them. Wike honours Burna Boy with second highest award in…

Hearses bearing the dead lined the driveway to a designated COVID-19 crematorium in the Chinese capital on Saturday while workers at the city’s dozen funeral homes were busier than normal, days after China reversed tight pandemic restrictions. In recent days in Beijing the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant has hit services from catering to parcel deliveries. Funeral homes and crematoriums across the city of 22 million are also struggling to keep up with demand as more workers and drivers testing positive for coronavirus (COVID) call in sick. China is yet to officially report any COVID deaths since Dec.…

NEMA evacuates 191 stranded Nigerians from India A total of 191 stranded Nigerians in India evacuated back home by the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, have arrived Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja today, Friday 16th December 2022. An Ethiopian Airline charted flight that conveyed the returnees touched down at the Abuja airport as they were received by a reception team led by NEMA and other relevant agencies. After being profiled and screened, the returnees were each given a token of $100 (N72,000) for transportation to their various homes. Addressing the returnees, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development,…

A two-year-old boy has survived being attacked by a hippopotamus near his home in the southwest. Iga Paul was playing near the shores of Lake Edward when the hippo struck in Uganda. The animal grabbed the toddler and “swallowed half of his body”, police said, who added a local man fought the hippo off by throwing stones. Uganda’s wildlife authority have disputed this account, telling the BBC the boy was attacked rather than swallowed. Ebola virus in Uganda has mutated – Researchers According to police, after the attack, which took place on 4 December, the toddler was taken to a…