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Brace up, naira won’t stabilise soon

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The fate of the naira no doubt hangs on the balance, what with the unprecedented fall of the local currency, which exchanged for N400 to the green back last week, a development, many financial and economic analysts argue does not bode well for the economy  Read More

Exchange rate today 23rd February

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It was N378 to $1 yesterday February 22nd. Its N367 to $1 as of this morning. Photo credit: Instagram @TheGuardian

Between Osinbanjo & Tinubu at the Sun Awards over the weekend

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Vice President, Yemi Osinbanjo was at The Sun Awards over the weekend. While speaking he jokingly threw shade at former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (Jagaban). He said the only way to bear the kind of name Tinubu bears, is because he is very troublesome. Trust Asiwaju, immediately he mounted the podium to receive his award, he fired back at the VP...all joke. Watch the video  HERE.  Read the full story  HERE

Lagos establishes first DNA Forensic lab in Nigeria...

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You go, Lagos! The state is serious about crime fighting and has established the first DNA Forensic lab in the country. Read the press statement below... "In furtherance of its commitment to the criminal justice sector reforms and take the fight against crime to a greater level, the Lagos State Government on Tuesday announced that it has concluded plans to establish the first ever high-powered DNA Forensic Laboratory in Nigeria which will take off within the next six to twelve months. The lab, which would be called the Lagos State DNA Forensics Centre (LSDFC), when fully operational, would fulfill an unmet need for DNA profiling which is a unique forensic technique that is now being used all over the world. Addressing journalists at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alausa  on Tuesday , the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem, said the establishment of the centre was another eloquent testimony of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s sincerit