ALL THE RELEVANT NEWS: Friday

ALL THE RELEVANT NEWS: Friday

🌍NEW: The umbrella body of Yoruba Self-Determination Groups, Ilana Omo Oodua, has reported that the Cour De’appal De Cotonou, Benin Republic, has adjourned the hearing of the case of Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo (Sunday Igboho), till Monday.

 

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🌍Oil fell further below $74 a barrel on Friday but was on track to end the week largely unchanged after rebounding from a sharp drop on Monday over hopes that supply will remain tight as demand recovers.Brent crude was down 11 cents, or 0.2%, at $73.68 a barrel by 0810 GMT after jumping 2.2% on Thursday

 

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🌍Yesterday, Sunday Adeyemo (Igboho) was arraigned in a Beninese court in Cotonou on immigration-related offences. The hearing lasted for more than six hours at Cour De’appal De Cotonou, Benin Republic. After three sessions, which started at 10am and ended at about 8pm, the court ordered the release of Igboho’s wife, Ropo, while the activist was returned to cell. The hearing was adjourned till Friday.

 

🌍The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said yesterday that its digital currency will be launched on October 1.

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🌍The Bank of Industry (BoI) yesterday dissociated itself from fraudsters soliciting applications for a purported grant from the bank, saying that it is not giving grants.

 

🌍FG has inaugurated the governing board of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI).

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🌍The National Engineering and Technical Company (NETCO), a subsidiary of NNPC, has reported a profit before tax of N3.37 billion for the year ended Dec. 31, 2020.

 

🌍The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, has assured the people of the South-east of the federal government’s commitment to security in the zone and the country at large.

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🌍The first batch of the A-29 Super Tucano has arrived Kano. The six Super Tucano jets are part of the 12 aircraft to be supplied by the United States.

 

🌍President Buhari on Thursday received the Speaker of the House of Representatives, some state governors and other politicians at his country home, in Daura, Katsina State; in another engagement, he restated his administration’s commitment to improving the quality of education in the country.

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🌍Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa says COVID-19 has reduced Diasporan remittances by $5bn.

 

🌍The Kaduna state police command says two more students of Bethel Baptist Secondary School in Kujama, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State have escaped from their kidnappers

 

🌍COVID-19 Update: The NCDC reported 184 new infections on Thursday, with Lagos topping the list seven states with 124 positive samples representing 67.39 percent of the total number reported.Reports from the 6 other states are as follows: Rivers (27), Sokoto (9), FCT (8), Oyo (6), Ekiti (5), Delta (4), and Plateau (1).

* Currently, Nigeria has 170,306 confirmed cases, 164,772 recoveries, and 2,130 deaths.

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