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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed all banks to publish names of customers who try to break the rules on Forex acquisition on their website. The CBN on Monday, August 30th issued a circular (BSD/DIR/PUB/LAB/14/059) to all banks lamenting that it has “received and noted with concern reports of sharp practices by some unscrupulous customers to circumvent the new CBN policy on the sale of forex for overseas personal and business travel”. Some of the unwholesome practices, the CBN said: “include the use of fake visas and cancellation of air tickets after purchase of PTA/BTA”. Edge's Prospective:  CBN has started its madness again, the policy was crap to begin with now they are doubling down on stupidity. What did CBN expect with a policy that does not cater for the masses, only those with a valid visa, please can someone ask CBN, if it's only a person with visa and that needs foreign currency. Now you are asking for names to be published, pushing...

OPEC+ forecasts a supply deficit this year even as it continues to add production, with a surplus expected in 2022. Oil headed for the biggest monthly loss since October as investors weighed the prospect of additional OPEC+ production and the restoration of crude output in the U.S. after Hurricane Ida. West Texas Intermediate fell 1.3% in New York and has declined about 7% this month. While Gulf of Mexico crude producers are expected to gradually resume service after Ida crashed ashore in Louisiana, local refineries may be slower to return. Data in Asia, meanwhile, continued to show the impact of the delta variant outbreak in recent months. China’s service sector contracted, while manufacturing figures narrowly missed estimates. Japan’s oil demand in July was down about 8% from 2019 levels, according to Bloomberg calculations from government data. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies will meet on Wednesday to assess the global market and prospects ...

The US Department of State issued a statement on Sunday claiming Washington has received "assurances" from the Taliban* that evacuees with legal travel documents will still be able to leave the country. The militant group has asserted they will permit normal travel at the international airport following the Tuesday completion of the US withdrawal. The US Department of Defense confirmed on Monday that the US' 20-year presence in Afghanistan came to a close when the final Boeing C-17 Globemaster departed from Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport around 3:29 p.m. Eastern Time. "The last manned aircraft is now clearing the airspace above Afghanistan," General Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr., commander of US Central Command, said during a news conference on the matter. Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, and US Ambassador to Afghanistan Ross Wilson were both aboard the aircraft.  Between August 14 and August 30, more than 1...

Ninety retired American generals and admirals have urged Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley to step down over "the disastrous"  US troop exit from Afghanistan . Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley In an open letter released on Monday, the signatories stressed that their call for the resignation and retirement of the secretary of defence (SECDEF) and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) is based "on negligence in performing their duties primarily involving events surrounding" the troop withdrawal. 90 retired U.S. generals and admirals penned an open letter asking Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley to resign. https://t.co/MmuuifRPaP pic.twitter.com/QTc0S3hcx5 — Thomas Kellogg (@oldnickels) August 30, 2021 The letter notes that both Milley and Austin should have advised President Joe Biden aga...

Pictures of Milan and Sasha, in a post to Instagram Sunday by Shakira “Guess who I brought to the @wavegarden_official!” the “Hips Don’t Lie” singer, 44, captioned a picture with Milan, 8, and Sasha, 6, at a wave-generating lagoon. Shakira was seen wearing red track pants and an army green sweatshirt, while her kids rocked wet suits for their afternoon water adventure. The “Whenever, Wherever” singer rarely shares photos of her children — and the last time she did, the boys faced away from the camera. “My boys with friends in the Bahamas. #BlueLagoon,” she wrote in July. Shakira shares Milan and Sasha with her longtime partner, Gerard Piqué. She and the Spanish soccer pro, 34, have been dating since 2011. They welcomed Milan in 2013 and Sasha two years later. Shakira opened up about motherhood after announcing she was pregnant with baby “When you have a baby, when you feel his love, you feel so at peace with the world. You just want to share the go...

A woman and four men were stabbed in a mass knife fight in North London   today. Paramedics were scrambled to the brawl outside the Civic Centre in Harrow, near Harrow and Wealdstone Station, at around 4am this morning as all five stab victims were rushed to hospital.  Two of the men are in a 'serious but stable condition'. Harrow Police tweeted that no arrests have been made at this stage. London Ambulance said they took the men and woman to hospital 'as a priority' after sending 'a number of resources to the scene'. Five ambulance crews, a medic in a car, two advanced paramedics, two incident response officers and London's Air Ambulance were sent to the scene. Cordons remain in place around the area as officers investigate the incident. Harrow Police said:  'We were called at 4am to a large fight in Railway Approach, Harrow. Five people (age late teens or 20s) taken to hospital with stab injuries (2/2) Cordons are in places and an investigation...

The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has revealed that the killers of the 36-year-old pilot son of Senator Bala Ibn Na’Allah, Captain Abdulkarim Na’Allah, used a rope to strangle him. Captain Abdulkarim Na’Allah Though the state police command, had earlier come out with a statement that the deceased was “choked in cold blood,” the state government, in a statement on Monday, pointed out that further investigations showed he was strangled to death, in what appeared to be a “case of culpable homicide.” The statement issued by the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, and made available to the press, stated that Abdulkarim’s killers could have been armed robbers as against bandits as early thought. The Kaduna government predicted its assumption on the fact that the assailants, after breaking into Abdulkarim’s house in the Malali GRA, killed him and made away with his car and other valuable properties.  “In what appears to be a case of cul...

Paediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (called PIMS-TS or PIMS for short) is very rare. It occurs in less than 0.5% of children who have (or who have had) COVID-19. Most children with the condition will not be seriously affected but, in a very small number of cases, it can be serious. Most children and teenagers do not become seriously ill with COVID-19. But doctors have seen a very small number of patients with an unusual condition which seems to be linked to the virus.  This syndrome is very rare, and most children will not be seriously affected. If you're worried, seek help. This guide is for parents, carers, teachers and others who look after children and young people. It's written by doctors and based on the current evidence. Most children don’t become seriously unwell with COVID-19. Despite increased rates of infections in children over the autumn of 2020 (3% of secondary school age children and adolescents tested positive for COVID-19), rates of hospital admission ...

Reports at least 60 civilians killed and dozens more wounded as Pentagon confirms 12 US service members died in two blasts. At least 60 Afghans and 12 US troops have been killed and dozens of others wounded, medical sources and US officials have said, after two powerful explosions took place outside Kabul’s international airport amid a huge and chaotic evacuation effort from Afghanistan. A “complex attack” on Thursday at the airport in Afghanistan’s capital caused a number of US and civilian casualties, the Pentagon said. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said one blast occurred near the airport’s Abbey Gate and the other close to the nearby Baron Hotel. Two US officials said at least t wo suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul’s airport Thursday, transforming a scene of desperation into one of horror in the waning days of an airlift for those fleeing the Taliban takeover.  “We can confirm that the explosion at the Abbey Gate was the result of a co...

Suspected security agents have arrested Channels TV Sunrise Daily presenters over purported anti-Buhari interviews. NewsmakersNG learnt that Chamberlain Usoh and Kayode Okikiolu were picked up by operatives, believed to from the State Security Service (SSS), this morning. Their arrest is reportedly connected with interviews with Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State during which he accused President Muhammadu Buhari of promoting a Fulanisation agenda and another guest, Commodore Kunle Olawunmi (rtd), who alleged that people who are high up in Buhari’s government are sponsors of Boko Haram. Sunrise Daily’s lead anchor and producer, Chamberlain Usoh, who confirmed the development to NewsmakersNG on the telephone, said he did not know yet where they were being taken to.  

Earlier today Omoyele "Yele" Sowore is a Nigerian human rights activist, pro-democracy campaigner, former presidential candidate, and founder of an online news agency Sahara Reporters informed the public of a pending order to intimidate Channels Television station.  According to a Facebook post by Sowore following the interview which alleges Governors and persons in Buhari’s government as sponsors of Boko Haram, President Buhari has reportedly ordered Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to suspend Channels television over the interview. President Muhammadu Buhari reportedly ordered NBC to go after Channels Television license to be suspended by the Federal Government of Nigeria over the interview of Gov. Ortom and Retired Naval Commodore Kunle Olawunmi Also ordered for the arrest of Chamberlain Usoh, Co-Host on Sunrise Daily, and his colleagues, anchors of the program at Channels They are to be brought to Abuja tomorrow! Let’s be vigilant and stand with these jour...

BBC presenter Lisa Shaw died due to complications from the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, a coroner concluded today. The 44-year-old radio host died at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in the city just over three weeks after her first dose of the vaccine, heard coroner Karen Dilks. An inquest, which lasted less than an hour, was told she was admitted to hospital after she complained of headaches and doctors found a haemorrhage on her brain. In a statement issued after the hearing, Ms Shaw's family said: 'This is another difficult day in what has been a devastating time for us. 'The death of our beloved Lisa has left a terrible void in our family and in our lives. 'She truly was the most wonderful wife, mum, daughter, sister and friend. 'We have said all we want to say in public at this time and ask to be left alone to grieve and rebuild our lives in private. Thank you.' Edge’s Prospective:  This is a clear evidence that most of the vaccine have not been f...