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Nigeria Institutions charging tuition in dollar Currency, pounds should be shut down — Minister Alake
Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, has called on the Federal Government to shut down Nigerian schools charging tuition in foreign currencies, labelling it a significant weakness undermining the country’s economy.
During the Nigeria Gold Day Celebration at the 10th Nigeria’s Mining Week in Abuja, themed “Nigeria Mining: From Progress to Global Relevance,” Alake stated he plans to suggest to the Federal Executive Council (FEC) that these schools be closed.
He argued that charging in foreign currencies fuels demand for dollars and puts pressure on the naira. “If your child is schooling in Abuja or Lagos and paying in pounds or dollars, you will be looking for naira to buy dollars, driving its value up. You can’t go to the UK, establish a school, and charge in naira it’s not done,” he said.
Alake emphasised the need for Nigeria to transform its value system to promote productive activities that bolster the economy. He highlighted the government’s digital reforms aimed at reducing leakages in the gold value chain, mentioning the National Gold Purchase Programme (NGPP) operated via the Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF) as a key step to combat corruption and increase foreign reserves.
He also noted that the Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Initiative (PAGMI) allows the government to purchase gold directly from local miners in naira, enabling Nigeria to gain more value from its mineral resources.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced Morocco as winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
The CAF Appeal Board ruled in favour of Morocco, declaring that Senegal forfeited the AFCON final by walking off the field during the game.
Morocco were awarded a 3–0 walkover victory.
This decision upholds Morocco’s appeal following the chaotic events in the match.
DAILY POST recalls that the Senegal team briefly walked off the pitch in protest after a controversial penalty was awarded to Morocco late in regulation time.
They were called back to the field by their captain, Sadio Mané, and later won the game 1–0.
CAF determined that this action constituted a violation of Article 84, or the equivalent regulations concerning refusal to play or abandoning the field.
Under AFCON rules, a team that refuses to continue playing or leaves the field without authorization faces elimination and forfeiture of the match.
A total of three operatives of different security agencies in Anambra State collapsed during the inauguration of Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, on Tuesday.
The incident happened during the parade at the Dr Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka.
The three operatives are one male police operative, another male operative of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) and a female operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.
The police operative collapsed first, followed by the NSCDC operative, who slumped towards the end of the event and was later escorted to an ambulance, after she refused to be moved in a stretcher.
A source said the police operative was later resuscitated, but was still not stable, and was taken in an ambulance to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku Awka.
The collapse of the service officers was attributed to fatigue and the long period of parade under harsh sunny weather.
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