Nigeria
Joshua reveals mystery medical issue forced surgery before Ruiz Jr bout
Anthony Joshua has revealed he was compromised going into his first fight with Andy Ruiz Jr., reports express.co.uk. Joshua suffered...
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Fowler’s tenure ends, fate hangs in the balance
The tenure of the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Mr Babatunde Fowler, ended on Sunday with no...
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W’Africa Single Currency: A Journey to Nowhere?
Obinna Chima wonders if West African countries can ever meet the target of adopting a single currency in the region,...
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ECOWAS single currency report for adoption – Minister
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed has said the report for the implications of the...
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Government under fire for withholding unemployment data from public
Three weeks to the end of the year, the quarterly reports on job creation and unemployment prepared by the National...
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Licence threat: Discos’ deadline expires, NERC keeps mum
The deadline issued by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission mandating the electricity distributors to comply with some industry requirements or...
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Misappropriations, economic challenges and $29.6b debt question
In May 2018, the Office of the Auditor-General for the Federation (OAuGF) released Audit report on the financial statements of...
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Arik wasted $240m on two A340 planes- AMCON
Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, Ahmed Kuru, specifically faulted aircraft acquisition without the due diligence of feasibility studies....
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NIBSS, e-banking heads want to sustain 120% growth
The Committee of e-Banking Industry Heads (CeBIH) and the Nigeria Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS) and have disclosed plans to sustain...
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FMBN releases N75.5bn for 3,541 mortgages, others
The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria processed and disbursed a total of N75.5bn for 3,541 mortgages and 25,242 home renovation...
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Weak sentiment drags equities market by 0.54 per cent
Investors’ sentiment turned negative after four consecutive weeks of gains last week, as the equities market defy the CBN’s policy-induced...
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National Assembly passes N10.59 trillion 2020 budget
The Senate yesterday passed the 2020 budget, approving NIO.59 trillion as aggregate expenditure.The approved figure is N263.946 billion higher than...
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DSS frees Sowore, Bakare after court order, pays fine
SaharaReporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, and his co-detainee, Adebayo Bakare, have been freed by the Department of State Service. They were...
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N7.1bn fraud: Mixed reactions as Orji Kalu bags 12 years
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday convicted a former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, of N7.1bn fraud...
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N400bn pension liabilities lawmakers laments
Worried by the huge backlog of accrued rights for retired federal pensioners currently put at about N400 billion under the...
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Six million Nigerians join rice producers, says FG
OVER three months after the closure of the nation’s borders, about six million Nigerians, including youths, have ventured into rice...
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Telcos, banks rank highest Ad spenders as media expenditure hits N81 billion
Though advertising expenditure dropped in the Above-the-Line (ATL) segment of the media last year to N81 billion, as against previous...
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External reserves drop by $4.9bn in nine months
Between March and November this year, the country’s external reserves dropped by $4.99bn from $44.79bn to $39.8bn, the Central Bank...
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Sanwo-Olu Unveils N250m Seed Capital for Tech Start-Ups in Lagos
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has launched the Lagos State Science Research and Innovation Council (LASRIC), setting aside $687,000 (about N250 million)...
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Fuel supply not affected by Lagos pipeline fire — NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday reported an oil pipeline fire outbreak along the Atlas Cove-Mosimi Pipeline, part...
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Oil demand to hit 110.6mb/d by 2040, says OPEC
The organisation of the Petroleum Oil Exporting Countries (OPEC), said oil will continue to contribute the largest share in the...
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Nigeria named among highest new users of bitcoin
Nigerians usage of bitcoin has continued to rise despite warnings by the Central Bank of Nigeria that digital currencies are...
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Stock market loses N12bn
Losses in ACCESS (-2.7%), FBNH (-2.2%) and GUARANTY (-9.1%) have seen market capitalisation fell N12.0bn to N12.9trn at the close...
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The Federal Government has charged Auditors-General to ramp up fight against graft by blocking holes in the accounts of Local...
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2019 Budget: Justice Ministry Has No Allocation for Constituency Projects, Says Apata
The Federal Ministry of Justice wednesday stated that it has zero allocation for alleged constituency or zonal intervention projects in...
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