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CBN begins sale of forex to BDCs
The Central Bank of Nigeria started auctioning $250m to 3147 registered Bureau De Change (BDCs) nationwide on Wednesday. The President, Association of Bureau De Change ...
Read More »Telecoms: NCC enforces N5m fine for unsolicited messages
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said that it has commenced the enforcement of the Do Not Disturb (DND), code which compels mobile network operators ...
Read More »IGR: States generate N3.5tn revenue in 66 months – NBS
A total sum of N3.5tn was earned as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) by the 36 states of the federation within a 66-month period from January ...
Read More »Market index drops by 0.13%
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) All-Share Index fell by 0.13 per cent to close lower at 26,245.34 yesterday as the bears extended their control on ...
Read More »Senate leadership: I won’t defect to APC, says Ekweremadu
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, yesterday dismissed as false some media reports that he might dump the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling ...
Read More »Nigerians are regretting voting PDP out – Makarfi
The Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmed Makarfi has said that Nigerians have been regretting voting PDP out ...
Read More »Electro-funk pioneer, William Onyeabor, dies at 70
Enigmatic Nigerian electro-funk musician William Onyeabor died in his sleep this week, his record label Luaka Bop announced on Wednesday. Onyeabor, a Nigerian star who ...
Read More »FC Ifeanyi Ubah pounce on MFM, Enugu Rangers hold Nasarawa Utd
FC Ifeanyi Ubah put behind their disgraceful no-show at Kano Pillars at the weekend to dump MFM FC 4-0 as Plateau United bashed Enyimba 3-1 ...
Read More »Gambia: Barrow talks tough, says no going back on inauguration …as parliament extends Jammeh’s tenure by 3 months amid ECOWAS threats
President-elect Adama Barrow has vowed that he will be sworn in ‘on Gambian soil’ today despite efforts of incumbent Yahya Jammeh to prevent it. This ...
Read More »Time to set national priorities – The Nation
If the Buhari government is to make its impact felt before 2019 Virtually all the challenges Nigeria has been grappling with for several years have ...
Read More »AMAC’s controversial tenement rates – Daily Trust
Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) recently released a provisional list of tenement rates for commercial and residential buildings in ...
Read More »Jammeh and The Gambian logjam – Thisday
ECOWAS should use any available means to remove the dictator With the expiration of the deadline of last night set by leaders of the Economic ...
Read More »100 die as Nigerian fighter jet misses target, shoots civilians, others in Borno
The Army said a fighter jet missed its target and shot some humanitarian aid workers of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC), the Medicines Sans Frontiers and some civilians in Kala Balge in Borno ...
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