Friday, 30 December 2016

Kennedy Njoku resigned as Abia Speaker after 24 hours in office

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Abia Speaker Martin Azubuike Honourable Kennedy Njoku has resigned as Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, just 24 hours aft...

Five held in Morocco for ‘celebrating’ Russia envoy death

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Morocco has arrested five youth members of the premier’s Islamist party who allegedly celebrated last week’s murder of the Russian am...
Thursday, 29 December 2016

2017 Budget: 115 Foreign missions to gulp N48.899bn

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has budgeted over N48. 899 billion on 115 foreign missions abroad in the 2017 budget. Foreign Missions h...
Sunday, 25 December 2016

Russian military jet crashes with 92 onboard

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  A Russian military plane crashed Sunday in the Black Sea as it made its way to Syria with 92 people onboard, including more than 60 ...

Barack & Michelle Obama Celebrate their Achievements in Final Christmas Address

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Outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama  and First Lady Michelle Obama  says they are leaving America better than they met it. Delivering t...
Saturday, 24 December 2016

Interbank rate jumps to 50% on CBN forex sales

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The overnight lending rate rose sharply to around 50 per cent on Friday, from an average of 4.5 per cent on Thursday, after the Cent...

$15m Ibori bribe: EFCC lists Ribadu as key witness

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The pioneer Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been listed as a key witness against a former Governor of...

Sterling Bank’s N100bn commercial paper’ll boost market confidence

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The registration of the Sterling Bank Plc’s N100bn commercial paper programme will boost confidence in the Nigerian financial market,...
Friday, 23 December 2016

Customers form long queues at banks’ ATM points

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Customers preparing for Christmas and New Year festivities, findings showed, were busy withdrawing cash from the ATMs to buy food ...

Sickly six-year-old raises €1m from nail-varnish dare

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A terminally ill Dutch six-year-old boy, who hoped to raise a few hundred euros for other sick children by daring people to paint their...
Tuesday, 13 December 2016

Buhari seeks Senate’s confirmation of Ayine as Auditor-General

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President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday asked the Senate to consider and confirm Mr. Anthony Mkpe Ayine, as...

FG to partly fund 2017 budget with proceeds from oil licenses

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  Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udoma, says that...

Court orders Zenith Bank to unfreeze Fayose’s account

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A Federal High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has ordered Zenith Bank to immediately unfreeze the accounts of Ekiti State Governor, Ayodel...
Monday, 12 December 2016

CBN to unveil N30bn agric/SME fund in January

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Godwin Emefiele The Central Bank of Nigeria has said it will, together with the Deposit Money Banks, set up a new fund to boost agricul...

If MMM collapses, millions of Nigerians will suffer – founder

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MMM founder Sergey Mavrodi has said the scheme has done a lot to improve the welfare of Nigerians and reduce poverty despite the fear exp...

2017 Budget will pull Nigeria out of recession – Buhari

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President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to Nigerians not to lose faith in the ability of his administration to make a difference in the...
Friday, 9 December 2016

NSE, EFCC stop N20m capital market fraud

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The Nigerian Stock Exchange and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have succeeded in aborting a N20m fraud targeted at the ...

We won’t consider 2017 budget until MTEF is passed – Senate

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Senate President Bukola Saraki The Senate has said it will not consider any bill until the 2017-2019 Medium Term Expenditure Framew...

Sudan arrests top human rights activist – Amnesty

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Sudanese security agents have arrested a prominent rights activist, Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, as part of an ongoing crackdown on dissent, Am...
Thursday, 8 December 2016

Nigeria targets 2.1m bpd crude oil output in Jan 2017 – Kachikwu

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Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, yesterday said Nigeria hopes to boost its oil production to 2.1 m...