FG Repatriates 289 Nigerians In 4th Evacuation Flight
The Federal Government has evacuated 289 more Nigerians stranded in the United States due to coronavirus-related…
Yearly Archives
2020
Burden of Nigeria’s population explosion
A fresh warning by the National Population Commission that the prolonged closure of schools occasioned by the…
The Nigeria Blockchain Association Moves To Further Sanitize As Crypto Scams…
Despite frequent and consisten warnings, ignorance and greed continue to sustain cryptocurrency scams in Nigeira,…
Nigeria: Pay Stranded Students Tuition Fees Abroad
The Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has appealed to the Niger Delta…
Third Mainland Bridge Available For Use At Peak Periods
The Federal Ministry of Works and Housing has advised motorists to use the open lanes of the Third…
International Flights: Passengers Coming Into Nigeria Will Undergo COVID-19 Test
The Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, says inbound passengers from…
Nigeria Grapples With Surge In Job-Seekers Amid Pandemic Turmoil
Unemployment is expected to rise to 33.6% by end of the year
Information technology and telecoms among top…
Banks’ Non-Performing Loans Now N1.2tn – CBN
Banks’ non-performing loans stood at N1.2tn as of the end of June according to figures obtained from the Central…
Nigeria: FG Clears Benin, Jos, Sokoto Airports For Flight Operations
The Federal Government has cleared another four airports to resume commercial flight operations in line with…
Nigeria Declares Thursday, Friday Public Holidays For Eid-El-Kabir
The Nigerian Government has declared Thursday 30 and Friday 31 July 2020 as public holidays to mark this year’s…
Nigeria Dollar Shortage Puts Pressure On Black-Market Rate
Nigeria’s dollar shortage is worsening, with the local currency weakening in the parallel market and banks…
Nigeria Sets Up Committee On Resumption Of International Flights
Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika Monday said the Nigerian Government has inaugurated the National Air Transport…
Bribery Fuelled By Drive To Stamp Out Corruption, Nigeria Study Finds
In an outstanding example of the law of unintended consequences, anti-corruption campaigns costing millions of…
Euro Jumps, Dollar Hurt By Coronavirus Spread
The dollar tumbled to an almost two-year low against the euro on Monday on concerns about a growing number of…
UK Advises Against All Non-Essential Travel To Spain’s Balearic And Canary…
Britain’s Foreign Office is extending its advice against all non-essential travel to mainland Spain to include the…
Nigeria: Naira Weakens Further Despite CBN’s Intervention
Naira depreciated to new lows across many markets as continuing Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s intervention failed…
Bigotry Against Black People Poisons The Arab World
Day after day, week after week, the cars pulled up outside the Ethiopian embassy in Beirut and ejected their…
How To Crash Naira Exchange Rate
The Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) says reopening of the BDC window would…
Virus Takes Toll On Cargo Import Volume
The economic effects of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) may begin to manifest in the maritime space sooner than…
Evolution Of Digital Currency And Future Of Naira
The 21st century has witnessed a major rise in digital technology as life and living are integrated and made easier…
Nigeria:How To Curb Nigeria, Others’ Rising Illicit Financial Flows –…
Some experts have listed steps that needed to be taken by governments in developing economies, including Nigeria,…
Nigeria: Operatives Seek Revival Of Nigeria’s Steel Industry
To ensure the stability of buildings and curb incidences of building collapse, eggheads in the construction…
Nigeria to allow would-be graduates back to school despite spreading COVID19
Nigeria will allow schools to reopen for pupils due to take graduation exams, a presidential aide said on Monday,…
Panel Led By Ex-Irish President Clears Akinwumi Adesina Of All Allegations
Akinwumi Adesina, president of the Africa Development Bank, has been exonerated of all whistleblower allegations by…
Sterling, Lifted By Weaker Dollar, Pushes To Near Five-Month High
Lacking any significant drivers of its own, sterling was pushed up by a broadly weaker U.S. dollar on Monday, as…
ABCON: Reopening BDC Window Will Crash Exchange Rate Spike
The Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) says reopening the bureau de change…
CAC Adopts Electronic Distribution Of Company Certificates
As from August 10, 2020, the Corporate Affairs Commission will commence full implementation of an electronic…
Wall St. Climbs On Stimulus, Dovish Fed Bets Ahead Of Earnings Rush
U.S. stocks rose on Monday after a two-day slide, as investors shrugged off surging COVID-19 cases and U.S.-China…
Non-Oil Export Earnings Rise To $1.21bn
Non-oil export earnings through banks rose to $1.21bn in the first quarter of 2020.
The Central Bank of Nigeria…