Business FG Excludes Foreign Firms From Contracts Below N5bn Oct 21, 2020 0 The Federal Government on Tuesday declared that contracts not above N5bn would no longer be awarded to any foreign…
Business House Gives CBN Deadline To Unfreeze Over 5,000 Accounts Oct 21, 2020 0 The House of Representatives has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to review its decisions that led to…
Local Nigeria President Calls For Calm Amid Reports Of Protesters Shot Dead In Lagos Oct 21, 2020 0 Demonstrators against police brutality reportedly killed after security forces opened fire BY Emmanuel…
Business Nigeria Sovereign Eurobonds Fall After Soldiers Fire On Protesters Oct 21, 2020 0 Nigeria sovereign Eurobonds fell more than 2 cents on the dollar on Wednesday after soldiers fired at protesters a…
Business Oil Price Rises To $43 Oct 21, 2020 0 Oil gained more than one per cent on Tuesday on the prospect the United States nearing a deal on coronavirus…
Business Nigeria Pays Oil Majors $3 Billion For Past Operational Dues Oct 21, 2020 0 Nigeria reimbursed oil companies including Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell Plc $3 billion, moving closer to…
Local The Political Awakening Of Nigeria’s Youth Oct 21, 2020 0 On the 1st of October 2020, Nigeria marked 60 years of independence from British colonial rule. But rather than a…
Business Biotech Cowpea May Fetch Nigeria $638m In Six Years Oct 21, 2020 0 The Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB), a biotechnology informative platform, says Nigeria could rake…
Local Amnesty: Credible Reports Protesters Shot Dead In Nigeria Oct 21, 2020 0 LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Amnesty International said late Tuesday there was “credible but disturbing evidence” that…
Business CBN Orders Banks To Clamp Down On COVID-19 Financial Crimes Oct 21, 2020 0 The Central Bank of Nigeria has advised all banks to update alert protocols in their Anti-Money…
Business Nigeria Stock Market Records N4bn Growth Oct 21, 2020 0 The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) market indices on Tuesday recorded a marginal growth of 0.03 per cent following…
Investing Epic S&P 500 Rally Is Powered By Assets You Can’t See Or Touch Oct 21, 2020 0 Take all the physical assets owned by all the companies in the S&P 500, all the…
Technology Uber Says Engineer Is On His Own For $180 Million To Google Oct 21, 2020 0 Uber Technologies Inc. says a guilty plea by its former star engineer is proof that he’s a liar -- and supports its…
Breaking Nigeria Unrest: Protesters ‘Shot’ In Lagos As Millions Put Under… Oct 21, 2020 0 Protesters have come under gunfire in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, eyewitnesses and local media say, amid…
Breaking Gunfire In Nigeria’s Lagos As Curfew Imposed: Witnesses Oct 21, 2020 0 Footage posted on social media shows several hundred people out demonstrating, in defiance of a curfew imposed…
Local End SARS: US Embassy Shuts Consulate General, Tells Citizens What To Do Oct 21, 2020 0 United States Embassy and Consulate in Nigeria has warned American citizens to avoid areas around protests and…
Business Pound In Focus As UK Rebuffs EU Offer To Intensify Talks Oct 21, 2020 0 A UK minister said there was “no point” in intensified Brexit talks without the EU changing its stance, rebuffing…
Business Reps Give CBN 48 Hours Ultimatum To Review Frozen Accounts Oct 20, 2020 0 The House of Representatives has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to within 48 hours commence a review of…
Business Naira Slides To N460 As BDCs Receive Over $50m Amid EndSARS Protest Oct 20, 2020 0 Nigeria’s currency on Tuesday exchanged with the dollar at N460, depreciating by N1.00k from N459 it stood since…
Local Delta Airlines Cancels Two More Flights Over #EndSARS Protests In Nigeria Oct 20, 2020 0 The airline cancelled Flight 248 from Atlanta, United States, to Lagos, Nigeria, and Flight 249 from Lagos to…
Business Nigeria Pays Oil Majors $3 Billion, Moving Closer To Ending Arrears Due Oct 20, 2020 0 Nigeria reimbursed oil companies including Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell Plc $3 billion, moving closer to…
Business CBN Raises Red Flag Over COVID-19 Financing Oct 20, 2020 0 The Central Bank of Nigeria has advised all financial institutions to be abreast with emerging risks and other…
Business How To Attain NNPC’s $10/Barrel Target’ Oct 20, 2020 0 Experts at a Zoom conference last Wednesday have shown the way on how to attain the $10 cost per barrel of crude…
Business Yuan Stands Tall On China Recovery, RBA Weighs On Aussie Oct 20, 2020 0 The yuan held near a two-year high against the dollar in offshore trade on Tuesday, on signs of China’s robust…
Business Europe’s Central Banker: Recovery ‘Risks Losing Momentum’ Oct 20, 2020 0 FRANKFURT — The head of the European Central Bank says the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic “risks…
Business Nigeria’s Battered Farmers To Get $20 Million To Aid Crop Output Oct 20, 2020 0 Mary Daniel, a slight woman in her 40s, weeds by hand a field dotted with trees and scraggly sesame plants. A…
Business External Reserves Drop To $35.67bn Oct 20, 2020 0 Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) show that the reserves fell to $$35.672 billion on Thursday last week…
Local Losses Mount From Nigerian Police Brutality Protests Oct 20, 2020 0 Protests against police brutality in Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil producer, have cost the economy an estimated 700…
Business Dry Port Operators Charge Customs, Others On Efficiency Oct 20, 2020 0 Operators have urged the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to create a platform for operations of inland containers dry…
Business Oil Marketers Worry About Possible Unrest When Prices Rebound Oct 20, 2020 0 Petroleum marketers have urged the Federal Government to take decisive steps in addressing deregulation concerns in…