Local Govt To Remove Expiry Dates From National ID Card Oct 20, 2020 0 The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, has disclosed that the federal government is…
Business Dollar Up, Pelosi Stimulus Deadline Nears Oct 20, 2020 0 The dollar was up on Tuesday morning in Asia, with doubts over the status of the latest U.S. stimulus measures…
Business Sterling Neutral As Traders Hope For Brexit Trade Deal Oct 20, 2020 0 Sterling traders kept the currency afloat on Tuesday as they searched for clues on how likely it was for Britain to…
Africa AfCFTA To Boost Intra-African Trade – Secretary-General Oct 20, 2020 0 The implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will significantly boost intra-African trade…
Business Volume Of Trading Falls As Investors Remain Cautious Oct 20, 2020 0 Trading volume at the stock market declined by 41.3 per cent yesterday as investors adopted cautious trading.…
Business Naira Slides To 460/$ At Parallel Market Oct 20, 2020 0 The naira fell slightly at the parallel market on Monday, as it exchanged to the dollar for N460/$ as of the close…
World Wales Imposes Two-Week Lockdown: ‘Everybody Must Stay At Home’ Oct 20, 2020 0 Wales will impose a two-week “fire-break” lockdown from Friday in which everybody apart from essential workers…
Business Can Billion-Naira Interventions Rescue The Agric Sector? Oct 20, 2020 0 In the last 5 years, the CBN and the federal government have been pumping billions of naira into the Agric space. A…
Business Euro Struggles As U.S. Deal Hopes Fade, COVID Spreads Oct 20, 2020 0 The euro struggled to rise above the $1.18 level on Tuesday as fading hopes for a U.S. coronavirus aid package…
Business Oil Edges Lower As OPEC+ Keeps Its Next Moves Close To Chest Oct 20, 2020 0 (Bloomberg) -- Oil in New York fell slightly under $41 a barrel after the OPEC+ Joint Ministerial Monitoring…
Business Naira Sheds 0.04% At I&E On High Demand For Forex Oct 20, 2020 0 The Naira opened the week on a negative note on Monday at the Investors and Exporters (I&E) segment of the…
Local Nigeria Venture Plans To Raise $1.2 Billion To Fix Power Gap Oct 20, 2020 0 (Bloomberg) -- A Nigerian venture plans to raise 480 billion naira ($1.2 billion) over the next three years to buy…
Business Pound Up As UK Officials Hint At Rewrite Of Lawbreaking Brexit Bill Oct 20, 2020 0 The pound rose against the euro (GBPEUR=X) and dollar (GBPUSD=X) on Monday morning as traders digested media…
Africa Revisiting The African Continental Free Trade Area: Impact, Challenges And… Oct 20, 2020 0 Trade is one of the key factors responsible for interaction among nation-states. It involves goods and services,…
Local Nigeria’s Lagos Imposes 24-Hour Curfew After Anti-Police Protests Turn… Oct 20, 2020 0 Nigeria's Lagos state government on Tuesday imposed a 24-hour curfew, saying anti-police protests have…
Business FG Reiterates Commitment To Concession Onitsha River Port, Says Moghalu Oct 20, 2020 0 The Federal Government on Monday reassured the business community in the South East of its commitment to concession…
Business In Thailand, A Free-Money Program Is Also A Data Experiment Oct 19, 2020 0 Like many countries, Thailand is giving citizens cash transfers to help them ride out the coronavirus pandemic. But…
Local Governors Call For End To Nationwide #EndSARS Protests Oct 19, 2020 0 The 36 State Governors under the aegis of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have called for end to the nationwide…
Local Death Toll Climbs As Nigeria Protests Spiral Oct 19, 2020 0 Crowds have taken to the streets of Nigeria in protest against police brutality. The demonstrations come as the…
Local I Am Proud That Young Nigerians Are Driving Change – We Will No Longer Be Ignored Oct 19, 2020 0 Growing up in Nigeria, I heard of great activists, including Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, a Nigerian educator, political…
Local Nigerian Protesters Shut Down Africa’s Largest City, Escalating Standoff With… Oct 19, 2020 0 LAGOS, Nigeria—Tens of thousands of protesters brought the largest city in Africa to a standstill on Monday,…
Business Oil Stable As Stimulus Hopes Run Up Against Fresh Virus Surge Oct 19, 2020 0 (Bloomberg) -- Oil traded near $41 as hopes for a last-ditch pre-election deal to inject more stimulus into the…
Business #EndSARS: Airlines Increase Airfare Of Domestic Flights Oct 19, 2020 0 Following the ongoing protests against police brutality in the country, airfares on domestic routes have increased.…
Local With Instagram, Hashtags And Bitcoin, Young Nigerians Boost Anti-Police Protests Oct 19, 2020 0 Ozioma Egemasi says Nigerian police slapped, whipped and struck him with the butt of a pistol when he refused to…
Business Asian Trade-Related Currencies Strengthen After China Data Oct 19, 2020 0 Asia’s trade-exposed currencies held firm on Monday as data showed China’s economic rebound from the pandemic…
Business FOREX Reserves Down To $35.67b Oct 19, 2020 0 Lekki Port LFTZ Enterprise Limited (Lekki Port), the developer of the Lekki Deep Sea Port under construction at the…
Business China Says Its Economy Grew 4.9% In The Third Quarter Oct 19, 2020 0 BEIJING — China’s economy recovered further from the coronavirus in the third quarter, according to data released…
World Pelosi Gives White House 48 Hours To Reach Coronavirus Stimulus Deal Before… Oct 19, 2020 0 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called on the Trump administration to reconcile remaining disputes on coronavirus…
Local Edo Govt Declares 24-Hour Curfew Oct 19, 2020 0 The Edo State Government hereby imposes a 24-hour curfew across the state until further notice. The curfew is to…
Business NNPC’s Liabilities Exceed Assets By N4.4tn Oct 19, 2020 0 The liabilities of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation as a group exceeded the assets of the oil firm by…