Banking NDIC Seeks To Hold Directors Accountable For Bank Failures Jul 18, 2020 0 The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation has sought a legal backing from the National Assembly to enable it to…
Local Nigeria Inflation Rises In June, Food And Healthcare Cost Weigh Jul 18, 2020 0 Annual inflation in Nigeria rose for a 10th straight month in June, lifted by food and healthcare costs, the…
Local Experts Seek Lending Rate Reduction, MPC Meets Monday Jul 18, 2020 0 Financial experts have said there is a need for the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria to…
Local Non-Oil Exporters Want Govt To Fix Domestic Market Jul 18, 2020 0 Stakeholders in the non-oil export business have asked the government to focus on addressing challenges in the…
Local How Indigenous Carrier Rescued Stranded Nigerians Jul 18, 2020 0 With high cost of airfares charged by foreign airlines, many Nigerians who had depleted their resources due…
Africa Coronavirus Lays Bare S.African’s Toxic Relationship With Alcohol Jul 17, 2020 0 In few other countries in the world have COVID-19 and alcohol consumption become so dangerously intertwined. With…
Local Nigeria’s “Bond Lady” Tackles Public Debt With Strategy Jul 17, 2020 0 As director-general of the Debt Management Office (DMO) of the Nigerian Ministry of Finance, Patience Oniha…
World Oil Exposure Raises Questions For West Africa’s Big Banks In Age Of… Jul 17, 2020 0 West Africa's major banks could suffer a spike in loan defaults as lower oil prices and the acute economic impact…
World UK Begins Issuance Of Flexible Visa To Doctors, Others Jul 17, 2020 0 The United Kingdom has announced a special type of visa for foreign healthcare professionals to work in Britain.…
World Over 370 Nigerians Asked To Leave U.S. ‘For Breaking Laws’ Jul 17, 2020 0 More than 370 Nigerians were ordered to leave the United States this year, after being found guilty of breaking…
Business The Billion Dollar Broker Who Managed A Nation’s Oil Wealth Jul 17, 2020 0 The wire transfer was just one of millions that ricochet through the global financial system every day. Starting at…
Local Nigeria: Aliko Dangote’s $2 Billion Fertilizer Plant Set For February Start Jul 17, 2020 0 Dangote Group’s fertilizer plant, now under construction in Nigeria’s biggest city of Lagos, will be ready to start…
Local Gokada App Founder Died Of Multiple Stab Wounds Jul 17, 2020 0 The technology entrepreneur found slain and dismembered in his luxury Manhattan condominium earlier this week died…
Local Illegal Oil Dealings: 3 Nigerians Sent To Prison Jul 17, 2020 0 Justice Chuka Austine Obiozor of Federal High Court, Ikoyi, on Thursday, convicted and sentenced Ometoruwa David,…
Business Oil Is A Wasting Asset, Why Are We So Addicted To It? Jul 17, 2020 0 The oil industry is the benchmark by which the Nigerian economy rises or falls. But the cliché of this predicament…
Business Pound Set For Biggest Weekly Fall In A Month, Economic Gloom Weighs Jul 17, 2020 0 The pound eased slightly in early London trade on Friday, set for its biggest weekly fall versus the dollar in a…
Local UK Won’t Pay You Hazard Allowance, FG Tells Doctors Planning To Migrate Jul 17, 2020 0 The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has told Nigerian doctors planning to emigrate to the United Kingdom to…
Local Nigerian State Revenue Too Low To Power Economy Jul 17, 2020 0 Nigeria’s government must improve tax collection because revenue is lower than the minimum amount required for the…
Business Nigeria Refines Own Gold, Starts Stockpiling In Reserve Jul 17, 2020 0 Nigeria has for the first time refined its own gold and purchased the refined product into a new gold reserve.…
Business Nigeria Loses $3b To Illegal Gold Smuggling In 6 Years Jul 17, 2020 0 President Muhammadu Buhari has voiced concern that Nigeria lost close to $3b from 2012 – 2018 due to illegal…
Business Oil Falls As OPEC+ Plans To Raise Output While Virus Cases Increase Jul 17, 2020 0 Oil prices fell 1% on Thursday after OPEC+ agreed to ease record supply curbs and as new infections of the novel…
Banking CBN Seeks Power To Freeze Bank Accounts ‘Linked To Criminals’ Jul 17, 2020 0 The Central Bank of Nigeria is seeking sweeping powers to freeze bank accounts “linked to criminals in the country…
World Weekahead-African-FX-Kenyan, Nigeria Currencies Seen Weaker, Uganda’s Firmer Jul 17, 2020 0 Kenyan and Nigerian currencies are likely to come under pressure against the U.S. dollar next week as Uganda's…
Business Dollar Dips After Rise In U.S. Retail Sales Jul 17, 2020 0 The safe-haven U.S. dollar fell modestly in morning trading on Thursday after domestic retail sales data for June…
Banking CBN Seeks Exclusive Right To Bank Licensing, Revocation Jul 17, 2020 0 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said, in line with international best practices and to avoid duplication of…
Business E-Payments Value Drops By N96b Jul 17, 2020 0 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said the total volume of payments across payment channels fell by 26 per cent…
Local Nigerian Inflation Rises For 10 Months In A Row In June Jul 17, 2020 0 Annual inflation in Nigeria rose for a 10th straight month in June, lifted by higher food and healthcare costs, the…
Business Euro In ‘Wait And See’ Mode Ahead Of Crucial EU Summit Jul 17, 2020 0 The euro was flat against the dollar on Friday before a European Union summit that will try to reach agreement on…
Business Dollar Climbs As Traders Focus On Weak Chinese Retail Sales Jul 17, 2020 0 The U.S. dollar strengthened on Thursday as investors focused on poor Chinese retail sales instead of its stronger…
Business Net Foreign Inflow Hit $9.35bn In February Jul 17, 2020 0 The nation’s economy recorded a net foreign exchange inflow of $9.35bn in February. The Central Bank of Nigeria…