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Politically Correct? Bond Market Steers Clear Of Judgment Calls
When Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in 2018, London-based hedge fund manager Dominic Armstrong bet…
UK Jobless Rate Unexpectedly Drops To 5.0%
Britain’s jobless rate unexpectedly fell to 5.0% in the three months to January, when the country entered a new…
England Slaps New 5,000 Pound Fine On Travel Abroad
Fines of 5,000 pounds ($6,900) will be introduced from next week for people from England who try to travel abroad…
Billionaire Leon Black Is Leaving Apollo Following Scrutiny Over Ties To Jeffrey…
Leon Black is completely stepping away from running private equity firm Apollo Global Management amid scrutiny…
Turkey’s Lira Plunges After Erdogan Fires Central Bank Head
urkey could be on the cusp of another currency crisis after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan abruptly fired the…
Hadiza Bala Usman: Export Cargoes Barred From Lagos Ports For Two Weeks
The NPA boss told Radio Now 95.3 FM in an interview monitored by TheCable that the suspension is effective Monday,…
FINMA Chief To Head Up German Financial Watchdog BaFin: Handelsblatt
Mark Branson, the head of Switzerland’s financial markets regulator FINMA, is to be named the new President of…
Huawei Lawyers To Focus On Witness Refusal To Testify In U.S. Extradition
Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou’s U.S. extradition hearings on Monday are expected to focus on a former…
Turkish Lira Plunges To Near Record Low After Erdogan Sacks Central Bank Chief
Turkey’s lira briefly fell 15% to near its all-time low on Monday after President Tayyip Erdogan’s shock weekend…
Minimum Wage: National Assembly Raises Panel To Avert Strike
The Clerk to the National Assembly, Olatunde Ojo, has constituted a nine-member committee to fashion out modalities…
Saudi Aramco To Prioritise Energy Supply To China For 50 Years, Says CEO
Saudi Aramco will ensure China’s energy security remains its highest priority for the next 50 years and beyond as…
Federal Government Discovers Gold Deposit Along Abuja-Nasarawa Border
Adegbite paid Abdullahi Sule, the Nasarawa state governor, a courtesy visit in Abuja on Wednesday.
The minister…
Alleged $2.5bn Arms Scandal: Stop Peddling Fictional Tales, APC Tells PDP
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to wake up to its responsibility…
China Bans Tesla Cars In Military Complexes On Concerns About Cameras.
The Chinese military has banned Tesla Inc’s cars from military complexes and housing compounds because of concerns…
UK’s Taylor Wimpey, Countryside Asked To Drop Unfair Ground Rent Terms
British homebuilders Taylor Wimpey and Countryside Properties must remove contract terms that lock leaseholders…
Nearly A Dozen Countries Resume AstraZeneca Shots After EU, UK Regulators Say…
Nearly a dozen countries resumed use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 shots on Friday as EU and British regulators said…
Kano Consumer Council Impounds N300m Expired Drugs
THE Kano State Consumer Protection Council on Thursday confiscated fake drugs worth over N300 million following…
Rivers Court Denies Dutch Couple Bail Over $330,000 Oil Vessel Fraud
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Thursday denied a Dutch national, Pieter Borremans…
Sirika Seeks Private Sector Support For Aviation Infrastructure
Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has stressed the need for Nigeria to attract private investors that will support…
Consumers Lament Tariff Increment Amidst Economic Downturn
Prepaid electricity consumers have decried increase in tariff endorsed by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory…
DPR Remits N2tn to Federal Government, Seals 11 Filling Stations
The Department of Petroleum Resources on Thursday announced that it generated over N2tn for the Federal…
Ex-JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ojerinde Arrested Over N900m Fraud
A former Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor…
Brawls In Shops As Lebanon’s Financial Meltdown Hits Supply Of Food
The collapse of Lebanon’s currency has forced many grocery shops to temporarily shut within the last 24 hours,…
Two Jurors Dismissed In Floyd Murder Trial After News Of $27 Million Settlement
Two jurors seated in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer facing murder charges over…
200 Contractors Picket FHA Over N1.5bn Debt
Over 200 contractors of the Federal Housing Authority on Tuesday staged a protest at the headquarters of the FHA in…
No Fund Missing In Military Pensions, Says Board
The Military Pensions Board (MPB) has dismissed the allegation of missing N2.5 billion military pensions fund,…
“Meghan’s Racism Claims Against Royal Family Not A Surprise” – Michelle Obama
Former first lady of the United States of America, Michelle Obama has said it “wasn’t a complete surprise” to hear…
Nigerian New Bill ‘Could Empower lawmakers To Impeach President’ When Summon Is…
A bill seeking to empower the national assembly to summon the president has passed the second reading at the house…
We Gave Niger Delta Governors N100m Each As COVID-19 Palliatives – NDDC
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has said that it gave each of the governors of the nine oil-producing…
Financial Crimes: We’re Focusing Searchlight On Bankers, Says Bawa
In its renewed poise to clamp down on financial crimes in the country, the Economic and Financial Crimes…