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Naira Exchanges For N481/$ At Parallel Market
The naira on Monday exchanged for N481/$ at the parallel market.
At the Exporter & Importer forex window,…
Inflation Hits 17.33% — Highest In Four Years
The consumer price index, which measures the rate of increase in the price of goods and services, increased to…
AstraZeneca CEO Is ‘On A Hot Seat’: French Govt.
The chief executive of AstraZeneca - whose COVID-19 vaccine has been temporarily suspended in several European…
WTO DG, Okonjo-Iweala Hits Aso Rock For Buhari
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Monday visited President…
Investors Ignoring Geopolitical Risks To Target Undervalued Russian Equities
Russian companies are cashing in on a global equity boom, leveraging growth potential and low valuations as…
House Of Reps Wants 18-Year-Old Nigerians, Others To Carry Arms
The House of Representatives may soon pass a Bill for Act to permit Nigerians from the age of eighteen to carry…
Nigeria Records 120 New COVID-19 Cases, No Death
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said with 120 confirmed new cases of COVID-9, the number of…
Only Restructuring Will Restore Sanity To Nigeria –Group
A civil society organisation, the Advocates for Freedom and Democracy, has said Nigeria won’t regain its sanity…
Petrol Subsidy To Gulp N102.96bn In March
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation may spend N102.96bn on petrol subsidy this month, going by the recent…
Buhari Dragged To Court Over Plans To Borrow N895billion From Nigerians
President Muhammadu Buhari has been dragged to court over the plans of his government to borrow an estimated…
Ex-GTBank MD, Adaramodu Joins Ekiti Guber Race
The former Deputy Managing Director of the Guarantee Trust Bank, Mr. Kayode Adaramodu, has declared intention to…
Sandstorm Sends Pollution In Beijing To Maximum Level
Beijing was shrouded in thick brown dust that sent pollution levels soaring on Monday morning, as heavy winds…
Philippine President’s Spokesman Tests Positive For COVID-19
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesman Harry Roque confirmed on Monday he had tested positive for…
Indian Tycoon Gautam Adani Makes Record $16.2 Billion In Pandemic Year
Indian tycoon Gautam Adani has added more billions to his wealth than any one else in the world this year.
The…
PDP Governors Seek Financial Assistance From Buhari
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rose from a five-hour meeting in Abuja,…
The Corporate Taxman Cometh
Global investors are obsessing about borrowing costs, discount rates and inflation risks as the world emerges from…
Netflix May Crack Down On Password Sharing
If you're using your sister's boyfriend's dad's Netflix account — listen up.
The streaming giant is testing…
Trump, Estranged From Presidents Club, Excluded From Predecessors’ PSA
When President Donald Trump received his Covid-19 vaccine at the White House in January, it was not recorded by…
Coronavirus Vaccination: No Adverse Reaction From President Buhari, Others –…
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said that since the country commenced its COVID-19…
Six Coal Miners killed In Blast In Pakistan’s Southwest
Six miners have been killed in a blast at a coal mine in southwestern Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan,…
Danjuma-Led COVID-19 Task Force Spends N3.3bn
The General TY Danjuma-led Victim Support Funds Task Force on COVID-19 on Thursday said it had so far spent N3.3bn…
EFCC Arraigns Three FIRS Directors, Six Other Officers For N4.5 Billion Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday, arraigned Peter Hena, former Coordinating Director…
Swiss Bank Rahn+Bodmer In U.S. Settlement Over Clients Defrauding IRS
Zurich private bank Rahn+Bodmer will pay $22 million to settle U.S. criminal charges it helped American taxpayers…
What Happens When Robinhood Traders Walk Out Of The Stock Market?
The findings support the view that the popularity of zero-commission brokers has attracted a new type of uninformed…
Nigeria Does Not Have A Fulani Problem: What We Have is A Food Production…
Even the most egregious and utterly deplorable religious and ethnic dimensions of the present farmer-herder crisis…
Oil Prices Are Surging: Here’s Why Not Everyone Is Cheering
You’d think a world tiptoeing its way out of the coronavirus pandemic might only be good news for governments and …
Using Ibori Loot For Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Abuja-Kano Rail Line Unjust – Sagay
The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), has advised the…
How To Make PIB Beneficial To The Nigerian Govt. And Nigerians By Stakeholders
Some stakeholders, yesterday, brainstormed on some of the issues delaying passage of the 20-year old Petroleum…
Senate Alleges N120billion Fraudulent Fuel Subsidy Payment
The Senate Committee on Public Accounts, yesterday, said it had uncovered a N120 billion differential in subsidy…
Warren Buffett’s Net Worth Surpasses $100bn, Forbes Says
US businessman Warren Buffett on Wednesday joined the small circle of executives worth more than $100 billion,…