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Diaspora Remittances In Dollars: Giving Beneficiaries Value For Money
In 2016, the CBN, in an effort to increase remittance inflows and improve the number of formal channels under which…
China’s Economy Set To Overtake U.S. Earlier Due To Covid Fallout
The Chinese economy is set to overtake the U.S. faster than previously anticipated after weathering the coronavirus…
What Is Expected In The Forex Market In 2021?
This year, the foreign exchange market was heavily impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Currencies were often…
Explainer-How Will The EU-British Trade Deal Change Ties?
British and EU negotiators clinched a wide-ranging free trade deal on Christmas Eve, meaning commerce between the…
Brexit Trade Deal Sealed: EU And UK Clinch Narrow Accord
Britain clinched a narrow Brexit trade deal with the European Union on Thursday, just seven days before it exits…
Another New Coronavirus Variant Found In Nigeria, Says Africa CDC
Another new variant of the novel coronavirus seems to have emerged in Nigeria, the head of Africa’s disease control…
Cameroon Says Boko Haram Infiltrates Top Business And Political Leaders
A Cameroonian official said Friday he had found evidence that, as widely suspected, Boko Haram militants have been…
COVID-19: Denmark Joins Growing List Of Countries To Ban Travel From UK Over…
Countries around the world have imposed restrictions on travel from the UK due to fears of a new strain of the…
Canada Restricts Travel From U.K. Due To New Strain Of Virus That Causes COVID-19
OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is restricting travel from the U.K. in an effort to prevent a new strain of the…
U.S. Dollar On The Verge Of Becoming A Problem Currency Again
The Dollar buckled again Thursday after wading knee-deep into losses against all majors in moves that risk making…
Pre-Travel COVID-19 Testing Rate For Travels Within ECOWAS To Be Harmonised—…
The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) says the rate for pre-travel COVID-19 testing for travels within the ECOWAS…
Factbox-Latest On Worldwide Spread Of The Coronavirus
Daily coronavirus deaths hit a record high in Portugal and Turkey, while U.S. officials prepared for the most…
Canada Forecasts Show Fast Coronavirus Spread; Officials Urge New Restrictions
Longer-range forecasts project the second wave of the coronavirus spreading rapidly through Canada, and all the…
UK Cuts Self-Isolation Period To 10 Days For Domestic Contacts, International…
Britain said on Friday it would cut the self-isolation period for COVID-19 to 10 days from 14, in a change which…
UK Warns People With Serious Allergies To Avoid Pfizer Vaccine After Two Adverse…
Britain’s medicine regulator has advised that people with a history of significant allergies do not get…
Poor Countries Set To Miss Out On Covid Vaccines As Wealthier Nations Hoard Doses,…
LONDON — A coalition of campaigning bodies has warned people in lower-income countries are likely to miss out on a…
U.S Enforces 6 Month Passport Validity Rule For Christmas Travels
The United States Embassy in Nigeria has advised both U.S citizens and dual nationals to ensure that their…
Three Arrested In Multimillion Invoice-Redirect Fraud Investigation
Gardaí investigating a major crime network based in Ireland, and abroad, that has scammed millions of euro from…
Factbox-Britain Begins Rollout Of Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine
Britain will start rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech on Tuesday, the first Western…
US Adds Nigeria To Religious Freedom Blacklist
The United States on Monday placed Nigeria for the first time on a religious freedom blacklist, paving the way for…
‘This Is Going To Be Challenging:’ How The UK Will Roll Out Pfizer’s Coronavirus…
The U.K. was the first country in the world to approve Pfizer and BioNTech’s groundbreaking coronavirus vaccine on…
UN Removes Marijuana From List Of World’s Most Dangerous Drugs
A United Nations commission voted to remove marijuana for medicinal purposes from a category of the world’s most…
Japan Makes COVID-19 Vaccine Free For Residents
Japan on Wednesday enacted a law to cover the cost of vaccination against COVID-19 for residents.
Amid rising…
Dr. Scott Gottlieb sees Covid vaccine in ‘rationing type of environment’ well into…
Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Wednesday the availability of coronavirus vaccine doses is likely to be limited in…
Delay In Vaccine Rollout Is The Top Risk To The Economic Recovery, ECB Member Says
LONDON — A potential delay to the distribution of coronavirus vaccines is the biggest risk facing the economic…
Trump Sues To Reverse Biden Win In Wisconsin
President Donald Trump’s campaign filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Wisconsin seeking to invalidate President-elect Joe…
Pfizer, BioNTech Apply For Coronavirus Vaccine Approval In Europe
U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech said they have applied to the European Medicines…
Biden To Name Adewale Adeyemo Deputy Treasury Secretary
United States (US) President-Elect, Joe Biden, is about to announce Nigerian-born attorney and economist, Adewale…
Trump Says His Election Challenges Probably Won’t Make It To The Supreme Court
President Donald Trump acknowledged his vanishing path to overturning the results of the 2020 election in court on…
Stock Futures Fall As Wall Street Is Set To Wrap Up A Historic November
Stock futures dipped in overnight trading on Sunday as the market looks set to finish November with historically…