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