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FG seeks to calm nerves as preliminary Q2 GDP numbers show significant dip

Onyinye Nwachukwu Aug 18, 2020

Nigeria’s second quarter (Q2) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures are to reveal a significant dip in economic growth, as the...

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Nigerian borders remain closed 1 year after, 4 months to AfCFTA

Odinaka Anudu Aug 18, 2020

It is looking like the closure of Nigeria-Benin Republic border is now forever, as the Federal Government remains adamant after...

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P&ID: Nigeria arraigns Briton, 6 firms over alleged complicity

Felix Omohomhion, Aug 18, 2020

The Federal Government of Nigeria on Tuesday arraigned more suspects in the scandalous Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) deal. A...

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UPDATED: Nigerian banks recover N50.32m bad loans in 9 days with CBN's new guideline

Hope Moses-Ashike Aug 18, 2020

Nigerian banks have within nine days of implementing the Global Standard Instruction (GSI) recovered N50.32 million bad loans from individual...

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Nigerians face tortuous travel experience as government, airlines benefit from ‘evacuation’ flights

Iheanyi Nwachukwu Aug 18, 2020

Federal Government and its partner airlines may find it difficult to give up the fortunes they are making from frustrated...

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Anger, concerns as FG delays action on Nigerian traders groaning in Ghana

Chuka Uroko Aug 18, 2020

Anger and concerns have continued to mount as the federal government seems to watch unconcernedly as Ghanaian government authorities deal...

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FIRS, NIPOST feud over stamp duty heightens calls for clarity in MDAs’ roles

Cynthia Egboboh Aug 18, 2020

The continued feud between the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) on whose responsibility it...

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Cocoa: Nigeria’s highest agric export at risk as adverse weather threatens output

Caleb Ojewale Aug 18, 2020

Last year, Jide West through his company JK West Farms Limited planted 30,000 cocoa seedlings on 20 hectares of land...

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Nigeria will take action after citizens are targeted in Ghana

Lucky Nwanekwu Aug 18, 2020

Nigeria is to take “urgent steps” following a viral video showing the forced closure of shops belonging to Nigerian traders...

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Dollar squeeze chokes Nigeria’s economy with recession looming

Anthony Nlebem Aug 17, 2020

Nigeria’s foreign-currency shortage is squeezing life out of Africa’s biggest economy, and as in 2015, recession beckons with its attendant...

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Update: Nigeria announces Aug. 29 for international flights resumption

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha Aug 17, 2020

The Federal Government of Nigeria has disclosed that international flight operations would resume on August 29. Hadi Sirika, minister of...

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BREAKING: Nigeria’s inflation rate accelerates to 12.82% in July, highest in 27 months

Bunmi Bailey Aug 17, 2020

Nigeria’s Consumer Prices Index (CPI), commonly known as inflation, accelerated by 12.82 percent in July 2020, marking the 11th-consecutive uptrend...

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Barcelona sacks Coach Setien

Lucky Nwanekwu Aug 17, 2020

Barcelona have sacked manager Quique Setien, three days after his side's humiliating 8-2 defeat by Bayern Munich in the Champions League. ...

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In Nigeria, education is no longer enough to find a job

Lolade Akinmurele Aug 17, 2020

Ade Abass spent a fortune funding his only son Tunde’s university education. He was not that accomplished academically and wanted...

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Closure of Nigerian shops: FG may drag Ghana to ECOWAS Court

Innocent Odoh Aug 17, 2020

The Federal Government has faulted the action of the authorities in Ghana to close shops belonging to Nigerians resident in...