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President Muhammadu Buhari and his wife, Aisha receives some women on Sallah Homage at the Residence, Presidential Villa Abuja. PHOTO; SUNDAY AGHAEZE. JUNE 15 2018
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Nigerian Media Code of Election Coverage Gets More Endorsement
Enthusiasm is running high that the Nigerian media is committed to the professional and ethical coverage of the 2019 elections. This is as a result of the growing number of media outfits endorsing the Nigerian Media Code of Election Coverage...
Investors Stake N18.4b On Shares In Four Days
The floor of Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) recorded a total turnover of 1.738 billion shares worth N18.462 billion in 14,790 deals between Monday and Friday this week. It’s a four-day trading session this week as the Federal Government of...
FRSC Deploys 3,500 Personnel, 43 Patrol Vans, Trucks, Others
As part of measures to ensure accident free Sallah celebration, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos and Ogun states zone has deployed over 3500 personnel, including regulars and Special Marshals, Medical team, 43 patrol vans, eight motorbikes, six ambu...
Rolls-Royce To Sack 4,600 Workers
Engineering firm Rolls-Royce is to cut 4,600 jobs over the next two years as part of a major reorganisation. Middle managers and back-office staff are to bear the brunt of the cuts, which are expected to hit its Derby base...
Air Ticket Sales In Nigeria Generates N505.2billion
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has disclosed that air tickets in the country was N505.2billion in 2017. According to the regulatory agency, the sales included that of domestic and international airlines. The breakdown of the sales indicat...
CBN Lifts Retail SMIS With $343.06m Forex
The retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS) has received a boost of $343.06 million from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), following the Bank’s intervention in the Foreign Exchange market on Thursday, June 14, 2018. Figures obtained from the Ban...
Bankers’ Committee: Importers With Chinese Yuan Invoices To Pay Less
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)-led Bankers’ Committee declared on Thursday in Lagos that importers with invoices from Chinese exporters will pay less than their other counterparts. At the end of its meeting in Lagos, the committee, comprising commercial...
Russia Humbles Saudi Arabia 5-0
It was expected. Russia made a fine start to their 2018 FIFA World Cup campaign as they defeated Saudi Arabia in the tournament’s opening game. Yuri Gazinskiy scored the first goal of the tournament after only 12 minutes when he...
NIMASA Seeks Improved Conditions For Dock Workers
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has restated its commitment to the welfare of dock workers in the maritime industry as the Agency organised a meeting of the employers and labour unions in the maritime sector under the...
Customs FOU Impounds N1.4b Contraband
Between May 16th and June 12th 2018, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, confiscated various contraband, goods and vehicles with a duty paid value (DPV) of One Billion, Three Hundred and Forty Five Million,...
Buhari To Ade-Ojo At 80: You Are A Role Model
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the Chairman of Toyota Nigeria Limited (TNL), Chief Michael Ade-Ojo, as a role model and source of inspiration to many Nigerians. In a letter to the first class businessman on his 80th birthday celebration, which....
Naira Firms Up Against Dollar At Parallel Market
The Naira on Wednesday gained 50 kobo to firm against the dollar at the parallel market in Lagos, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports The Nigerian currency exchanged at N361 to the dollar, stronger than the N361.50 traded on...
FIFA Pick Referees For Friday Matches
The referees’ appointment arm of world football governing body FIFA at the 2018 World Cup in Russia on Wednesdayreleased names of officials for matches billed for Friday. Three matches are slated for the day, with Egypt taking on Uruguay in...