* Seven suspects land in court The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned seven…
Month: September 2020
Guinness Nigeria in dilemma over $23m debt
Guinness Nigeria Plc is struggling to refinance a foreign-currency loan and trim costs following a shortage…
Oil prices hold near multi-week lows on demand worries
Oil prices edged up on Thursday, but held near multi-week lows hit overnight after U.S data…
Reps minority caucus rejects increase in fuel pump price
The minority caucus in the House of Representatives has rejected the increase in pump price of…
Okonjo-Iweala takes up American citizenship, boosts chances of WTO job
Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has taken American citizenship — more than 30…
Forex speculators to count losses as Naira firms up against dollar
Speculators in Nigeria’s foreign exchange market are set to count huge losses as the Naira continues…
U.S begins distribution of COVID-19 vaccine Nov 1
The U.S Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has asked the nation’s state governors to…
Toppled Malian president Keita suffers mild stroke, hospitalised
Former president of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who has not been seen in public since his…
Labour threatens to cripple power sector over tariff hike
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to cripple the power sector to resist the implementation…
Nigeria records 216 new cases of COVID-19, total now 54, 463
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced four deaths and 216 new cases of…