Dangote under fire over online petrol ‘hawking’
The Dangote Refinery has stirred reactions from Nigerians on micro-blogging platform, X, after launching an online campaign to market its...
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JUST IN: Alhassan Yahaya emerges as NUJ national president
The immediate past deputy president of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Alhassan Yahaya, has been elected as the national...
Access Bank completes acquisition of Standard Chartered in Angola, Sierra Leone
Access Bank, a leading subsidiary of Access Holdings, has announced the successful acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank’s operations in Angola...
$65m fraud: ICPC arraigns ex-FMBN CEO, Gimba Kumo Ya’u, two others
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned in court, the former Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer...
Reps invite CBN gov, banks’ CEOs over unverified POS operators
The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, resolved to invite the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, and...
NUPRC defies odds to surpass revenue target by 49%
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has surpassed its revenue target by 49 per cent when global hydrocarbon producers...
JUST IN: Court remands Yahaya Bello in EFCC custody, adjourns till Dec 10
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, sitting in Maitama Abuja, has ordered the remand of the immediate-past governor...
Rivers: Damagun asks INEC to conduct election to replace sacked pro-Wike lawmakers
In an apparent move against pro-Wike rivers lawmakers, the Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Umar Damagun,...
Despite improved revenue, we need more loans to fund our budget – FG
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, says the Nigerian government needs more borrowings to...
NBS: Nigeria’s GDP rate grew by 3.46% in Q3 2024
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria’s annual gross domestic product (GDP) rate grew by 3.46 percent in the...
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