President Muhamadu Buhari on Tuesday in Niamey, Republic of Niger, urged member countries of the Economic Community of West African States to to tread carefully in pushing for a single currency in the sub-region by 2020. He cited the challenges…
The International Women’s Society (IWS), a group of international women founded to work for the advancement of women of all races, and develop the common interests of women, is collaborating with the House of Oduduwa Foundation to host this year’s…
President Muhammadu Buhari has prayed for the Ogun businessman Chief Kesington Adebutu as the philanthropist clocks 82 on Oct. 24. The President in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on…
The Jos Electricity Distribution Company ( JEDC ), has sacked 150 workers, in what its management said was part of a re-organisation aimed at optimum performance. Among those sacked across its four states of Plateau, Gombe, Bauchi and Benue were…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday injected the sum of $195 million into the interbank foreign exchange (forex) market. Figures from the Bank indicated that the central bank offered $100 million to authorised dealers in the wholesale segment…
The Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Alleged Misuse, Under-Remittance and Other Fraudulent Activities has said revenue agencies short-changed the Federal Government to the tune of N1.7tn as unremitted revenue generated between 2012 and 2016. The panel blamed it on a…
A United Nations-supported humanitarian conference today raised more than $344 million to fund critical relief programmes for Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh. The exodus – which began in late August – continues unabated, making the crisis the fastest…
Twelve years after their last gathering, Governors from the Southern part of Nigeria converge in Lagos Today, 23rd October, 2017 to deliberate on how to forge stronger ties for the three geo-political zones. The 2017 Summit of the 17 Southern…
The Global Transparency Initiative is part of Kaspersky Lab’s ongoing commitment to assuring the integrity and trustworthiness of its products in service of its corporate mission: protecting customers from cyberthreats
Price of garri, a staple in the country, has dropped by more than 60 percent in Enugu within four months. NAN correspondent who conducted a market survey on the staple on Monday, observed that the price has gone down from…
