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Jigawa Assembly impeaches speaker
JIGAWA, JANUARY 3, 2017 - The Jigawa House of Assembly on Tuesday impeached its Speaker, Alhaji Idris Garba and elected Alhaji Isa Idris of...
CBN Extends Stamp Duty Collection To Savings Accounts
ABUJA, JANUARY 3, 2017 - Banks are no longer restricting the deduction of stamp duty on deposits made into current accounts, but now apply...
Exit and entry of major companies expected as NSE reviews industrial...
TUE, January 3, 2017 – The Nigerian Stock Exchange is set to announce the review of the NSE-30, and the seven sectoral indices of...
Forte Oil emerges worst performing stock
JANUARY 3, 2017 - Forte Oil Plc. has emerged the worst performing stock in 2016 in percentage terms having dropped by 74.42 per cent,...
Oil price hits $58.37
JANUARY 3, 2017 - Oil prices hit 18-month highs on Tuesday, the first trading day of 2017, buoyed by hopes that a deal between...
Brexit: UK’s top EU diplomat resigns
UNITED KINGDOM, JANUARY 3, 2017 - The UK’s top diplomat in Brussels, Sir Ivan Rogers, has resigned.
Sir Ivan, who was appointed to the role...
Lagos begins evacuation of Yuletide waste
LAGOS, JANUARY 3, 2016 - The government of Lagos State has begun the evacuation of all refuse generated across the State during the Christmas...
Buhari sacks Babachir Lawal over N2.5b Fraud as chairman of presidential...
ABUJA, JANUARY 3, 2017 - President Muhammadu Buhari has removed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Babachir David Lawal as chairman of...
Fire at Ivory Coast oil refinery extinguished, output continues
ABIDJAN, JANUARY 3, 2017 - A fire that broke out on Monday at Ivory Coast's only oil refinery was put out by the evening...
NDLEA seize cocaine “factory-packed” inside shoes at Abuja airport
LAGOS, JANUARY 3, 2016 - The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency officers found 9.15 kg (20 pounds) of cocaine worth $4.7 million "factory-packed" inside a...
