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Buhari admits to plagiarizing line from Obama speech
ABUJA, SEPTEMBER 17, 2016 - President Muhammadu Buhari plagiarized quotes from U.S. President Barack Obama in a speech promising change in the West African country,...
Opposition parties decry delay of council poll in Lagos
LAGOS, SEPTEMBER 16, 2016 - Opposition political parties in Lagos have decried the delay by the Lagos State Government in conducting local government election.
Some...
Nigeria to sell $1 bln worth of Eurobonds by mid-Dec
ABUJA, SEPTEMBER 16, 2016 - The federal government expects to raise $1 billion from Eurobonds by mid-December, a senior debt official said on Friday as...
Funding Nigerian oil cash calls from debt key for economy –...
ABUJA, SEPTEMBER 16, 2016 - Nigeria must get out of paying so-called cash calls to joint ventures with oil and gas companies to stand a...
Interbank rates rise on naira cash shortage
LAGOSS, SEPTEMBER 16, 2016 - Nigeria's overnight naira interbank lending rate rose sharply to an average of 40 percent on Friday, up from 15 percent...
Our efforts to rescue Chibok schoolgirls – Lai Mohammed
The Buhari administration has announced a fresh bid to rescue the abducted Chibok schoolgirls from Boko Haram.
Addressing journalists on Friday, the Minister of Information...
NCC moves to streamline tax
FRI, SEPTEMBER 16 2016-In response to demands to urgently address the issue of multiple taxation confronting stakeholders in the telecoms industry, the Nigerian Communications...
Lagos State approves N740m to compensate LFTZ landowners
FRI, 16 SEPTEMBER 2016-The Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has approved the release of N740,461,432.00, as compensation to the landowners in areas bordering the...
NSE: Trading stays positive
By Oladimeji Abidoye
FRI, 16 SEPTEMBER 2016-Trading on Thursday continue in an upward trend from where it left off on Wednesday after the Eid-El-Kabir celebration...
AfDB launches 3-year USD 1 billion Global benchmark
(AfDB) FRI, 16 SEPTEMBER 2016-On Wednesday, September 14, 2016, the African Development Bank (AfDB), rated Aaa/AAA/AAA, priced a US $1 billion fixed rate US...




