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Turkey detains 42 journalists in crackdown as Europe sounds alarm
ISTANBUL, JULY 25, 2016 - Turkey ordered the detention of 42 journalists on Monday, broadcaster NTV reported, under a crackdown following a failed coup...
Naira sinks to record closing low; analysts eye rate hike
LAGOS, JULY 25, 2016 - Naira slipped 2.5 percent to a new closing low of 310 per dollar on Monday, failing to lure in...
Consultant urges catfish farmers to export produce
LAGOS, JULY 25, 2016 - An Aquaculture Consultant, Mr Tajudeen Morakinyo, on Monday advised catfish farmers to key into the international demand for the...
Afreximbank, EXIM Bank of China sign $1bn agreement to develop industrial...
LAGOS, JULY 25, 2016 - The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) says it has signed a cooperation agreement with the Export-Import Bank of China for...
Association assures improve insurance penetration in 2016
LAGOS, JULY 25, 2016 - The new chairman of Nigeria Insurers Association (NIA), Mr Eddie Efokoha, on Monday assured that there would be an...
Obasanjo, Tinubu, others blame visa regime for poor African trade
LAGOS, JULY 25, 2016 - Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said that the visa regime operating across Africa was one of the greatest impediments to...
Ogun community decries IBEDC officials’ extortion
LAGOS, JULY 25, 2016 - Electricity consumers in Aparadija in Itele area of Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area in Ogun have complained of extortion by...
Buhari receives Obasanjo at presidential villa
ABUJA, JULY 25, 2016 - President Muhammadu Buhari and Olusegun Obasanjo, former president, on Monday held a private meeting at the presidential villa in...
FG assumes oil benchmark of $42.5 per barrel and 2.2 mln...
ABUJA, JULY 25, 2016 - The Federal government of Nigeria is assuming an oil benchmark price of $42.5 per barrel for 2017, $45 in...
Edo Assembly swears-in Okonoboh as Speaker
BENIN, JULY 25, 2016 - Dr Justin Okonoboh (APC-Igueben) was on Monday sworn-in as Speaker of the Edo House of Assembly after the former...
