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CBN Probes 16 Firms Over Forex Infractions

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is investigating the bank accounts of 16 companies in the country suspected of violating foreign exchange regulations, New Telegraph learnt yesterday. A list of the affected companies sighted by this newspaper last night shows that a lot of them are Indian and foreign owned firms. They include organisations such […]

ECOWAS Insists On Okonjo-Iweala For WTO Top Job

Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s request, Presidents of West African countries have reiterated their commitment to ensure that a Nigerian former minister for finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala clinches the position of Director-General of the World Trade Organization. They also urged Africa to unite behind her candidacy as the continent’s best option in the hotly contested race. […]

78 companies bid for NNPC Pipelines, depots rehabilitation

……..DPR warns IPMAN against exploitation The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says 78 companies will bid for the rehabilitation of oil pipelines and depot infrastructure across the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that over 300 companies applied through the official portal published in the national dailies on Aug. 7 and only 78 […]

Okonjo-Iweala makes shortlist of five for WTO DG job

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been named among the five candidates that will proceed to the next stage in the race for the position of the director-general of the World Trade Organisation. In a statement on Friday, the WTO said member countries showed a preference for five out of the eight candidates who expressed interest in the […]

Apple bundles TV, music, news and more in services push

Apple said Tuesday it is putting TV, music, news and more in a subscription bundle as it increases its push into services tied to its iPhone “ecosystem.” An Apple One bundle to be available later this year will start at $15 monthly and include a freshly launched fitness service tied to Apple Watch. The Silicon […]

NSE: Market indices resume with 0.05% marginal growth

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) opened trading on Monday with a marginal growth of 0.05 per cent following buying interest in Dangote Cement and 16 other equities. Speficially, the NSE All-Share Index grew by 13.64 points or 0.05 per cent to close at 25,605.59 from 25,591.95 recorded on Friday. Also, the market capitalisation which opened […]

Nigeria’s revenue dropped by 65%, says finance minister

………Finance minister contradicts Presidency, says food prices rising The Minister of Finance , Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, says Nigeria ’ s revenue has dropped by about 65 per cent . She said this necessitated the decision of the President Muhammadu Buhari to discontinue the payment of petrol subsidy . Ahmed said this on […]

Food prices are coming down —Presidency

The Presidency on Friday says the prices of food items in the country are dropping as a result of the agricultural reforms of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The President ’ s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity , Mr Garba Shehu , made this known while featuring on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily […]