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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Tuesday, intervened in the inter-bank sector of the Foreign Exchange market to the tune of $210 million. The Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department of CBN, Mr. Isaac Okoroafor, said the intervention was in continuation of the bank’s commitment to maintain stability in the...

  The Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, has defended his criticism of the Nigerian government when he spoke at the expanded National Economic Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja, last week. Speaking at the meeting which was presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Gates had said the execution priorities of the economic...

  Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan shared N150 billion two weeks to the 2015 elections. Osinbajo who accused Jonathan of frittering billions of naira that should have been spent on projects, however admitted that the government of President Muhammadu Buhari had not...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it will support Nigeria’s Power Sector Recovery Programme (PSRP) in three areas of operational and technical intervention, governance issues and policy based support. The bank disclosed this in Abuja on Friday in a statement signed by Fatimah Alkali, Senior Communications Officer in Nigeria Country...

  Despite the sectoral challenges, the Buhari administration will complete major projects that will improve the power sector in the country and also implement a plan that will provide solar energy in a number of universities in the country, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said. Prof. Osinbajo stated this...

Good morning and welcome to another glorious new month of March. I pray that the Almighty God will count you worthy as a recipient of His favour as you step out  this month of March today. No plan of the evil...

  The Nigerian Computer Society (NCS), has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the Executive Order 5 to improve local content in public procurement with science, engineering and technology components. Mr Rex Abitogun, the Chairman of NCS, Abuja chapter gave the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of...

Unity Bank Plc has lifted  the trophy of the 31st edition of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) sponsored Financial Institutions Football League after beating Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)  1-0 at Lafia Stadium, Nasarawa state. For emerging tops at the competition, Unity Bank got N2million prize and a trophy as...

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo said on Thursday that the Federal Government was unequivocally committed to the success of the private sector. He made the remark during the formal release ceremony to discharge the Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals Limited (IEPL) from the five-year monitoring programme of the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE)...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that it would watch recordings of proceedings in its Closed Circuit Camera Televisions (CCTVs) during the just-concluded Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to determine the candidates who cheated in the examination. JAMB’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said in...