Dollar hits N249 at parallel market

The Naira on Wednesday continued to depreciate at the parallel market as it exchanged for N249 to the dollar. The naira lost N1 on Wednesday afternoon to close at N249, as against its previous value of

Remove Fuel Subsidy now! – World Bank Tells Buhari

Against the backdrop of the current fuel crisis across the country showing no sign of abating, the World Bank, yesterday, told President Muhammadu Buhari that the time to remove petroleum subsidy is now.

Benin Republic to send 800 soldiers to Nigeria for anti-terrorism war

ABUJA -To realize the December deadline to stamp out insurgency in Nigeria, President of the Republic of Benin, Mr. Boni Yayi, has pledged to send 800 soldiers to fight alongside Nigerian troops.

Guess what Tanzanians did on their Independence Day today?

Instead of celebrating, they swept the whole country. Today if the country's 54th Independence day and the new president Dr John Pombe Magufuli told his people to use the day to clean up the environment and

CHILE'S MOST VIBRANT CITY

Hugging the Pacific coast, Valparaíso was South America’s greatest international waterway until the Panama Canal stole the spotlight. The city is

Biafra, not enough reason to kill people – BSN

The Bible Society of Nigeria has warned that the agitation for Biafra is not enough reason for innocent people to be killed.The General Secretary of the BSN, Mr. Dare Ajiboye, said this in

Oshiomhole retires Head of Service, Perm Sec

Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has directed the State Head of Service, Mr. Jerry Obazele, to proceed on retirement.

According

EFCC arraigns Dokpesi for laundering N2.1bn, fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday arraigned a former Chairman of DAAR Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, before a Federal High Court in Abuja on six

KORA All-Africa Awards Unveil 2016 Nominees with SoundcityTV as Official Broadcast Partner and Namibia as Host

 

KORA All-Africa Music Awards, the African continent's first and premier award ceremony in the musical arts has announced the nominees in the 26 categories for her 2016 edition.  The award ceremony taking

Korede Bello, Yemi Alade take early lead on MTV #BaseNaijaHottestArtist

Mavin Records artiste, Korede Bello and Songstress, Yemi Alade are the early front runners on the ongoing MTV Base special, #BaseNaijaHottestArtist, which ranks the ten hottest performing

Biafran agitation Soyinka calls for cation

Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has called on the Nigerian government to be cautious in dealing with the recent Pro-Biafrans agitations. Soyinka made the call during a recent interview with Channels TV

Man U crashes out of the Champions League & Twitter has no chill

Manchester United have crashed our of the UEFA Champions League after playing out a 2-3loss to Wolfsburg in Germany. The Red Devils needed at least a draw to ensure safe passage to the knockout stage but came short. And Man utd fans on Twitter were not having it at all. Lol...

Why we reduced MTN’s N1.04trn fine —NCC

LAGOS — The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has defended its action to reduce the N1.04 trn fine on MTN Nigeria to N780 billion, saying it acted in the interest of the stability of the telecom sector.

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