Month: December 2019
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Business Insight
Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc’s issued and fully paid up shares increase to 12.51bn following listing of additional 4.17bn ordinary shares
The total issued and fully paid up shares of Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc has now surged to 12,511,234,944 ordinary shares…
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Nigeria juggles response to ECOWAS single currency as Francophone countries adopt Eco
Nigeria says it is still tinkering on what option to take on a single currency for West Africa, a fortnight…
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Downward review of bank charges will affect bottomline of banking industry, says CIBN
The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) said on Sunday that the downward review of bank charges would affect…
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Nigeria’s economy records $4.17bn forex deficit in one year
A total foreign exchange of $58.01bn came into the economy through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) within a 12-month…
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10-year-old not allowed to wear snake t-shirt on South Africa flight
A 10-year-old boy traveling with family in South Africa has reportedly been forced to change his t-shirt before boarding a…
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Pope calls on families to talk at meal times and leave aside mobile phones
Pope Francis on Sunday urged people to talk to each other at mealtimes instead of using their mobile phones, citing…
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FIRS issues Jan 31 deadline for taxpayers to obtain their certificates
New Executive Chairman of Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami, has given a clear hint of his determination…
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Russia and China collude at UN to create convention on cybercrime, alarming the West
The United Nations on Friday approved a Russian-led bid that aims to create a new convention on cybercrime, alarming rights…
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AIB issues progress report on Med-View Airline incident
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) on Sunday, December 29, 2019, released the preliminary report on serious incident involving a Boeing…
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Commentaries
How Trump and Cardi B are making more Americans move to Ghana
The man from Boston stared at the ocean and thought: Maybe I’ll never go back. He’d come to coastal Ghana…
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