House Kicks, Dismisses Representatives As DPR Boss Shuns Summons       The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts, on Thursday, dismissed a delegation from the Department of Petroleum Resources from the venue of an investigative hearing on alleged financial irregularities in the department running into trillions...

Phone Subscribers Increased By 54.2m In Five Years – NCC         The National Communications Commission on Wednesday said active phone subscribers in Nigeria grew by 54.2 million in the last five years. NCC’s Executive Vice Chairman, Umar Danbatta, said this when he led the commission’s board of...

Afreximbank, Others Unveil $1.5bn Facility To Support Food Production         The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has partnered with the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), the Trade Finance Arm of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group; and the Arab Bank For Economic Development in Africa (BADEA),...

Naira Plunges To 475 As Dollar Demand Rises         The naira weakened further on Monday, trading at 475 to the United States dollar in the parallel market amid a rise in demand for the greenback. The local currency, which has come under pressure in recent days, fell...

#EndSARS: CACOVID To Unveil Support For Business Owners Next Week - Emefiele       The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, says the Coalition Against Covid-19, will unveil its support for business owners whose premises and goods were looted by hoodlums during the unrest...

Airlines, Workers Seek Help To Save 4.8 Million Jobs       Amidst the ravaging COVID-19, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) on Tuesday called for urgent government intervention to prevent “an employment catastrophe in the aviation industry.” Estimates from the Air...