Nigeria, Turkey Sign Eight Pacts On Energy, Mining, Others   Nigeria and Turkey have signed a series of bilateral agreements and memoranda of understanding on a number of key sectors of energy, defence industry, mining and hydrocarbons among others This was the outcome of the two-day official...

Reps Probe Alleged Abandoned N72.34bn Eastern Rail Contract     The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the alleged abandonment of the Eastern Rail Line, the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri section, after the Federal Government awarded the reconstruction contract for N72.34bn. At the plenary on Wednesday, the House resolved...

Deploying Blockchain Technology To Drive Healthcare in Nigeria By Inyene Ibanga       This year’s edition of the Middle East premium technology show – the Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX 2020) – witnessed a wide array of tech launches and innovations, with attendees getting to handle the latest...

CBN Battles Recession, Raises COVID-19 Facility To N300bn       Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, yesterday said the bank would raise its COVID-19-targeted facility from N150 billion to N300 billion in order to accommodate more Nigerians in a bid to cushion the impact...

Nigeria-Turkey Strengthen Trade Relations   The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Adeniyi Adebayo, has said that the Nigeria- Turkey business forum would strengthen bilateral cooperation between the two countries. Adebayo said this in a statement issued by the ministry on Thursday in Abuja. He said the business...

The Nigeria's United Bank of Africa, UBA, has denied involvement in the funding of the failed coup plot in Turkey. A Turkey-based newspaper, Yenisafak, had reported that some of those arrested in connection with the July 15, 2016 failed coup plot had told their interrogators...