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The Naira appreciated on Thursday against the United States dollar at the official foreign exchange market for the second time this week as the country’s external reserves rose to $43.27 billion. The ...

Nigeria’s power distribution companies grew their revenue collections by about 43 per cent in the first eight months of 2025, raking in a total of N1.5tn, compared with N1.05tn recorded in the same ...

Nigeria’s gross profit from crude oil and gas sales plunged by N824.66bn in 2024 despite a rebound in oil production, figures from the latest Budget Implementation Report for the fourth quarter of ...

The Borno State Police Command’s Rapid Response Squad (RRS) – Anti-Social Vices Team has arrested forty-three (43) suspects in a coordinated, two-day operation targeting the sale and distribution of ...

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President Donald Trump signed a bill on Wednesday to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The 43-day standoff had crippled Washington, leaving hundreds of thousands of federal workers ...

The financial markets have responded positively to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) removal of Nigeria from its grey list of countries with money laundering and terrorist financing risks. The ...

Senator Sunday Karimi (Kogi West) has cleared the air in view of the confusion over Thursday’s approval by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) of Phase One of Ilorin-Omuaran-Egbe road, to the tune of ...

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The Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Thursday, announced the approval of over N43 billion for the completion of Phase II, Section II of the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway, as part of a series of new and ...