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EXTERNAL RESERVES HIT $36.39BN ON IMPROVED CRUDE OIL PRICE

THE EXTERNAL RESERVES STOOD AT $36.39BN AS OF JANUARY 27, THE LATEST FIGURES FROM THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA REVEALED. FIGURES OBTAINED FROM THE CBN SHOWED THAT THE RESERVES, WHICH COMMENCED ...

Messi generates third of Barcelona’s income, says Laporta

Two of the candidates in Barcelona’s presidential election, Joan Laporta and Victor Font, insisted on Monday that Lionel Messi “generates more” than he earns, after his “colossal” club contract ...

LEBANON ARMY ARRESTS 18 LEBANESE, SYRIANS LINKED TO ISLAMIC STATE

LEBANON’S ARMY SAID ON MONDAY IT HAD ARRESTED 18 PEOPLE, SOME LEBANESE AND OTHERS SYRIAN, WITH LINKS TO ISLAMIC STATE. THE ARRESTS CAME IN “FIELD OPERATIONS” THAT TOOK PLACE OVER ...

COVID-19: Presidency defends Buhari’s removal of mask in public

The Presidency, on Monday, said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), did not violate COVID-19 protocols in Daura, Katsina State over the weekend. Online photos had shown Buhari discussing ...

EU CONDEMNS MILITARY’S SEIZURE OF POWER IN MYANMAR

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT AND THE EU’S TOP DIPLOMAT, ON MONDAY, CONDEMNED THE MILITARY’S SEIZURE OF POWER IN MYANMAR. THEY, THEREFORE, DEMANDED THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF ALL THOSE ...

ANTI-GRAZING LAW: GOVS CAN’T ENFORCE LAW WITHOUT POLICE COOPERATION, SAYS MAKINDE

OYO STATE GOVERNOR, MR SEYI MAKINDE, HAD SAID GOVERNORS NEED THE COOPERATION OF THE POLICE AND OTHER FEDERAL SECURITY FORCES TO ENFORCE THE ANTI-OPEN GRAZING LAW ENACTED TO STOP FREQUENT ...

WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT AKEREDOLU’S COMMISSIONER, ALASOADURA’S FACE-OFF —APC

THE PUBLICITY SECRETARY OF THE PARTY IN THE AKURE NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, TEMITOPE ALUKO SAID THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC) IN ONDO STATE IS NOT FACTIONALIZED OR IN CRISIS ...

INDONESIAN VOLCANO ERUPTS, SPEWING HOT ASH THREE KILOMETRES AWAY

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ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST ACTIVE VOLCANOES, INDONESIA’S MOUNT MERAPI, ERUPTED WEDNESDAY, BELCHING OUT HUGE CLOUDS OF SMOKE AND ASH THAT BILLOWED DOWN THE SIDES OF ITS RUMBLING ...

SLASH ON IMPORTED VEHICLES’ DUTIES BEGINS NEXT WEEK – CUSTOMS

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THE REDUCTION IN THE DUTIES ON VEHICLES AND TRACTORS FROM 35 TO ABOUT 10 PER CENT MAY TAKE OFF NEXT WEEK, THE NIGERIA CUSTOMS SERVICE SAID ON TUESDAY. COMPTROLLER-GENERAL OF CUSTOMS, HAMEED ...

BANKS’ CREDIT TO ECONOMY HIT N25TN IN 2020

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BANKS’ TOTAL CREDIT TO THE ECONOMY ROSE TO N25.02TN AS OF THE END OF 2020, THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA HAS SAID. THIS WAS DISCLOSED DURING THE MONETARY POLICY COMMITTEE ...

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