Nigeria’s unemployment rate rose from 27.1 per cent in the second quarter of 2020 to 33.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to a report released by…
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Category: Economy
Okonjo-Iweala makes first visit to Nigeria as WTO DG
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has arrived Abuja on her first official visit. Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Trade…
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FG, NNPC insists no increase in pump price of fuel
Yusuf Bello| Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Friday said there will be no increase in the pump price of fuel even as the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency revealed in…
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Fidelity Bank reaffirms support for CBN’s new FX policy push, targets improved diaspora remittance inflows
Fidelity Bank Plc, a leading Nigerian bank has restated its readiness to continually support the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) efforts to engender sustainable economic development by significantly improving diaspora…
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Court fefuses to unfreeze Shell’s bank accounts
By our reporter| A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday refused to discharge an interim order it granted, freezing the bank accounts of Shell Petroleum Development Company of…
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