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COVID-19: FCMB suspends promo till further notice
First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has announced a temporary suspension of the season 7 edition of its…
FIRS generates N1.1tn in Q1’20
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) recorded a 7 percent growth in its collection target for…
Access Bank launches ‘Dual Transaction Service’
Access Bank Plc has introduced a Dual Transaction Service – an enhanced debit card service that…
COVID-19: 11 patients discharged from hospital
The battle against coronavirus in Nigeria is yielding a positive result as 11 patients were on…
COVID-19: FG approves N5,000 monthly stipend for vulnerable households
The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development on Wednesday distributed N20,000 each…
FG relaxes lockdown in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun
The Federal Government has relaxed total lockdown it imposed on the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos and…
COVID-19: FG suspends April savings bond
The Federal Government has suspended its April 2020 savings bond offer, as a result of challenges…
SEC warns against ‘ponzi’ schemes
Nigeria’s apex capital market regulator, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has alerted the investing public of…
Electricity tariff increase suspended till further notice
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has suspended the proposed increase in electricity tariffs initially slated for…
FG cuts petrol price to N123.5 per litre
The Federal Government on Tuesday night reduced the price of petrol from N125/litre to N123.5/litre. Current…
NIMASA goes tough on vessels without thermal screening facilities
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency has barred international vessels without thermal facilities from calling…
Health workers get special insurance cover
The Nigerian Insurers Association says it will provide N1m compensation for any medical practitioner who dies…
COVID-19: CBN suspends cheques clearing
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday suspended temporarily the clearing of cheque instruments in the…
COVID-19: Banks to disinfect offices
The Central Bank of Nigeria, in an effort to avoid the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, …
COVID-19: FG locks down Lagos, Ogun, Abuja
The President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Sunday ordered lockdown of the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos…
COVID-19: Lagos fears cases might hit 39,000
The Lagos State Government is projecting that the coronavirus pandemic may explode to 39,000 cases across…
FG fears recession should COVID-19 pandemic persist for six months
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has warned that the Nigerian…