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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it will license more broadband operators to complement existing ones in order to achieve the 30 per cent broadband penetration target of the …

Banks were yesterday hit with allegations of round tripping. Acting Director, Trade & Exchange, W.D. Gotring, in a circular to authorised dealers titled: Re: Transactions in ‘Free Funds’ by Authorised …

Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development Heineken Lokpobiri has said Nigeria’s $22 billion food import bill is no longer sustainable. He spoke yesterday during an inspection of  the …

Commercial banks are defying Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN’s) directive for them to sell $50,000 weekly from Diaspora remittances to bureau de change (BDCs), President, Association of Bureau De Change …

The Organised Private Sector (OPS) yesterday hailed President Muhammadu Buhari’s move to seek emergency powers to push his government’s planned stimulus for the economy. According to the plan, the government …

Meet Kobe Bryant, venture capitalist. The retired NBA star today unveiled his venture-capital fund, a $100 million vehicle for investing in technology, media and data companies. Mr. Bryant, who turns …

Turkish Airlines has said it posted a loss of 1.9 billion Turkish Liras ($644.4 million) in the first half of 2016, while also revising its year-end passenger and revenue target, …

 Godwin Emefiele The Assembly of Governors of the Association of African Central Bank Governors (AACB) has elected the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele as its President …

Iraq has resumed pumping oil from fields operated by state-run North Oil Company (NOC) via a Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) pipeline to Turkey, a spokesman for the oil ministry in …

President Barack Obama and his family will be moving out of the White House in a few months. But as far as we know, they aren’t looking to sell. Of …