Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Wednesday, Nov 2nd 2016
1. Globacom has launched a new product- Glo Borrow Me Data- which allows subscribers to borrow data credit of up to 2GB when they run out of data bundles. 2. Former CBN Deputy Governor, Mr Ernest Ebi has been appointed Fidelity Bank chairman. 3. The Phase 4B area of the Rivers State Onne Port Complex, a Public Private […]
Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Tuesday, Nov 1st 2016
1. General Electric has carried out the repair of one of Dangote’s gas turbines and says it is committed to investing $2 billion in Africa. 2. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has said that the Warri-Ajaokuta-Obaro-Abuja central rail project is expected to attract an investment worth $30 billion dollars. 3. The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Dr […]
Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Monday, Oct 31st 2016
1. To ensure that manufacturers get the required FOREX for their businesses, the Central Bank of Nigeria will sell $500 million to banks. 2. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun has urged women to take advantage of the 62% of ₦220 billion MSME funds set out by the CBN. 3. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural […]
Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Friday, Oct 28, 2016
1. ExxonMobil has announced its discovery of up to 100 million barrels of oil in Owowo offshore fields, Bayelsa State. 2. The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI has stated the recent admission of 169 new firms into the chamber, making up the figures to a total of 243 firms admitted between April and October […]
Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Wednesday, Oct 26, 2016
1. NNPC has urged Nigerians not to panic, as there are no plans to increase in fuel price. 2. The House of Representatives has opposed the plans by the Federal Executive Council to concede rail lines to General Electric. 3. President Buhari has approached the National Assembly for ₦180 billion naira virement from the Special Intervention Programme, of […]
Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Tuesday, Oct 25, 2016
1. APC accepts responsibility for the country’s economic failure. According to Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha after a meeting between the APC governors forum and the President, “As APC, we are responsible for everything happening in Nigeria, we are responsible: the good, the bad, the ugly. But we are promising Nigerians that we shall fix it”. 2. […]
Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Monday, Oct 24, 2016
Dangote sacks 36 expatriate and 12 Nigerian workers as recession continues to grapple Nigeria’s economy. A civil society organisation, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has challenged the Chief Justice of Nigeria to speak out on the recent case of allegations against the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi by one of the Justices of […]
Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Friday, Oct 21, 2016
To regain its share in the global oil market, NNPC offers discounts on crude oil. President Buhari has released names of 46 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate. The militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, have pulled out of dialogue proposed by the Federal Government. The House of Representatives investigates PHCN on electricity bills and sale of non-core […]
Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Thursday, Oct 20, 2016
The Central bank of Nigeria discloses banks with lowest and highest lending rates, and will subsequently do so every Wednesday in selected national newspapers and on the CBN website. ExxonMobil sells 60% equity stake in Mobil Oil Nigeria to NIPCO. The International Monetary Fund, IMF, predicts that Nigeria will return as Africa’s largest economy and […]
Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Wednesday, Oct 19, 2016
Ken Saro Wiwa Jr dies at 47. Bosch Group to open a training centre in Nigeria by end of the year. FG announces plans to locate job centres in all local government areas by the end of March. Emirates and Kenya Airways suspend Abuja flight operations due to economic downturn and FOREX scarcity. Senate asks […]
Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Tuesday, Oct 18, 2016
Federal Government to sign a $15 billion deal with India for crude purchases. The National Universities Commission (NUC), scraps pre-degree and diploma programmes in Nigerian universities. Banks reject naira for visa payment due to dollar scarcity and volatile FOREX market. Death toll in Jema’ah LGA, Kaduna in attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen hit 40. EFCC […]
Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Monday, Oct 17, 2016
President Muhammadu Buhari returns from his three-day official visit to Germany. 21 Chibok Girls who were released from the captivity of the Boko Haram sect on Thursday, reunite with their parents. Reno Omokri appeals to the Emir and the Katsina Emirates Council over the marriage of 14-year-old Habiba Isa. The Central Bank of Nigeria […]
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I am not sure how these started. But whether it was Bella-Naija and co. inspired, the fact is that pre-wedding shoots have come to stay; at least, it’s the vogue now. Speaking on BN, those pictures are just so superb, it could be the best thing a man could do for his fiancee in today’s […]