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Ecobank Nigeria has introduced zero fees for all transfers done into Nigeria on its newly launched Rapidtransfer app. The bank’s Managing Director, Patrick Akinwuntan, who announced this in Lagos said “Ecobank is poised to ensure Nigerians in the diaspora get the best in class remittance service. We want to make it easy for  Nigerians living abroad to send money to …

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—Project Now 83 % Completed Tayo Olanipekun Lagos State Government said the ongoing Oshodi Transport Interchange would be completed within the first quarter of 2019. Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr Adebowale Akinsanya, in a statement on Monday, said it was “gratifying” to report that “substantial progress” had been made towards the completion of the project. The project, being implemented …

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…Set To Host Maiden Gold Awards For The Fixed Income, Currencies And Derivatives Markets In what became a much-talked about market event, the Nigerian financial market regulators, architects and founding treasurers, subject-matter experts and indeed, a host of other domestic and international stakeholders gathered to witness the launch of a game-changing market infrastructure, FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange (“FMDQ or the …

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This year, Africa Oil Week (AOW) the continent’s leading oil and gas gathering bringing over a thousand key industry players annually, celebrates its 25th year. In the past 25 years, AOW has provided a platform for Government officials, national and international oil companies, independents, investors, corporate players and financers, to share their strategies for growth, better national participation in the …

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The International Press Centre (IPC) has condemned the attack on the Port Harcourt correspondent of Leadership Newspaper, Anayo Onukwugha. Onukwugha was reportedly assaulted by a soldier on Thursday, November 1, 2018. According to Report by Vanguard Newspapers, “Anayo was assaulted at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, Rivers State, by a soldier believed to have been drafted from the Presidency …

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has ordered its members across the country to commence an indefinite industrial action. This followed a meeting of leaders of the union on Sunday at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, the Ondo State capital. The National President of ASUU, Professor Abiodun Ogunyemi, told reporters that the union took the decision due to …

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—Aides must iron his shoe laces, bedsheets —Apply 1 inch of toothpaste on toothbrush for him Tayo Olanipekun Aides to Prince Charles of England have to press his shoe laces, pyjamas and bedsheets with iron without leaving any creases and must squeeze an inch of toothpaste on toothbrush for him anytime he needs brushing. The next in line to the …

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  …Buhari, Atiku, Moghalu, Ize-Iyamu, others make list A group of online opinion pollsters-Truly Independent Diaspora Electoral Officers (TIDEO), has sensationally revealed that eight presidential aspirants will come tops in the February 2019 poll. In its release dated November 1, which was obtained by our correspondent, the TIDEO came short of declaring who will actually win in the election. Of …

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Riding on the back of an excellent half – year performance, the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company plc (nahco aviance) has once again posted impressive Q3 results.  In the figures released to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), the Company recorded N7.25Billion turnover for the nine-month period which ended September 30, 2018. This is an increase of 25 percent over the same …

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Tayo Olanipekun President Donald Trump has said the military would not have to shoot at migrants if they throw stones at the troops as the foreigners approach the U.S. border. This is in an apparent effort by Trump to clarify his statement on Thursday that if migrants attacked the guards with stones,they would be treated as those firing gunshots. He …

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