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Nigerian Senate on Wednesday, April 25, ended its plenary early to enable lawmakers ascertain the whereabouts of a colleague, Dino Melaye. Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news – https://ift.tt/2HqKU55 -- Get More Nigeria Political News

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday nullified the National Assembly Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2018, which ought to provide the order in which Independent National Electoral Commission must conduct the 2019 general elections. Read more via Punch Newspapers –...

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The Lagos State Government, on Tuesday, said its internally generated revenue for the first quarter of Y2018 stood at N103.476 billion, as against N96.7billion recorded in the previous year, thereby accounting for 81 per cent of the total revenue of N141 billion generated in the quarter...

As Dangote Cement Plc revives plans to list its shares on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), the firm has appointed former Xstrata Plc Chief Executive Officer, Mick Davis, as a non-executive director alongside Cherie Blair, a lawyer and the wife of ex-U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair. The new board...

Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said that banks have refunded N654.49 million excess charges deducted from government bank accounts related to the federation account. The Bureau disclosed this in its Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) disbursement report for March 2018. Read...

FBN Holdings today released its financial statements for the year ended December 2017. Here are the key highlights of the results; Revenue The bank reported Gross Earnings of ₦595 billion for the year ended December 2017 compared to ₦581 billion reported for the period ended December 2016...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that it is working with market associations and other stakeholders to enhance the circulation of new naira notes. The move, according to the central bank, was part of efforts to ensure that the high incidence of dirty naira notes and currency …...

Lagos State Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr Olusegun Banjo, on Tuesday said the state recorded a revenue of N141.96 billion in the first quarter of 2018. Banjo said this at the ongoing ministerial briefing to mark Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode’s third year in office at Alausa, …...