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The Central Bank of Nigeria has resolved to leave all monetary policy parameters unchanged. It took the decision on Tuesday at its first Monetary Policy Meeting since it reduced the lending rate last March.... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2HLRVuP Get more: Nigeria...

The Imo State Government on Monday handed over state-owned general hospitals to some security agencies, the Anglican and The Lord’s Chosen churches to be operated under the.... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2QiT8O8 Get More Nigeria Political News

One of the veteran coaches in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), Solomon Ogbeide, is dead. Ogbeide, according to reports, had complained of not feeling too well before he slumped and..... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2WTQxg7 Get More Nigeria Sports News

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it will soon begin collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) on online transactions. The chairman of the agency, Babatunde Fowler, made the disclosure in an interview with the.... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2WOKVU1 Get More...

The Supreme Court on Thursday fixed May 24 to deliver judgment in the appeals over the disqualification of candidates of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Zamfara State..... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2VzF2cg Get More Nigeria Political News

The International Association of Athletics Federation has threatened to sanction its affiliate body in Nigeria, the Athletics Federation of Nigeria if it fails to, within a fresh two-week deadline, refund the monies wrongfully.... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2LIOSJ6...

The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, says he will retire from the Senate in 2023. As such, the lawmaker said that he will no longer seek re-election to the Red Chambers... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2WJk6Ru Get More Nigeria Political News

Senate President Bukola Saraki has described recent moves by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to probe him as politically motivated and a witch-hunt. Mr Saraki said the anti-graft agency was only investigating matters that were already settled. The Senate President was...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has restated its earlier stance that despite being a minority in the incoming National Assembly, its members could seek to lead the legislative chambers. The opposition party, however, said it is yet to decide on who to support for the National Assembly …...

Zenith Bank, the largest bank in Nigeria by tier-1 capital and a foremost provider of financial services to multinationals, corporates and SMES in the country, has affirmed..... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2Y84LtJ Get more: Nigeria Business News

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NAN) says it transferred N153.01 billion into the federation account in January. The corporation disclosed this in its Financial and Operations Report for the..... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2ZUPtul Get more: Nigeria...

Manchester United will not be playing in the UEFA Champions League next season after they failed to get a victory in their penultimate game of the season away to already relegated Huddersfield on Sunday..... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2UYmrGp Get More Nigeria...

How Police raped, beat us – Women arrested at Abuja nightclubs Some of the women arrested at the different nightclubs in Abuja for alleged prostitution.... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2H5mxsd Get More Nigeria Metro News

President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to receive President of the United Nations General Assembly (PGA), Maria Espinosa, who is paying a one-day official visit to Nigeria on Monday..... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2PLLNpY Get More Nigeria Political News

The President of the Nigerian Citizens Association South Africa (NICASA), Ben Okoli, has raised alarm over the circumstances surrounding the death of a Nigerian, Ebuka Udugbo, allegedly killed by.... … Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2GY9Eyu Get More Nigeria Metro News

Tears rolled down the cheeks of Lubabetu Momoh as she sat on the verandah, in front of her one-bedroom apartment in Abuja. She still hopes that her husband, who has been missing for.... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2H07BLV Get More Nigeria Metro News

Nigerian lawmakers have allocated N23.7 billion as severance gratuity for outgoing lawmakers of the National Assembly. The sum will also cover allowances for incoming... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2PCHI7o Get More Nigeria Political News

The federal government says 2.78 million workers die from occupational accidents and work-related diseases annually, while additional 374 million suffer from non-fatal occupational accidents globally each year.... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2GTbSAD Get More Nigeria...

The federal government has declared Wednesday, May 1, as a public holiday to celebrate the 2019 Workers’ Day. The Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, made the declaration through... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2GQzrtH Get More Nigeria Metro News

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday reiterated his government’s resolve to rescue the abducted school girls in Chibok, Borno State. Speaking during a working visit in the state.... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2UBbjz2 Get More Nigeria Political News