CBN and PricewaterhouseCoopers believe diaspora remittances will hit almost $35bn by 2023

CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) officials believe that the new remittance policy of the federal government will lead to the country’s foreign remittances rising to as much as  $34.89bn by 2023.

 

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Education ministry begins moving pupils from northeast boarding schools to Abuja for safety

NIGERIA'S federal ministry of education has begun moving pupils from boarding schools across the northeast of the country to secure locations in Abuja and elsewhere to avoid them being abducted by armed bandits and Boko Haram terrorists.

 

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The Nigerian Coronavirus Declaration

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(1) Following the public immunisation of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo against the Covid-19 virus, as a nation, we hereby undertake to manufacture all the pharmaceutical drugs, vaccines, medicines, etc we use in Nigeria locally as from January 1 2022. This is to end the embarrassing spectre of Nigeria having to import drugs from abroad

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Buhari gives new service chiefs five weeks to end current spate of insecurity ravaging Nigeria

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has given Nigerians new service chiefs five weeks to end the current insecurity ravaging the country and restore tranquillity in the midst of the seemingly endless scourge of violence.

 

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Governor Yahaya Bello says he will not allow Covid-19 vaccines to be administered in Kogi State

GOVERNOR Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has said that he will not allow any coronavirus vaccines to be administered across the state because he does not believe that combating the virus is important and will therefore not allow his people to be used as guinea pigs.

 

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Nigeria enjoys a revenue increase rise of over $800m during February as oil prices rise above $60 a barrel

NIGERIA enjoyed a N318bn ($832.21m) increase in revenue during the month of February as a result of a rally in global oil prices as the production cuts introduced by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) is having a positive effect on the market.

 

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Wike says the insecurity across Nigeria came about as a result of his prayers against Buhari

GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said that the current spate of insecurity across the country is the outcome of his prayers to God in 2016 when President Buhari failed to come to the assistance of his people.

 

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Gumi argues that if coup plotters can be forgiven the same amnesty should be extended to bandits

ISLAMIC cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has called on the Nigerian government to offer a blanket amnesty to all armed bandits operating in the country pointing out that if coup plotters who commit treason are forgiven the gesture should be extended to others.

 

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UK and Ghana sign bilateral trade deal that guarantees tariff-free movement of goods and services

BRITAIN has signed a trade partnership agreement with Ghana that offers the tariff-free movement of goods and services and provides a platform for greater economic and cultural cooperation.

 

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