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Buhari Not In Support Of Fuel Subsidy Removal – Petroleum Minister

adminJanuary 24, 2022

by adminJanuary 24, 2022025

The Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva speaks during an interview on Channels Television’s Newsnight on January 24, 2022. The Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, says President Muhammadu Buhari is not in support of the removal of subsidy on the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as......

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IMF Proposes $50bn Trust Fund For Nigeria, Other Low, Middle-Income Countries

adminJanuary 21, 2022

by adminJanuary 21, 2022044

In this file photo an exterior view of the building of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), with the IMG logo, is seen on March 27, 2020, in Washington, DC. Olivier DOULIERY / AFP The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is proposing a $50 billion trust fund for Nigeria and other low......

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Nigeria Receives 3.2 Million Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines From U.S.

adminJanuary 18, 2022

by adminJanuary 18, 2022053

NPHCDA Executive Director, Dr Faisal Shuaib, with the U.S. Ambassador, Beth Leonard, at the National Strategic Warehouse in Abuja on January 18, 2022. Nigeria has received 3.2 million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines donated by the United States as authorities step up efforts to curb the spread of the disease in the......

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Nigeria Confirms 48 New Lassa Fever Cases

adminJanuary 17, 2022

by adminJanuary 17, 2022041

File photo used to illustrate the story. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 48 cases of Lassa fever in the country in 2022. This is according to the NCDC’s epidemiological report for January 3 to January 9 published on the agency’s website. According to the update, the......

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Nigeria’s Inflation Rate Rises To 15.63% In December 2021

adminJanuary 17, 2022

by adminJanuary 17, 2022047

A file photo of a woman at a market. Nigeria’s inflation rate has risen to 15.63 percent in December 2021 from 15.50 percent recorded in November. The Statistician-General of the Federation, Dr. Simon Harry, disclosed this on Monday during a press briefing at the National Bureau of Statistics, Abuja. Data......

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Nigeria’s Economy To Grow By 2.5% In 2022 – World Bank

adminJanuary 12, 2022

by adminJanuary 12, 2022059

A file photo of a bus park in Lagos. Nigeria’s economy is expected to by 2.5 per cent in 2022 and by another 0.3 per cent next year, the World Bank has projected. The World Bank gave the forecast in its latest Global Economic Prospects report, a copy of which......

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Chinese Loans: Anybody That Will Help Nigeria’s Infrastructure Is Welcome – Buhari

adminJanuary 5, 2022

by adminJanuary 5, 2022075

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday defended his government’s decision to source loans from China, saying anyone willing to help Nigeria’s infrastructure is welcome. According to data from the Debt Management Office, Nigeria has borrowed $2.02 billion as loans from China from 2015 and the country’s debt portfolio from China has......

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Nigeria’s Life Expectancy Is 55.75%, Fourth Lowest In The World – Bismarck Rewane

adminJanuary 1, 2022

by adminJanuary 1, 2022055

The Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Derivatives Company Limited (FDC), Mr Bismarck Rewane, says the life expectancy in Nigeria is 55.75% – the fourth-lowest in the world. Rewane stated this during an interview on Channels Television’s end-of-year programme captioned ‘Year 2021: Battles, Resilience And The New Normal’ where he......

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1,547 New COVID-19 Cases, Eight More Deaths Reported On Boxing Day

adminDecember 27, 2021

by adminDecember 27, 2021060

A file photo of a health worker wearing a PPE on duty. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 1, 547 new infections were confirmed on Boxing Day, as the country’s daily COVID-19 tally continues to rise. Giving an update on the pandemic, the agency revealed in a Facebook......

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Nigeria Records Highest Daily COVID-19 Infections In 11 Months

adminDecember 22, 2021

by adminDecember 22, 2021087

In this file photo, a man takes the COVID-19 vaccine as Nigeria flags off the second phase of the exercise on August 16, 2021. Channels TV/ Sodiq Adelakun. Nigeria on Tuesday confirmed 2,123 new COVID-19 infections, the highest daily case tally in the country since January 27th, 2021. This is......