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808CBN to Banks: Sell Forex in Major Airports
Below is a press release signed by Mr Isaac Okorafor, acting director of corporate communications, Central Bank of Nigeria, on Monday: New...
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AMCON Seizes Arik Air
The Assets Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) Thursday took over Arik Air following the huge indebtedness of the airline to both local...
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Dangote Hunts for Crooks Who Stole Its 3.5m Tyres
The Dangote Group says it has lost no fewer than 3.5million tyres to thieves over a period. Abdullahi Magaji, coordinator of the...
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Acting President Osinbajo on ‘State of the Nation’
Many rumours around the health of President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria have been flying across Nigeria and beyond. Perhaps nobody knows the...
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Nigerian Police Raid Investigative News Website’s Office
By CPJ – Nigerian authorities should drop all charges against Dapo Olorunyomi, publisher of the news website Premium Times, and Evelyn Okakwu,...
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Nigerian Military Mistakenly Bombs Scores of IDPs, Aid Workers
Nigeria is in grief. The blood of innocents flowed freely in Borno State, Tuesday, as the Nigeria Air Force mistakenly bombed a...
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Lassa Fever Reported in 7 States
Nasarawa, Ogun, Taraba, Edo, Ondo, Plateau and Rivers are Nigerian states where deaths from Lassa Fever have been reported. The Nigeria Centre...
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Boko Haram Bombers Kill Dozens in Madagali
Two suicide bombers on Friday morning blew themselves off at a checkpoint in Madagali, Adamawa State, dying along with dozens of victims....
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Cameroon Seals Off Radio Hot Cocoa’s Office
By CPJ — Cameroonian authorities should immediately reverse a decision to suspend independent broadcaster Radio Hot Cocoa 94 FM’s permission to operate...
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‘Yes, We Did,’ Obama Says in Farewell Speech
Outgoing United States president Barack Hussein Obama held his audience spellbound — and in tears — as he presented his farewell address...