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Nigeria Mortgage Refinance Company (NMRC) plans to seek approval from members by the end of the month to triple the size of its debt programme to 440 billion naira ($1.44 billion), the state-backed mortgage agency said on Monday. Nigeria…

Ecobank has mandated international lenders to arrange investor meetings in Britain and the United States, after which it plans to issue a five-year dollar-denominated bond, the African bank said on Monday. Ecobank, which has operation in…

Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba, Secretary of APC National Convention, has said PDP was disappointed with the outcome of APC’s convention. “The response of the PDP is that of somebody who got an outcome that he did not anticipate, they were…

The World Bank said on Thursday it had approved a total of $2.1 billion in concessionary loans to fund projects in Nigeria aimed at improving access to electricity and promoting governance. The projects approved by the International…

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP), Nasarawa State Polytechnic, Lafia Chapter, has given the state government 14 days notice of strike. Mr Paul Usaini, ASUP Chairman of the Polytechnic stated this on Thursday in an interview…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says N147 billion June remittance to the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC),  was in line with the terms of agreement it had with governors on the matter. The Corporation…

French cement giant Lafarge was charged Thursday with complicity in crimes against humanity and financing a terrorist organisation for paying millions to jihadist groups, including the Islamic State, to keep a factory in Syria open during…

Nigeria’s next general elections will be held in 119,973 polling units while results will be collated in 8,809 wards, the country’s electoral body chief has said. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said the presidential…

The House of Representatives under the leadership of Hon Yakubu Dogara has commenced an investigation into allegations of excessive electricity charges being levied on consumers by distribution companies. Dogara, while delivering a…

Following the recent appointment of judges by President Muhammadu Buhari, an Abuja Division of Federal High Court has adjourned the case of a former Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Stephen Oronsaye, to October 18. Mr Oronsaye’s…