The Chairman and CEO of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has named the road leading to his Lagos refinery after the late Herbert Wigwe.Recall, that in February, the Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings died alongside his wife and son in a helicopter crash in California, the United States of America.Dangote,
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A former governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has filed an application at the Federal High Court, Abuja, seeking the quashing of nine-count money laundering charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Specifically, Obiano, through his lawyer, Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN), based his application on the
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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has criticized the recent decision by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to raise the interest rate to 22.75 percent, labeling it as ‘detrimental’ to the nation’s economy.Addressing attendees at the annual Edo Zone Bankers’ Committee Dinner in Benin, Obaseki expressed concerns over the
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The war-torn Ukraine has donated 25,000 tons of wheat grain to Nigeria, a gesture aimed at alleviating the hunger crisis in the country.This donation, gifted through the World Food Programme (WFP), seeks to support 1.3 million vulnerable Nigerians grappling with the aftermath of conflicts in the North East and North
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Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State has blamed the current economic hardship being faced by Nigerians on the last administration led by Muhammadu Buhari.The governor alleged that Buhari supervised the printing and sharing of about N30 trillion.Mutfwang stated this during the swearing-in of 22 Special Advisers and heads of government
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has further slashed the exchange rate for computing Customs duties at the nation’s seaports by 5.3 percent following the stability in the exchange rate of naira to the dollar.The Customs FX duty rate was reviewed downward from N1630.159/$ to N1, 544.081/$ on Monday, March
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