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By Precious Olisa The era of Nigerian athletes being treated by beggars may soon be over if the assurance given by the federal government is to be taken seriously. Earlier this week, the Minister of Sports Development, Mr John Enoh, during an interactive session with the Presidents and Secretaries of National Sports Federations, said efforts are being made to prioritise the welfare of athletes in the country. For several years, those who represent the country in different sporting activities across the globe have been abandoned even before and after tournaments, resulting in some of them switching allegiance to another country

By Adedapo Adesanya Nigeria’s campaign to win a fourth African Cup of Nations (AFCON) will see the Super Eagles face Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, and Equatorial Guinea in Group A of the 2023 tournament scheduled for early next year. The draw was held at the Parc Des Expositions in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire on Thursday. The 2023 AFCON tournament will be taking place in the country from January 13 to February 11, 2024. Nigeria were placed in Pot 2 ahead of the draw event attended by representatives of the participating teams, including the continent’s football legends like Mikel Obi, Taribo West, and

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By Sodeinde Temidayo David The third edition of the Telecom Consumer Town Hall on Radio (TCTHR) will take place on Friday, October 15 2021, at 7:30 am, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said. The telecom consumer initiative will air on the Human Rights Radio, 101.1 FM, Abuja and will focus on the benefits of the National Identification Number to Subscriber Identity Modules (NIN-SIM) integration. Interested individuals can tune in to listen and participate in the discussion via life streaming on the Human Rights Radio social handles, the telecommunications industry regulator said. The TCTHR is the modified version of the

By Aduragbemi Omiyale The first Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for 2022 will take place on Monday, January 24 and Tuesday, January 25, a calendar of the meeting posted on the website of the apex bank has shown. The MPC meeting is usually held for two days, with the second day used by the CBN Governor to reveal the outcome of deliberations. At the moment, the MPC comprises 10 persons, including the CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, who is the chairman. The Deputy Governor in charge of Financial System Stability, Ms Aisha Ahmad;

By Dipo Olowookere Last month, the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc announced that its London subsidiary had been given the permission to operate wholesome banking activities in the United Kingdom. This made the Africa’s global bank the only Sub-Saharan African lender to conduct banking operations in New York and London, as well as 20 other African countries. For the Head of Investor Relations at UBA, Mr Abiola Rasaq, this development will boost earnings of the financial institution in 2018. Speaking with newsmen at a briefing in Lagos last week, Mr Rasaq noted that with the expansion to the UK

By Adedapo Adesanya The Naira depreciated against the United States Dollar at the Peer-2-Peer (P2P) and the black parallel market segments of the foreign exchange (FX) market on Wednesday, March 15, but closed stronger at the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window of the same market. In the P2P wing, the value of the local currency fell against the greenback by N2 to sell at N755/$1 compared with N753/$1 of the previous session. In the parallel market, the domestic currency depreciated against the American currency yesterday by N2 to close at N747/$1, in contrast to Tuesday’s closing price of N745/$1. The

By Adedapo Adesanya The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has vowed to increase foreign exchange (FX) allocation to banks for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), investors and travellers. This was disclosed by the CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, in a meeting attended by managing directors of Deposit Money Banks (DMBs). Giving updates on the discussion, Mr Osita Nwanisobi, CBN spokesman, in a statement, said the apex bank agreed to increase forex supply to banks. Mr Nwanisobi explained that the increase in forex allocation is meant to cater for the demand of travellers and business operators, adding that the travellers would

Popular Lagos-based female socialite, Princess Toyin Kolade, has joined the Lagos and federal governments in their fight against coronavirus. The Chairman/CEO of Fisolak Group of Companies, who is fondly called the Iyalaje of the Source, has donated some items to the vulnerable in the society. Recall that over the weekend, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, announced some relief packages for some residents of the state, which are meant to help those who may not have things to eat during the ‘forced’ sit-at-home measure put in place to curb the spread of the virus. As part of her own contribution to the betterment

By Modupe Gbadeyanka A total of 2.3 billion shares valued at N21.7 billion were traded in 14,906 deals last week by investors on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in contrast to a total of 735.7 million shares worth N7.1 billion transacted in 7,138 deals the previous week. Last week, the market opened for four trading days due to the public holiday declared by the federal government on Wednesday, January 1, 2020 to mark the New Year celebrations. But during the trading week, stocks in the financial sector led the activity chart by volume with 1.9 billion units

By Modupe Gbadeyanka In October 2021, the inflation rate in Nigeria moderated to 15.99 per cent year-on-year, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday disclosed. According to the stats office, the inflation for last month was lower than the 16.63 per cent recorded in September 2021 but higher than the 14.23 per cent achieved in October 2020. Business Post reports that it is the seventh consecutive month the inflation is coming down, The first decline was reported in April when it slipped to 18.12 per cent from 18.17 per cent. In May, it dropped to 17.93