• USA Nigeria

    Forex: CBN to inject fresh $350m into interbank market

    Gbenro Adeoye The Central Bank of Nigeria is set to pump more United States dollars into the foreign exchange market this weekend, in continuation of its strategy to further strengthen the value of the naira, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. A source at the apex bank told our correspondent on condition ...

  • Nigeria

    Another 180 Nigerians return from Libya on Tuesday

    Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Another 180 Nigerians are expected back in Nigeria from Libya on Tuesday. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this on Friday while receiving the Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons Commission, Sadiya ...

  • Nigeria

    Xenophobia: Protesters shut down MTN Lagos office

    Saheed Olugbon Protesters under the aegis of the Human Rights Defenders and Advocacy Centre on Friday disrupted business activities at the MTN headquarters at Falomo, Lagos, over the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. Business activities were stalled for over three hours at the telecommunications company’s premises, a situation ...

  • USA

    Stervende vrouw schrijft emotioneel datingprofiel voor haar man

    De Amerikaanse auteur Amy Krouse Rosenthal heeft met nog slechts enkele dagen te leven een prachtig eerbetoon aan haar man geschreven in de Amerikaanse krant The New York Times. In haar emotionele brief prijst ze haar geliefde echtgenoot de hemel in en spreekt ze zijn toekomstige partner rechtstreeks aan.

  • Uruguay

    Mercado Libre reportó uno de los mejores años de su historia

    Apostando a fortalecer el ecosistema completo en la región, la empresa tecnológica cerró el año con 181,2 millones de artículos vendido.

  • Nigeria

    Currency traders in panic sales as CBN pumps in more dollars

    Reports  that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) plans to  pump more dollars into the foreign exchange market in continuation of efforts  to strengthen the naira, have triggered  positive reactions causing it to attain a better exchange parity with the greenback. The Nation learnt that the apex bank is in ...

  • Nigeria

    NAF Gears Up Advocacy, Foreign Collaborations To Fix Gaps

    A lot of concerns were generated by Nigeria’s eight – year war against the Boko Haram insurgency. Overwhelmed by several audacious acts of the terrorists, many citizens cast doubt on the capability of the nation’s armed forces to guarantee their security. The concerns were genuine and threw up questions about ...

  • USA

    Too Short Investigated For Rape

    Too Short is the suspect in a rape case … according to TMZ. The alleged victim is a protegee of the rapper who has done videos and other projects with Short. Law enforcement tells us, the woman claims on November 1 she was at an L.A. residence with the rapper ...

  • Giappone

    ‘Premium Friday’ campaign draws little attention in Tokyo

    Only 3.7 percent of Tokyo area employees left work early last month to mark the launch of the “Premium Friday” quit work early campaign on Feb. 24, an online survey says. The public-private initiative is designed to prod people to leave the office at 3 p.m. on the last Friday ...

  • USA Giappone

    Yellen points to March rate hike as Fed signals end of easy money

    The U.S. Federal Reserve’s long-stalled “liftoff” of interest rates may finally get airborne this year as policymakers from Chair Janet Yellen on Friday to regional leaders across the United States signaled that the era of easy money is drawing to a close. Yellen capped off a seemingly coordinated push from ...