Ivanka Trump made $3.9 million from her investment in her father’s hotel in Washington last year, according to a disclosure released by the White House on Tuesday. She was also paid $2 million in severance by her family’s real estate company, the Trump Organization. Together, Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared
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Nigeria and the Kingdom of Morocco have signed three new agreements as a deliberate attempt towards deepening the highly beneficial relations between the two countries in various sectors of their economies. This followed the high level talks between President Muhammadu Buhari and the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI in Rabat the
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The federal government has directed operators in the nation’s telecommunication industry to begin data rollover from June 26. This means that telecom operators must henceforth add a subscriber’s unused or unfinished data to his/her new or next data subscription. Before this new directive from the Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC, subscribers’ unfinished or
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The Nigeria Apex Court has ordered Guarantee Trust Bank GTB, to pay Chairman of Innoson Motors, Innocent Chukwuma, a sum of N12 billion within 14 days. According to a statement released on Thursday by Cornel Osigwe, Innoson Group’s head of corporate communications, the court struck out the motion for stay of
Read MoreThe Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has rolled plans to issue N1.1 trillion worth of Treasury Bills (NTBs) in the next three months to August 30, 2018. The apex bank disclosed this through its third quarterly NTBs Issuance programme released Tuesday this week. CBN issues TBs twice a month to help
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The Aliko Dangote Foundation has concluded preparation to commission a multi-billion naira housing estate to support government’s effort to rehabilitate Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the insurgency ravaged areas in the North East. The commissioning of the 200 housing units for IDPs in Borno which has been slated for later this
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an amendment to the excise duty rates for alcoholic beverages and tobacco with effect from today. The President granted a grace period of 90 days to manufacturers before the take off of the new excise duty regime. There is, however, no increase in excise duty of other
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Just when it seemed Africa was left off Netflix’s plan for global content domination, the pioneers of binge-watching have hinted at plans to acquire more original content for the region,Quartz Africa reports. Netflix is looking for a director of content acquisition for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa. Based in Amsterdam,
Read MoreThe Senate has confirmed four of five nominees named as non-executive directors of the board of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The confirmed nominees are Ummu Jalingo, Justitia Odinakachukwu, Mike Obadan and Adeola Adetunji. It however, rejected Abdu Abubakar, as senators who screened him said they were dissatisfied with his responses to
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The United States Consul General, Mr John Bray, on Friday called for the modernisation of the local economy particularly the agricultural sector to meet Nigeria’s population growth and development. Bray made the remark at the African Food and Products Exhibition and Conference (AFPE) organised by the Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce (NACC)
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