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Top Nigerian fashion brands

By Chidinma Promise The good news is that everyone wears clothes. The better news is that, all over the world, there are a myriad of designer clothing lines, and greater chances that every fashion enthusiast, and even the casual dressers,…

NEITI hails the National Assembly on PIB

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has welcomed with excitement, the bold step by both chambers of the National Assembly to pass the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). In a statement in Abuja today, shortly after the NASS decision, the…

Mixed reactions trail passage of PIB

…Passage to attract investors into Oil & gas sector —Sylva …Wike raises concern over benefits to host communities By Uthman Salami and Matthew Denis, Abuja Mixed reactions on Thursday followed  the senate long-awaited passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB)…

Foreign reserves drop by $2.3bn in H1 — CBN

By Aanuoluwapo Olaleye, Abuja The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disclosed that Nigeria’s foreign reserves dropped by $2.3billion in first half of 2021. Nigerian NewsDirect gathered that the foreign exchange buffer opened 2021 at $35.65billion to close June 30,…

FG introduces new product to scale up family planning

Minister of State for Health, Sen. Olorunimbe  Mamora said the ministry will soon introduce the Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Subcutaneous Injection (DMPA-SC) which allows self-injection in hard to reach places. Mamora disclosed this at a zoom meeting on the National Family…