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"Our design of this policy is not to hurt the industry if it had that consequence, the government has already...

"...more than 100 and 120 million direct tourism jobs are at risk..."

Conoil is close to acquiring the oil major’s stake in both OMLs 86 and 88.

The Euro and the Pound lost against the dollar.

The stocks rose 0.57 per cent.

The renewal is for 10 years.

The disbursement is about a quarter of the financing required to buy the stakes from Shell Total and Eni.

The global institution says close to 90 million people will fall below extreme poverty threshold.

Brent crude futures fell 0.8 per cent to $55.35 a barrel, after losing 10 cents on Wednesday.

The Volkswagen group saw its global sales plunge 15.2 per cent year on year to 9.3 million units in 2020.

The UN says the world could not afford to be divided between the haves and the have-nots in COVID-19 challenge.

The market posted a positive breadth as 35 gainers emerged against 21 losers.

OPEC's secretary general, Mohammad Barkindo, says electric cars too will be a fitting alternative to combustion engines.

Naira closed at N394.25 at the Wednesday trading session at the importers and exporters window.

For Company Income Tax, N295.72 billion was generated as against N416.01 billion generated in third quarter.

The minister says the platform will be web-based for citizens to report through.

The reserves grew by $1.29 billion in two months.

The currency strengthened against the dollar at the importers and exporters window.

Nigeria relies heavily on importation, and buys a reasonable amount of even food from other countries.

Authorities put the value of the seizure at N952million and say the items were headed to Vietnam.

The AEDC says the outage will affect parts of the capital city.

The group forecasts growth for 2021 at 5.5 per cent as against 5.2 per cent.

The Customs chief says he has been wrongly criticised for not implementing a law signed by the president in December...

Airtel Africa, Flour Mills, WAPCO, MTNN and Fidson largely stoked gains the same day the central bank held benchmark lending...

The airline says it will also reactivate suspended routes.