Zambia’s central bank cuts lending rate by 50 bps to 9.75 per cent
Zambia’s Central Bank has cut its benchmark lending rate by 50 basis points to 9.75 per cent on Wednesday, citing lower consumer inflation and weaker economic growth.
NIMN calls for establishment of Marketing Ministry
Marketing practitioners, under the aegis of the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN), have stressed the need for the federal government to create a Ministry of Marketing that would enable it effectively prosecute its rebranding Nigeria project.
Police: No school girl abducted in Dapchi by Boko Haram
Mr Abdulmaliki Sumonu, the Yobe Commissioner of Police, said on Tuesday that no one was killed and no schoolgirl abducted in the suspected Boko Haram insurgents attack on Government Girls College in Dapchi town.
Yusuf Buhari is very alive, stop FAKE NEWS – Onochie
The Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie has reacted to the fake news that Yusuf Buhari is dead saying that ‘the evil news making the rounds regarding Yusuf Buhari, son of Pres. Buhari & Aisha Buhari, is Fake.
Petrol scarcity to linger over N650b debt
Respite will not come the way of motorists soon as Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) warms up for a strike that will compound the present petrol crisis.
Serena Williams: I almost died giving birth to my daughter
Serena Williams has revealed her near-death experience after giving birth to her daughter Olympia in September, in an article she wrote for CNN.
AIG doles out N16.3m to families of slain policemen
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 5 headquarters, Benin City, Mr Rasheed Akintunde, has presented cheques valued at over N16.3 million to 14 beneficiaries /next of kin of officers who died in the line of duty in Bayelsa, Delta and Edo states, under the Nigeria Police Group Life Assurance Scheme.
President Buhari felicitates with Femi Okunnu at 85
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated elder statesman and Nigeria’s former Federal Commissioner for Works and Housing, Alhaji Femi Okunnu, on his 85th birthday.
Dana Air: CPC demands responsive action for passengers
The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has directed Dana Airline to provide necessary logistics support to affected passengers on its Airlines Flight 9J0363, which veered off the runway in Port Harcourt on Tuesday.
PDP sends anti-grazing bill to Edo Assembly
A “Bill to Prohibit Open Rearing and Grazing of Livestock and Provide for the Establishment of Ranches and Livestock Administration, Regulation and Control and for Other Matters Connected Therewith 2018,” has been sent to the Edo State House of Assembly by the opposition party in the state, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Private doctors fault 2017 Gunshot Act
Private medical practitioners have faulted the newly signed Compulsory Treatment and Care for Victims of Gunshot Act, 2017, by President Muhammadu Buhari, saying ‘the act framed presumes guilt for the medical practitioners if a gunshot patient dies’.
