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• Makes N19b in one year, excess gain hits N4.5 billion • Official says consulate uses market-based exchange rate Though the Federal Government pegged the exchange rate at N305.25 to a dollar, the American Consulate in Nigeria exchanged N400 to a dollar ...

Sometimes, solution to an age-long drawback might be the appliance of wisdom. Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode – the Governor of Lagos state – is demonstrating that theory with the big scale integration of slip-roads and lay-bys on Lagos roads. Lagos state ...

Russian businessman Sergei Mavrodi, whose MMM pyramid scheme deprived millions of Russians of their savings in the 1990s, has died of a heart attack, according to Russia media. Reports said the 62-year-old was rushed to the hospital late on March ...

Dear Omo Ooduarere, Our team have learned that several anti-Empire websites (some of our sources) have been hit by DDoS attacks including  the Russian journal New Eastern Outlook which was knocked off line by a big hacking attack and is ...

On the heels of the face off between the House of Representatives and the ministers of mines and steel development, 301 members jointly sponsored each of two bills aimed at stopping the concession of Ajaokuta Steel Company of Nigeria. The ...

A Nigerian Air force training air plane has reportedly crashed in Kaduna. It was gathered that the plane crashed in Kauran Dawa in Saminaka Local Area of Kaduna state. The airplane known as Diamond 40, is a one person seater ...

Last year, the former Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy Mr. Steve Ayorinde was a special guest at The Other News, a comic-talk show which was hosted by Okey Bakassi, there he stated that the Lagos state government will ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday announced dates for general elections in the country for the next 36 years , starting from 2019 to 2055 . Chairman of the commission, Prof . Mamood Yakubu , made the announcement at ...

A combine team of military personnel have rescued the abducted Yobe schoolgirls at Jilli-Muwarti, a border village between Gaidam in Yobe state and Borno State. Daily Trust learnt from a security source that the students are on their way to ...

 A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed February 21, for the prosecution and defence counsel to adopt their final addresses in a suit filed by the Federal Government against Charles Okah and Obi Nwabueze, the alleged masterminds of ...