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Expert tasks CBN on exploitative bank charges
Mr Okechukwu Unegbu, a financial expert, has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria to check the multiplicity of service charges by Deposit Money Banks. Unegbu, a past president of the Chattered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, made the appeal in an interview on Sunday in Abuja. According to him, banks no longer empathise with
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Teen’s killing: France arrest hundreds on fifth night of protests after victim’s burial
French authorities deployed reinforcements to flashpoint cities and had made hundreds of arrests by early Sunday, on the fifth night of unrest sparked by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old who was laid to rest the day before. A total of 486 people had been arrested across France as of 3:00 am (0100 GMT)
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Enugu govt dissolves commercial tricycle task forces
Enugu State Government has dissolved all task forces of commercial tricycles, popularly known as Keke, in the state till further notice. The Permanent Secretary in the state Ministry of Transport, Mr. Ogbonna Idike, announced this on Saturday in Enugu after a meeting with the executives and members of the commercial tricycle union. The meeting was
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China upset Japan to win women’s Asia Cup title
Giant centre Han Xu sank 26 points as China stunned five-time defending champions Japan 73-71 Sunday to win their first women’s Asia Cup basketball title in more than a decade. New York Liberty’s Han also made 10 rebounds and two assists at Sydney Olympic Park while fellow superstar Li Meng poured in 17 points to
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Tinubu’s ministerial nominees undergo security checks
•DSS, advisory team conduct final investigations, lobbyists continue campaigns •President set to forward cabinet members’ names to Senate The list containing the names of ministerial nominees in the President Bola Tinubu administration is ready and undergoing final security checks, an impeccable Presidency source has told Sunday PUNCH. The source, who did not reveal the names
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Fuel subsidy made e-vehicles unattractive in Nigeria – W’Bank
The World Bank has said the decision by the previous administration to subsidise the price of petrol hindered the development of e-mobility and use of alternative vehicles, like electric minibuses, two-wheelers and three-wheelers. The bank in a document titled ‘E-Trans-Electric mobility and transition in Nigeria: Strategy and implementation’, published to facilitate dialogue on urban and
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Over 3,800 stranded Nigerians repatriated in six months says report
The Federal Government and the International Organisation for Migration evacuated no fewer than 3,850 stranded Nigerians between January and June 2023. This is according to figures obtained from the IOM and the National Emergency Management Agency. Checks by our correspondent on Friday showed that 2,644 stranded Nigerians were evacuated from Sudan; 752 from Libya; 441
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Akume plots PDP’s G-5 defection, meets Ortom
The five aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party leaders under the aegis of the G-5 may dump the party ahead of the 2027 general election, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. This has been tied to ongoing moves by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, to woo one of them into the governing All Progressives
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After losing my son in police custody, vigilantes burnt my house – Rivers widow
Wuche Ajuru, a widow from Ndele community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, tells CHUKWUDI AKASIKE about the disappearance of her son in police custody and the burning of her house by a vigilante group ?Your son went missing in police custody in 2016. How far have you gone in searching for him?
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High financing, land costs driving housing deficit – UPDC CEO, Ojo
The Managing Director of UACN Property Development Company Plc, Odunayo Ojo, speaks with Oluwakemi Abimbola about the housing deficit in the country and other issues in the real estate sector What is the level of foreign investments in Nigeria’s real estate sector? Foreign investment is very crucial to the Nigerian real estate sector. Over the
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