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GTCO hits N500 billion recapitalisation target after rights issue

Nigeria, Aug. 29 -- Nigeria's biggest lender by market value Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO) raised the outstanding cash its banking unit needs to meet the N500 billion minimum regulatory capita... Read More


Court sacks Thailand Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra

Nigeria, Aug. 29 -- Thailand's Constitutional Court has removed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office over ethics violations after only one year in office. In a verdict issued on Friday, ... Read More


Tinubu's campaign coordinator quits APC, says Forum

Nigeria, Aug. 29 -- Kabiru Marafa, the Zamfara State Coordinator of Tinubu-Shettima Campaign Organisation in the 2023 presidential election has resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress... Read More


Turkish clubs sack Mourinho, Solskjaer

Nigeria, Aug. 29 -- Turkish giants Fenerbahce and Besiktas have sacked their managers, Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, after both clubs suffered disappointing European exits this week. Mourin... Read More


ANALYSIS: Why AfCFTA can't simply plug the US trade gap

Nigeria, Aug. 29 -- There's a lot of hype right now about how intra-African trade through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) could replace the considerable loss of African exports to the... Read More


NBA president gives condition for Rivers to host next conference

Nigeria, Aug. 29 -- The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Afam Osigwe, has said the next NBA conference would be held in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, if President Bola Tinubu reverses t... Read More


EFCC arrests 12 suspected illegal Bureau de Change operators in Lagos

Nigeria, Aug. 29 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 12 suspected illegal Bureau de Change (BDC) operators in Lagos. In a statement on Thursday, EFCC spokesperson Dele... Read More


TCN speaks on explosion claim at Onitsha sub-region

Nigeria, Aug. 29 -- The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Thursday said there was no explosion at its station at Onitsha sub-region. The TCN General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, in a s... Read More


NNPC requires $60 billion investment to boost oil, gas, refining capacity - Ojulari

Nigeria, Aug. 29 -- The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), Group Chief Executive Officer, Bayo Ojulari, on Thursday, said the company requires a minimum of $60 billion to have add... Read More


'No arrest till now,' Gov Nwifuru fumes at burial of Ebonyi indigenes murdered in Anambra

Nigeria, Aug. 29 -- Bodies of 11 indigenes of Ebonyi State who were murdered in Anambra State have been buried in their various communities in Ebonyi State. PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported how some gu... Read More