WHY NIGERIA IS CHANGING TO CLEANER ENERGY – OSINBAJO ▪Nigeria’s Plan is to reduce Carbon emission by 20% by 2030 as FG commissions another University-based Solar Plant • VP Chairs Inaugural meeting of Cabinet Committee to review Draft National Transport Policy

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WHY NIGERIA IS CHANGING TO CLEANER ENERGY – OSINBAJO ▪Nigeria’s Plan is to reduce Carbon emission by 20% by 2030 as FG commissions another University-based Solar Plant • VP Chairs Inaugural meeting of Cabinet Committee to review Draft National Transport Policy

Citizen NewsNG February 13, 2021

  With the commissioning of yet another solar hybrid power plant by the Federal Government in one...

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FG to Shift Focus from Revenue Collection to Tax Compliance – Minister

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FG to Shift Focus from Revenue Collection to Tax Compliance – Minister

Citizen NewsNG February 12, 2021

Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning, says the federal government will shift focus from...

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Bitcoin Hits All-time High after Mastercard Adoption

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Bitcoin Hits All-time High after Mastercard Adoption

Citizen NewsNG February 12, 2021

Bitcoin has jumped to a record high after Mastercard and Bank of New York Mellon moved to...

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Customs Intercept illegal Drugs worth N819m in Imo

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Customs Intercept illegal Drugs worth N819m in Imo

Citizen NewsNG February 12, 2021

  The Nigeria Customs Service Federal Operations Unit Zone C Owerri has intercepted 1,024 cartons of contraband...

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Ecobank Nigeria Announces Pricing of its Senior Unsecured $300 Million Bond

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• BANKING & FINANCE
• BUSINESS & ECONOMY

Ecobank Nigeria Announces Pricing of its Senior Unsecured $300 Million Bond

Citizen NewsNG February 12, 2021

  Lagos, Nigeria, 11 February 2021 – Ecobank Nigeria (“ENG” or “the Bank”), a wholly owned subsidiary...

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Senate Summons CBN Governor, DG SEC over Cryptocurrency Ban

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• BANKING & FINANCE
• BUSINESS & ECONOMY

Senate Summons CBN Governor, DG SEC over Cryptocurrency Ban

Citizen NewsNG February 12, 2021

  The Senate has mandated its Committees on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, ICT and Cybercrimes...

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FG to Civil Servants: Shun Corruption

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FG to Civil Servants: Shun Corruption

Citizen NewsNG February 12, 2021

  The Federal Government on Thursday asked civil servants to shun corrupt practices in the discharge of...

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Customs Intercepts Fake Pharmaceutical Products, other Contraband worth over N869.6m

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• BUSINESS & ECONOMY

Customs Intercepts Fake Pharmaceutical Products, other Contraband worth over N869.6m

Citizen NewsNG February 11, 2021

  The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone “C” of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 1,024...

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Fed Govt Launches 774,000 Works Scheme in Benue

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Fed Govt Launches 774,000 Works Scheme in Benue

Citizen NewsNG February 11, 2021

The Federal Government, on Saturday, launched the special works programme for the provision of 774,000 jobs in...

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Court Orders CBN to Unfreeze Accounts of 20 #EndSARS Protesters

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Court Orders CBN to Unfreeze Accounts of 20 #EndSARS Protesters

Citizen NewsNG February 10, 2021

A federal high court in Abuja has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to unfreeze the...

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