Brie Larson’s “Captain Marvel” continues to do heroic business. In its latest box office milestone, the female-fronted superhero tentpole zoomed past $900 million in ticket sales worldwide. “Captain Marvel” brought in a mighty $87 million globally this weekend, including $52 million from international territories. It has now generated $589 million overseas for a global haul […]
Mr Emeka Okereke, Director General, Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA), has called on the Federal Government to reconsider the signing of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Okereke said this in Abuja when the chamber officials visited the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The visit was to create publicity for […]
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president, Amaju Pinnick has disagreed with the Super Eagles Manager; Gernot Rohr over the latter’s comments that the Nigerian teams are not favourites to win the 2019 African Cup of Nations trophy this summer in Egypt. NFF President Pinnick (right) shakes hands with Gernot Rohr after the contract extension The Super […]
Femi Falana, SAN has asked the President Muhammdau Buhari lead federal government to halt the allocation crude oil blocks to individuals and foreign corporate bodies. This came as he warned that if the government refused to accede to his request he will challenge the constitutional validity of allocating the oil blocks and other natural resources […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has again announced plans to revamp the nation’s four refineries to help the country save billions of dollars it expends annually on fuel imports. To this end, the corporation has awarded a contract worth about $50 million to Italy’s Maire Tecnimont to carry out checks and equipment inspections of […]
The Federal Government is set to address the issue of pay disparity among government workers in the country, as the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, NSIWC, yesterday, said it has been directed to harmonize salaries of various Ministries, Department and Agencies of government, MDA. In a statement in Abuja, Executive Chairman of the NSIWC, […]
Nigeria’s under-19 male cricket side, the Junior Yellow Greens, on Saturday qualified for the ICC U-19 World Cup slated for January in South Africa by two wickets Manager, Nigeria’s National Cricket Team, Mr Olisa Egwuatu , spoke on the team’s victory at the Jersey 2013 World Cricket League in Abuja. Team Nigeria defeated Vanuatu, Bahrain, […]
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has said the Federal Government is seeking to diversify instruments of the stock market through the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan. Ahmed, while speaking at the maiden Awards Night of the Securities and Exchange Commission, said the Federal Government was committed to building a vibrant capital market that […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria, on Friday, injected $268.60m and CNY39.09m in the Retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales of the foreign exchange market. A statement from the CBN said that the figures of the sales consummated on Friday, revealing that the sums were injected to meet requests of customers in the agricultural, airlines, petroleum products […]
Oil fell about 2 percent on Friday, slipping further from 2019 highs as focus shifted to a lack of progress in U.S.-China trade talks and as grim manufacturing data from Germany and the U.S. reignited fears of a slowdown in the global economy and oil demand. Wall Street’s main indexes tumbled about 2 percent on […]