September 2, 2022

[GIST] How startup investments fail to ease Nigeria’s forex crisis

[GIST] How startup investments fail to ease Nigeria’s forex crisis

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In this piece, Temitayo Jaiyeola explains why startup fundraising in dollars has failed to impact Nigeria’s foreign exchange earnings The dollar is the queen on the chess board of the Nigerian economy. It determines the worth of the local currency, naira, and ultimately affects values of commodities and services. The naira is not a tradable


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[GIST] 15 persons drown in Borno river, corpses recovered

[GIST] 15 persons drown in Borno river, corpses recovered

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No fewer than 15 corpses have been recovered from the flooded River Ngadabul in Maiduguri, Borno State. The North East Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency, Muhammad Usman, confirmed the development on Wednesday, during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri. Usman said the cases of drowned people in the flooded river that


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September 1, 2022

[GIST] How God healed me of paralysis – Tim Godfrey

[GIST] How God healed me of paralysis – Tim Godfrey

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Nigerian gospel singer, Tim Godfrey, has narrated his battle with an illness which almost left him paralysed. Godfrey disclosed via his Instagram page on Wednesday, that he was diagnosed with an unnamed ailment, which according to doctors, made his bones “20 years older” than his body. Sharing a picture of himself at the hospital, the


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[GIST] Joshua didn’t want to fight me – Wilder

[GIST] Joshua didn’t want to fight me – Wilder

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Former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder has said that Anthony Joshua avoided fighting him years ago when he tried to make a unification bout happen. ESNEWS met up with Wilder at a celebrity golf event and asked him about his thoughts on the rematch between Joshua and heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, and the


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[GIST] NJC vs Olotu: S’Court yet to fix date

[GIST] NJC vs Olotu: S’Court yet to fix date

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The Supreme Court of Nigeria sitting in Abuja is yet to fix a date for judgment over the suit of compulsory retirement of Justice Gladys Olotu of the Federal High Court, filed against the National Judicial Council. Until recently, the NJC failed to file its Notice of Appeal six months after the Court of Appeal


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[GIST] Akeredolu criticises FG over N4bn pipeline contract

[GIST] Akeredolu criticises FG over N4bn pipeline contract

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The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has condemned the Federal Government for empowering some private security outfits in a pipeline surveillance contract to the tune of N4bn. He expressed his displeasure over alleged refusal of the Federal Government to strengthen the security of the states who could have taken over such a contract in their


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[GIST] I won’t allow anyone destabilise PDP, Ayu vows

[GIST] I won’t allow anyone destabilise PDP, Ayu vows

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The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Iyorchia Ayu, has said that he is not worried about the calls for his resignation, saying the proponents of such moves are youngsters who do not have a grasp of the goals of the party when it was formed. Ayu said he would not allow anyone to


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