Nigeria’s Central Bank (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele’s unorthodox policies aimed at maintaining the naira’s peg to the dollar, amid a global commodity rout and analysts calls for a devaluation mimics Malaysia’s response to the Asian financial crises of 1997.
Malaysia’s...
Iranian pro-democracy activists, lawyers and artists have thrown their weight behind last month's nuclear deal with world powers, hoping it will lead to a promised political opening that President Hassan Rouhani has so far failed to deliver.
Dozens of prominent...
China has sacked the head of its work safety regulator for suspected corruption, state news agency Xinhua said on Wednesday, following blasts that killed more than 100 people in the port city of Tianjin this month.
The ruling Communist Party's...
Oil stabilized on Wednesday after China's central bank moved to support the country's economy, but prices stayed near 6-1/2-year lows as a heavy supply glut kept the market outlook bearish.
"Oil is catching its breath a bit and seeing if...
World shares sagged on Wednesday as investors feared fresh rate cuts in China may not be enough to stabilize its slowing economy or halt a stocks collapse that is wreaking havoc in global markets.
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Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) said on Tuesday it will begin delivering wine, beer and spirits to U.S. customers for the first time as part of its speedy delivery service, Prime Now.
The online retailer is expanding Prime Now, its one- and...
BEVERLY HILLS, August 26, (THEWILL) – There was a mild drama Tuesday at the resumed sitting of Delta State Election Petition Tribunal in Asaba, the state capital, as an Assistant Director with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in...
In an address to the 55th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President Muhammadu Buhari was quoted as follows:
“President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Abuja urged Nigerian lawyers not to sacrifice the integrity of the country’s...
Nigeria is too big and multi-ethnical for its ownership to be solely proclaimed by a man. This is a call from all Nigerians who believe that the best way to make Nigeria great is to have a strand mindsets...
The steady and exponential growth of the internally-generated revenue of Lagos state since the return of democracy in 1999 is proof that courage will always triumph over adversary and order can conquer daunting chaos. This is provided there are...