The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has said the current decline in crude oil prices globally presents some risks to the country.
Global oil prices are down around 25 per cent to $86 per barrel from $112 in June this year, putting pressure on oil-exporting countries, including Nigeria.
Emefiele, who spoke at the 2014 investiture of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria in Lagos on Saturday, however, said efforts were being made by the relevant authorities to ensure that the country remained strong and healthy.
He said the central bank would continue to build and maintain a healthy external reserves position by improving accretion to the reserves through fiscal buffers and continue to insist on fiscal discipline.
'We expect the naira to remain strong and give foreign investo
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Special Assistant to the Ekiti State Governor, Dr Ayodele Fayose on Information and social Media, Mr Lere Olayinka has described the new government house built by the immediate past government of Dr Kayode Fayemi as an act of insensitivity to the plight of Ekiti people, many of whom cannot afford to feed once in a day.
Speaking with pressmen in Ado-Ekiti on Monday, Olayinka said no progressive minded Ekiti person would see the out-of-this-world luxury provided with over N3.3bn borrowed fund for Fayemi, his wife and children and will not weep for the State and its people.
Olayinka, who said Governor Fayose was alarmed at the waste of Ekiti resources to provide comfort for a single family out of the thousands of households in the State, added that; “the governor would have preferred to sell out the property and use the fund to provide basic amenities and employment
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Business in the front, party in the back! Beyonce truly brought it during the opening night of her On the Run tour with husband Jay Z on Wednesday, June 25, performing hit after hit and stunning the crowd in a particularly eye-catching ensemble.
Queen Bey donned a number of outfit changes throughout the night, but one in
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Oscar de la Renta, the fashion designer whose red carpet gowns and evening wear made him a favorite with everyone from luminaries of the stage and screen to first ladies, died Monday. He was 82.
De la Renta died at home Monday evening in Connecticut surrounded by family and friends and "more than a few dogs," according to a handwritten statement signed by two of his company's executives, Alex Bolen and Eliza Bolen.
"While our hearts are broken by the idea of life without Oscar, he is still very much us. Oscar's hard work, his intelligence and his love of life are at the heart of our company," the statement said. "All that we have done, and all that we will do, is informed by his values and his spirit. Through Oscar's example we know the way forward. We will make Oscar very proud of us by continuing in an even stronger way the work
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It has yet to be proven 100 percent one way or the other whether the three-breasted woman, Jasmine Tridevil, has a trick or a treat up her bikini after she claimed to have undergone surgery to add a third breast.
Regardless of whether her unbelievable bosom is the result of some clever prosthetic work or an unscrupulous plastic surgeon, Tridevil remains become a viral sensation, and just in time for Halloween, numerous blogs are offering instructions on how to make a DIY Three-Boobed costume.
FOX411 reached out to Tridevil for her reaction to the campy costume.
“When my friend told me there was a Halloween costume of me, I didn't believe her," she said. "Then I saw it in a news article. I'm very flattered!”
As to whether her third breast is real or fake, the Florida native remained tight lipped.
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