Gov. Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom has approved N450 million counterpart fund for the Nigeria For Women Project, a World Bank project targeted at empowering the women

The Nigerian naira is clawing back losses from the alternative FX market, according to data obtained from Binance and other P2P platforms. Today, pressures in the open market have also eased.

The US dollar fell against its major trading partners early Friday, except for a small increase versus the Canadian dollar, ahead of the October employment report due for release.

The price of Bitcoin shed 3% over the past 24 hours, now trading below $34,400 from about $36,000, its highest level since May 2022.  It has since rallied 70% to $34,300.  Due to improved sentiment, the most expensive crypto asset has rallied some 30% in weeks.

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Prices of crude oil increased as the US dollar weakened after the Fed’s decision to keep rates. Brent crude is up 0.6% at $87.34 a barrel while West Texas Intermediate is 0.7% higher at $83.07 a barrel.

The House of Representatives has advocated for the subsidization of malaria drugs in Nigeria, and even making them freely available at all Government Health Centres.

The benchmark yield on Nigerian Treasury bills was steadied as risk sentiment on the naira asset has shifted amidst uncertainties in economic direction. Still tracking behind the annual inflation rate, the yield has been hovering around 10-11% lately after moderate asset repricing.

The Presidency  on Thursday clarified that the N6 billion budget for  Presidential Yacht  and Vehicles,  emanated from a request from the  Nigerian Navy.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has defended a supplementary budget of N18 billion at the National Assembly, largely aimed at addressing the issue of staff welfare and allowances.