25 Nov ALL THE RELEVANT NEWS : Wednesday
🌍 Nearly nine in 10 products sold on Black Friday are available for the same price or cheaper earlier in the year, according to consumer group Which?. It urged consumers to “do some research” in order to spot genuine bargains during sales.
🌍 Brent Crude at $48.30 a barrel at 0743GMT as oil prices remain high for a fourth straight day on Wednesday, shrugging off an industry report showing a higher-than-unexpected rise in U.S. crude stockpiles and extending a rally driven by hopes that a COVID-19 vaccine will boost fuel demand.
🌍 President Buhari inaugurates 5,000 barrels per day Waltersmith Modular Refinery; NNPC assured him that his target to make Nigeria a net exporter of petrol would be achieved by 2023
🌍 COVID-19 Update: NCDC reported 168 new cases, 70 recoveries and one death on Tuesday. So far, there are 66,607 confirmed cases; 62,311 recoveries and 1,169 deaths.
* How the 3 COVID-19 Vaccines compare: https://quickread.ng/2020/11/25/explainer-how-the-3-covid-19-vaccine-candidates-compare/
🌍 CBN has retained the benchmark interest rate (Monetary Policy Rate) at 11.5 per cent and left all other parameters unchanged in a meeting of its Monetary Policy Committee; Emefiele said the bank would raise its COVID-19-targeted facility from N150 billion to N300 billion in order to accommodate more Nigerians because of the recession
🌍 VP Osinbajo says FG is working on a policy to mandate all ministries, departments and agencies of government (MDAs) to buy cars produced or assembled in Nigeria.
🌍 FG shrugs off UK sanctions threat; CNN airs new footage of Lekki shooting.
🌍 Buhari pledges Nigeria’s support to the Republic of Chad, saying that the countries were not only neighbours but brothers.
🌍 FG says that commercial operations would begin on the 157-kilometre Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge line from December 7, 2020.
🌍 FG invites labour for another meeting over fuel price hike.
🌍 South-South Governors and stakeholders from the geopolitical zone have demanded restructuring in line with the principles of true federalism to guarantee peace, security, and stability of the country.
🌍 US says Nigeria is not included in visa bond pilot programme.
🌍 Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have announced the resumption of flight operations into Abuja and Lagos from December 7, 2020.
🌍 #EndSARS: Looters return items in Plateau, seek forgiveness
🌍 Family of slain vendor demands N500 million compensation from Gbajabiamila
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