But now, some people will make as much as -- it's about 750,000 naira, which is a lot of money. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 7, 2003] Reference
OKE: It's possible to make a call for just 5 naira, which is about 4 cents, and significantly cheaper than normal cell phone rates. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 8, 2008] Reference
"For a group like ours, two and a half billion naira, that is actually just about 10% of our cement turnover per month. From Wordnik.com. [Businessman Criticizes Nigeria's Central Bank for Debtor List] Reference
Aliyu said that the government has spent 100 billion naira. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
University professors, who earn about 7,000 naira per month. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Each gold medalist was given 1 million naira (about dlrs 12,000) at. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
OKE (voice over): Fine naira buys you about 10 seconds of talking time. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 8, 2008] Reference
He said non-oil revenue would bring in 634 billion naira to the country. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
AFP, an increase of 26 percent over 2007 spending of 2.309 trillion naira. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Nigeria's fuel subsidies keep the cost of a liter of gas at 65 naira (44 cents). From Wordnik.com. [Nigerians March Over Fuel Costs, Wages and Voting Reform] Reference
At another payphone store, I tried to see how much talking I could do for five naira. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 8, 2008] Reference
Nigerian law sets the annual salary of 794,085 naira (6,108 dollars) for cabinet ministers. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Each plot is valued at about 2.5 million to 3.5 million naira (about dlrs 31,000 to 43,000). From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
She is accused of having pocketed 10 million naira, and has been missing for the past few days. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The House of Representatives approved the sum of 2.945 trillion naira, an increase of 28 percent. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The Nigerian naira recorded its first appreciation of the week, gaining ground against the dollar. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 18, 2003] Reference
They're also asking for 100 million naira (dlrs 20 million) in damages for their unjust detention. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Silver winners received 750,000 naira (dlrs 9,000) and bronze medalists 500,000 naira (dlrs 6,000). From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The 2008 figure of 2.37 trillion naira was slightly higher than 2.3 trillion the previous year, he said. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
A 50 kilogram (110-pound) bag of rice which cost 6,000 naira (51 dollars) in December is now sold for 13,000 naira. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
NEPA on Monday announced it would hike tariff rates retroactively from February 1, with each unit costing four naira. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
In Nigeria, some economists are expressing fears that the continued freefall of the naira could hurt the struggling economy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 22, 2003] Reference
Amid the steep fall in oil prices, the Nigerian currency, the naira, has fallen 25% against the dollar in the last two months. From Wordnik.com. [Nigeria Growth Falters on Oil Slide, Global Crisis] Reference
She is accused of accepting 10 million naira (86,000 dollars, 56,000 euros) of funds allegedly stolen from the health ministry. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The four pleaded their innocence on charges of "defamation of character and injurious falsehood," and were granted 500,000 naira. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
When police arrived, Abbas was arguing with Dangote's guards, who demanded he pay 35,000 naira (dlrs 275) to repair the railing. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Olympic Games have been given plots of land and houses in addition to millions of naira (hundreds of thousands of dollars) in cash. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The debt profile grew from 897.95 bilion naira in 2000 to 1.66 trillion naira in 2002 and 1.8 trillion as at end of March this year. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The search for Obasanjo-Bello followed her refusal to comply with two summonses to appear in court in relation to a 300 million naira. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
A Dangote official later clarified that Dangote Industries Ltd. has paid Oceanic Bank 3.1 billion naira for its debt plus other fees. From Wordnik.com. [Businessman Criticizes Nigeria's Central Bank for Debtor List] Reference
LAGS - The Nigerian naira fell on the illegal black market to 50 to the dollar compared with its fixed official rate of 22, traders said. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Her name has also been mentioned in relation to a four billion naira contract attributed to an Austrian company which was supposed to build. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Fund, launched in Nigeria in 1977, for public contributions in support of African liberation struggles, received over twenty million naira. From Wordnik.com. [CRUCIAL STAGE IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LIBERATION OF SOUTHERN AFRICA] Reference
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