Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) says it will continue to collaborate with stakeholders to enhance securities lending transactions and provide an efficient and liquid market for investors. It also said this was consistent with its commitment to contribute to the growth and development of capital market in Nigeria and Africa....
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Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo has given reason for Saturday’s security raid at Eke-Ututu Market in Orsu Local Government Area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that security operatives raided and burnt some shops in the market after materials for Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were allegedly uncovered in...
The Naira depreciated against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window on Wednesday as it exchanged at N436.50. Wednesday’s rate represented a 0.06 per cent depreciation compared to the N436.25 for which the dollar exchanged on Tuesday. The open indicative rate closed at N44. 75 to the dollar...
The Congress of University Academics (CONUA) on Wednesday urged vice-chancellors of public universities to re-open the institutions for academic activities to resume. CONUA is a splinter group of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) not in agreement with the union’s on-going strike which began since Feb. 14....
The Federal Government says it will continue to negotiate with ASUU in spite of Wednesday’s court ruling restraining the union from continuing with its seventh month strike. The National Industrial Court of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja ordered the striking lecturers to return to the classroom following a suit...
The Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari, has assured Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari will deliver on his pledge to the world leaders by delivering credible, free and fair elections in 2023. Gambari gave the assurance on Wednesday while reacting to President Buhari’s statement at the ongoing...
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Yiaga Africa says it has partnered UKAid to train no fewer than 40 young women in Lagos State as agents of change in their respective communities. The Director of Programme, Yiaga Africa, Ms Cynthia Mbamalu, made this known during the 2022 Community Organising...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it is waiting for its lawyers for professional advice, following the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) order restraining it from continuing with strike. The President of the Union, Mr Emmanuel Osodeke, disclosed this in a telephone interview with the News...
Since the advent of the new democratic dispensation of Nigeria in 1999, the country has witnessed the appearance on the political scene of former military officers variously representing the good, the bad and the ugly. As a matter of fact, the present democracy in Nigeria had its first Executive...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Minister of FCT, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has commiserated with the Hon Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu over the death of her mother, Hajia Zainab Sidi-Ali which occurred on Tuesday, 20th September2022. Bello led a delegation of senior officials of the FCTA...
UEFA president Aleksander Cerefin has dismissed rumours the governing body could take European Champions League games out of Europe. Media reports emerged this week suggesting UEFA’s executive committee were exploring options to stage marquee group stage encounters in neutral territory, such as the U.S., China and the Middle East....
An Ilorin based legal practioner, Mrs Aishat Temim, has advised women to avoid toxic relationships and speak out when they are subjected to abuse. Temim, who gave the advice in Ilorin on Wednesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said women must speak out and...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will appeal the ruling of the National Industrial Court which ordered the lecturers to call off their ongoing strike. Mr Femi Falana, who is the counsel to the union, confirmed this to Channels Television on Wednesday hours after the ruling of the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Igbo leaders from the 19 Northern states in Nigeria will storm Katsina State to endorse the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Dr. Dikko Umaru Radda ahead of the 2023 general election. The group, under the auspices of Ndigbo Leaders in All...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Masaka, Nasarawa, on Wednesday, ordered that a 46-year-old man, Lucky Adalaki, be remanded in Keffi correction centre for allegedly biting off the outer ear part of one Tunde Adedeji. The police charged Adalaki with causing grievous hurt. The Judge, Mr Yakubu Dangawa, held that...
Rep. Toby Okechukwu (PDP-Enugu), has faulted his inclusion on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) list for 2023 poll, as the candidate of Labour Party’s (LP) for Aninri/Awgu/Oji River. Okechukwu, also the Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja....
The House of Representatives has urged the Inspector General of Police (I-G) to direct a thorough investigation into alleged killing of Miss Ummulkulthum Buhari, by a Chinese national, Mr Geng Quanrong in Kano. The resolution was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Kabiru Rurum (APC-Kano...
Ahead of the Seventh Replenishment Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in New York on Sept. 21, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), an NGO, has pledged 10 million dollars. AHF’s Marketing Manager in Nigeria, Mr Steve Aborisade, announced this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. He stated...
U.S. President Joe Biden has accused Russia of trying to destroy Ukraine’s right to exist as an independent country. “This war is about extinguishing Ukraine’s right to exist as a state – plain and simple – and Ukraine’s right to exist as a people,’’ Biden said at the United...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in New York vowed to entrench a process of free, fair, transparent and credible elections through which Nigerians elect leaders of their choice. In his farewell speech to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) as President, he told the...