archiveJune 1, 2016

The bearish trend that resurfaced on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday continued  on Wednesday as the All Share Index (NSE ASI) and the Market Capitalization decreased by 2.72 per cent, while the Year-to-Date return stood at -6.05 per cent. The All Share Index closed at 26,910.23 against the...

The United Kingdom has exported more than £4.6billion worth of arms to Nigeria and other countries,  which still carry out the death penalty last year. Others are Afghanistan, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Uganda, UAE and Vietnam. Britain also approved more than £109million of arms export licences to Egypt...

By ABDUL OLALEKAN Two years after the 2014 Pension Reforms Act was passed into law, the federal and state governments throughout the federation are yet to abide by some of the provisions in the new pension guideline, including the 18 per cent minimum pension contributions. Business247 investigation shows that all...

Nigerian officials are meeting bond investors in London next week, according to a person familiar with the matter, as the government considers tapping international debt markets to help finance its record budget deficit. Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun will head the meetings on June 7, which have been arranged by Standard...

 Wole Tokede Data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and monitored Business247 in the CNN report has revealed that four of the worst cities in the world for air pollution are in Nigeria with Onitsha emerging the worst. The CNN report on the matter puts it this way: “Onitsha...