archiveNovember 2016

The Market Capitalisation and the All-Share Index of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) closed the week at N9.009 trillion and 26,170.88 basis points as against N9.027 at trillion and 26,221.75 respectively on Thursday, translating to a loss of N18 billion. A total of 2.259 billion shares valued at N2.635 billion...

The Civil society roundtable on anti-corruption bills, with the theme: Strengthening Nigeria’s Anti-Graft War through Credible Legislation, which was held in Abuja, from 3rd to 4th November, 2016 has called on the President and heads of anti-corruption agencies to be sensitive and responsive to public opinion on the administration’s approaches...

With Nigeria accounting for 300,000 out of 100 million deaths arising from Malaria complications worldwide annually, the Dangote Foundation is set to launch a private sector policy documents aimed at reversing the trend. The Dangote Foundation said it was championing the total eradication of Malaria in Nigeria because the malaria...

  ...The courage to dare: part 2 “No problem is insurmountable. With a little courage, teamwork and determination a person can overcome anything." B. Dodge. February 14, 2015 is a date that would remain indelible in the minds of Bayelsans and Nigerians at large. It is a date that is...

Soldiers in the early hours of Friday killed three women strapped with explosive device on their bodies while attempting to invade Maiduguri. According to an official, the explosions reverberated across the city as two of the bombs went off on the women, killing three of them. The police spokesperson in...

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has explained that foreign exchange constraints and the availability of arable land in Nigeria which has made the improved local agricultural production in Nigeria possible made the country cut down on its food importation. Osinbajo explained this on Thursday while receiving in his office...

Reprieve came the way of investors on The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday after six-day of straight value depreciation as the Market capitalisation which was N9.010 trillion on Wednesday rose to N9.027, translating to a gain of N26 billion in Thursday trading activities. All-Share Index of the Exchange which...

The Amnesty International has informed the family of Mr. Chijioke Obioha, a Nigerian national given the mandatory death sentence for possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking on December 30, 2008, that November 18 is his new execution date. Amnesty International in a statement on Thursday recalled that on...

The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ibrahim Magu, on Thursday said the anti-graft agency had secured 187 convictions in the last one year. Magu disclosed this at a one-day symposium on money laundering organised by the Faculty of Management Sciences, Lagos State University, LASU, in...

...promises to support fight against corruption in judiciary President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday sworn in Justice Walter Samuel Onnoghen (Cross River) as the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Onnoghen who is the most senior justice of the Supreme Court took over from the immediate past CJN Mahmud Muhammed, who...