archiveDecember 28, 2017

  The equities market on The Nigerian Stock Exchange turned around on Thursday as the market recorded a gain of 27bps to peck the YTD return at 41.36 per cent. Market capitalization similarly turned up to settle at N13.21trn as Market breadth closed impressively in favour of the bull with...

  Less than 24 hours after the arrival of 157 Nigerian from Libya arrived Lagos, another batch of 257 Nigerians arrived Lagos at about 6.05pm on Thursday. Their return from Libya was said to have been facilitated by International Organisation on Migration and National Emergency Management Agency. They arrived the...

A team of officials from Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and security agents on Thursday dispensed 57,000 litres of petrol free to motorists. Mr Umar Ajiya, the Managing Director, Nigerian Product Marketing Company, NPMC, also known as PPMC, had on Dec. 13, warned illegal profiteers...

  Nigerian universities can rank best in Africa, if we can have a stable academic calendar, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, the Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, has said. Ogundipe spoke with newsmen on Thursday in Lagos against the backdrop of incessant strikes by labour unions in the nation’s university system. According to...

  Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, on Thursday commented on the accident involving the son of President Muhammadu Buhari, Yusuf by praying for his speedy recovery. Fayose, in a tweet via his Twitter handle on Thursday, wished the president’s son a speedy recovery. Fayose prayed for God’s healing...

Nigerian Amay said it had repelled an attack on Monday by suspected Boko Haram militants on the city at the centre of the conflict with the Islamist insurgency. Major General Nicholas Rogers, who heads Ngeria’s military operations against Boko Haram, told Reuters that the situation in Maiduguri, in the northeast...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) is among the top-five performing global stock exchanges in 2017 as All-Share index hits 43% rally in 2017, according to CNN Money report monitored by Business247 News Online. U.S. stocks were on a first-class ride into record territory in 2017. But they weren't alone. The...

The government of Benin Republic has said its rejection of Globacom-Benin’s bid to renew its operational license had nothing to do with sanctions against the company either for violation of its regulations or dispute over new conditions imposed for the license. ARCEP-Benin, the Benin telecommunications industry regulatory authority for electronic...

  To live in opulence with array of servants What Zimbabwe’s former president, Robert Mugabe, will enjoy in retirement has been published by his successor President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a gazette. According to the gazette, Mugabe shall enjoy no fewer than the services of six security personnel, two drivers, two...

  A group of young politicians under the aegis of Atiku for President (AFP) has called on former Vice Presisent, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to declare his ambition for the Presidency on or before January 1, 2018. According to them, a victory for Atiku in the 2019 Presidential election would put...