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  Trading transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange ended on a cautious note on Wednesday with the All-Share Index increasing marginally by 0.02 per cent. The index rose by 9.92 points or 0.02 per cent to close at 42,158.32 compared with 42,148.40 achieved on Tuesday due to marginal price growth...

The latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released by Transparency International (TI) on Wednesday has said that corruption is getting worse in Nigeria. While the country scored 27/100 and was ranked 136th in 2016, the latest CPI scores Nigeria 28/100 but with a rank of No. 148 out of 180 countries...

  “Indeed, our foreign policy challenge is to be relevant to the times, to project our potential and our influence to the world, and to advance our political, cultural, social and economic vision. This is not as simple as it seems because the world is changing in various ways. “Indeed,...

  *Approval underscores FG’s commitment to develop Niger Delta region In line with the Buhari administration’s New Vision to develop the Niger Delta region, Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta State, has been granted approval by the National Universities Commission (NUC) to commence undergraduate degree programmes effective from the 2017/2018 academic session....

US evangelist Billy Graham – one of the most influential preachers of the 20th Century – has died aged 99. Graham became one of the best-known promoters of Christianity, beginning his worldwide mission in large arenas in London in 1954. He died at his home in Montreat, North Carolina, a...

  Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, the Leader/Chairman of the revolution for true social, economic and political change in Nigeria, the Nigeria Intervention Movement (NIM) also, popularly known as The 3rd Force, is back in Nigeria, following extensive consultations with both Nigerians in Diaspora and a variety of global leaders desirous of...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, explains in details below. Q: What then is being done about security? Vice President: The approach of the government has been to deploy mobile police forces to troubled areas and also both the army and Air Force, the Nigerian Army formations and units in Benue...

  The Nigeria Stock Exchange All-Share Index closed positive at the end of today’s trading session to peg the YTD at 10.21 per cent. Market capitalization closed at N15.13 billion owing to the market N6 billion gain in Tuesday trading. Despite the moderate gains, Market breadth remains in bear’s camp...

The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday condemned the demolition of the factional secretariat of Kaduna APC, located at Sambo road, newsmen report. Senator Shehu Sani who raised a point of order, expressed his worry over the demolition of the building without prior notification. According to him, “how can a democratically elected...

  The Minister of State for petroleum resources, Ibe Kachikwu, has insisted that the Federal Government will not sell its refineries. The minister speaking on Tuesday at the Nigeria International Petroleum Summit in Abuja said rather than sell, the aim is to make Nigeria the refinery corridor for the rest...