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  The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),  Prince Uche Secondus has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of sponsoring various killings in the country and must be held responsible for the death of innocent Nigerians. Secondus while speaking at the headquarters of the party in Umuahia,...

Former Liberian president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has been awarded the coveted $5 million Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. Sirleaf, first ever female head of state, becomes only the fifth winner of the annual Ibrahim Prize for achievement in African leadership since its launch in 2006, as it is...

The Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has been invited by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to speak at the Platform for Collaboration on Tax Conference on Thursday, February 15, at the United Nations in New York. The Platform for Collaboration on Tax (PCT) Conference, which...

  Seven-Up Bottling Company (7-Up) Plc has filed an application with the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), seeking to delist its shares from the Exchange and end its 32 years as a publicly quoted company. A regulatory report at the Exchange indicated that 7-Up has already started the delisting reminiscent of...

As a debt-capital focused securities exchange, championing and supporting market-driven initiatives aimed at providing liquidity and facilitating growth and development in the Nigerian financial markets, FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange, through its Board Listings, Markets and Technology Committee, admitted the listing of the Stanbic IBTC Dollar, Money Market and Bond Funds...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP)  has urged Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode “to take steps to immediately reverse the unfair and discriminatory toll charges at the Lekki-Epe Expressway and Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge toll gates by the Lekki Concession Company, if the Lagos State Government is not to run...

The Police Service Commission (PSC) said it promoted 9, 973 police officers in 2017. The Chairman of the commission, Mr. Mike Okiro made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday. He said that two commissioners of police and 13 deputy commissioners of...

  The Management of NIPCO Plc has explained why the workforce of the downstream oil giant has remained the major asset of the company since its inception in 2004. Managing Director of the company, Mr Sanjay Teotia who was reflecting on the performance of the integrated downstream operator at the...

…FG creates about 200,000 N-Power Jobs; …Serves 250m meals under Home Grown School Feeding Programme; …Projects 3.5% Economic Growth in 2018 The Federal Government’s capital budget would be strictly deployed to fund infrastructural projects across the country, particularly the completion of ongoing projects, the Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi...

  The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE)  All-Share Index and Market Capitalization depreciated by 3.39 per cent to close the week at 43,127.92 and N15.477 trillion respectively. Similarly, all other indices finished lower during the week with the exception the NSE ASeM Index that closed flat. A total of twenty-three (23)...