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  Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Henry Seriake Dickson on Monday directed the immediate payment of January salary to civil servants and political appointees. The directive was contained in a statement issued to journalists by the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson‎. According to him, the move was in...

  United States on Monday lifted the ban it placed on refugees from 11 “high-risk” countries. It, however, stated that citizens seeking to enter the US would come under much tougher scrutiny than in the past. “It’s critically important that we know who is entering the United States,” said Homeland...

  Statistician General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Mr. Yemi Kale has dismissed the job creation numbers being touted by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. According to Kale, the NBS which is the agency with the legal mandate to generate national...

After the profit taking by investors for most part of last week that brought down the value of the market moderately, the Nigerian Stock Exchange kicked off trade transaction on Monday on positive note as the All-Share Index which closed the week on Friday at 43,773.76 basis points, closed stronger...

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday canvassed for the speedy establishment of a single, unified market structure in Africa to increase trade, create more jobs and reduce poverty in the continent. The president made the call while presenting Nigeria’s position in favour of the report on the establishment of a...

  The decision to change the ownership structure of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) was to open up the capital market, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, explained. The Speaker said the decision was also to make the market conform to global best practices, to make it more...

  Nigeria’s stocks have been rated among the world’s best-performers in the past four months. Bloomberg reported on Monday that the good performance was as a result of foreign investors. The New York-based financial software, data, and media company, said net foreign inflows to Nigerian equities totalled 337 billion naira...

The Federal Government said it made N196.3 million from sales of savings bond in January. This is according to the Debt Management Office (DMO). The results of the sales published on the DMO website on Monday, showed that N73.05 million was allotted at 12.09 per cent with 121 successful subscriptions...

There is high level of resistance to antibiotics by a number of serious bacterial infections. This is happening in both high- and low-income countries, the World Health Organization, WHO’s first release of surveillance data on antibiotic resistance reveals. The report – Global Antimicrobial Surveillance System (GLASS) published on WHO’s website,...

Etihad Airways has reaffirmed its commitment to Nigeria with the announcement of two additional weekly flights on the popular Abu Dhabi-Lagos route, taking it to a daily service. The new Tuesday and Thursday services will start on May 1, 2018. The route will continue to be operated by a two-class...