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The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has disclosed that 12 dealing member firms failed to meet Minimum Operating Standard (MOS) as t 15th January, 2018. The exchange further disclosed that 10 firms have run foul of the MOS by sustaining operation without compliance officers, while three others have been suspended for...

  The Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson, on Saturday called on governments at all levels to commit more attention to the promotion of education in the country. Dickson said that education remains the only route to sustainable stability and development in Nigeria. According to him, the most important...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) All-Share Index and Market Capitalization appreciated by 5.11 per cent to close the week at 45,092.83 and N16.154 trillion respectively. A total turnover of 5.011 billion shares worth N45.816 billion in 44,569 deals were traded during the week by investors on the floor of the...

    Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said that the commission has 74 million voters in its register by the second week of January. INEC Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi , made this known in a statement in Abuja on Friday....

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday inaugurated the National Sanctions Committee at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Members of the Committee include the Attorney- General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama and the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno. Other members of the...

On Friday, an activist and the convener of the Concerned Nigerians group, Mr. Deji Adeyanju, asked a federal high court to reverse the appointment new Director General of Nigeria’s external security organisation, the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). The activist challenged the propriety of the appointment of Ahmed Abubakar as the...

  Governor Seriake Dickson is a detribalized and transformational leader who has a special place in his heart for the Ogbia people, the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, has said. According to him, the governor has demonstrated his love for the Ogbia people not only because...

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo, Friday, warned that Nigeria risks division without renegotiating how it wants to move ahead as one united entity. According to Obasanjo, “Nigeria must continue to renegotiate its unity and give listening ear to the complaints of all ethnic groups in the country.” Obasanjo noted this will...

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has said that the state government will appeal Friday’s judgement of Justice Olajumoke Aiki which nullified the processes leading to the installation of 21 kings of Ibadan land. Ajimobi stated this while commissioning a block of classroom, donated by Chief Akin Olujimi (SAN) to...

The Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, on Friday ordered the final forfeiture of the N13 billion recovered in a flat in Ikoyi, Lagos to the Federal Government. The money, $43,449,947; £27,800; and N23,218,000, was stashed away in iron cabinets in the apartment at Flat 7B, Osborne Towers, Ikoyi. The...