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  After three days consecutive loss, transactions rebounded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday following gains posted by Dangote Cement. Consequently, crucial market indices rebounded by 0.65 per cent with the market capitalisation rising by N88 billion to close at N13.672 trillion against N13.584 trillion on Wednesday. Also,...

  President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Melvin Pinnick, has been appointed as 1st Vice President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). CAF’s Secretary General. Amr Fahmy, signed the letter that announced the appointment of the Delta-born football administrator into the exalted position. Pinnick replaced Ghana’s Kwesi...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has said that only malicious people were accusing him of condoning killings being carried out by suspected herdsmen. Buhari stated this while addressing a Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) delegation from the 19 northern states at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday,  insisting that killings...

Stakeholders in the business sector on Thursday reacted to the death of late elder statesman and one-time Minister of Finance, Malam Adamu Ciroma. Ciroma, who was also a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) died on Thursday in Abuja at 84. In separate interviews with the News...

Tracka, a transparency platform which allows citizens to collaborate, track and give feedback on public projects in their communities, has noticed some irregularities in the 2018 approved budget especially the N100 billion Zonal intervention projects nominated by members of the National Assembly. Considering the challenge of service delivery in the...

  The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), has extended normal registration period for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates Second Series) to July 27, 2018. The examination, more popularly known as November/December WASSCE or wrongly called ‘GCE’ will hold between August and October. A statement...

  Condolences and tributes have continued to pour in for the family and memory of Adamu Ciroma, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), a foremost Nigerian politician who died on Thursday, aged 83. President Muhammadu Buhari; former President Olusegun Obasanjo; former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; Senate...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja signed into law an Executive Order aimed at seizing assets of corrupt persons and institutions in Nigeria. This is coming a day after he disclosed that he would take steps to make the anti-corruption war more effective. The order also targets specific politically...

    The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Thursday insisted that there was no faction in the party. The spokesman of the party, Bolaji Abdullahi said the breakaway Reformed APC (R-APC) were never members of the ruling party. It will be recalled that the New Peoples Democratic Party, (nPDP), faction...

  Unity Bank Plc has flagged off the Season 2 Unity Verve for Value Promo offer to give out cash prizes and other material rewards to customers and verve card holders of the Bank. The Season 2 offer is a sets of incentives that have been packaged as a reward...