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Nigeria's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has experienced its second highest quarterly growth in four years having nudged up by 2.28 per cent in the third quarter of 2019, data by Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed. According to the NBS, the growth rate in third quarter (Q3) of 2019...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed November 30 for the conduct of supplementary and re-run elections for Kogi West Senatorial District and Ajaokuta Federal Constituency respectively. In a statement, the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said the decision was taken...

  The Federal Government on Thursday expressed readiness to provide an enabling environment that would stimulate and boost competitiveness in the Nigerian capital market. Otunba Niyi Adebayo, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, stated this in a keynote speech at the 23rd Annual Conference of the Chattered Institute of Stockbrokers ...

  The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has realized N68.3 billion between Jan. 2018 and June 30, 2019. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of NSIA, Mr Uche Orji, made the disclosure at the end of the National Economic Council (NEC), meeting presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, at the Presidential...

Israel’s attorney general has charged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with bribery, fraud and breach of trust in connection with three separate cases. Mr Netanyahu is alleged to have accepted gifts from wealthy businessmen and dispensed favours to try to get more positive press coverage. He denies wrongdoing and says he...

The Federal Government is said to have saved N594.09 billion from the implementation of the Whistleblower policy since its inception in 2016, the Permanent Secretary, Special Duties, Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr. Muhammed Dikwa revealed on Thursday. He disclosed this in Abuja at a workshop on...

  Supports VAT increase The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has cautioned the National Assembly in its handling of the Bill seeking to criminalise hate speech and the planned introduction of death penalty  for its breach. The NGF asked the legislative body to subject the Bill to due legislative process by...

The nation’s bourse on Thursday sustained upward trend for the third consecutive trading session with the market capitalisation improving by N46 billion. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the market capitalisation which opened at N12.923 trillion inched N46 billion or 0.36 per cent to close at N12.969 trillion. Also,...

The Federal Government and the state of the federation missed their respective revenue targets gain for the month of October, widening the 2019 budget deficits. At N894.09 billion, the estimated federally-collected revenue (gross) in October 2019, fell below both the monthly budget estimate of N1.246 trillion. The shortfall represents 28.2...

  The National Economic Council (NEC) has appointed Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, as the head of the ad-hoc committee put together by the government to review the ownership of the electricity distribution companies (DisCos). The Council took the decision during its Thursday’s meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi...