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  Activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) maintained positive trend on Wednesday with crucial market indices growing further by 0.14 per cent. Specifically, the market capitalisation inched by N18 billion or 0.14 per cent to close at N12.923 trillion against the N12.905 trillion achieved on Tuesday. Also, the All-Share...

Amnesty International (AI) has declared human rights activists Omoyele Sowore, Olawale Bakare and Agba Jalingo prisoners of conscience, as they were said to have been facing arbitrary detention and unfair trials solely for exercising their right to freedom of expression. The Nigerian authorities at both federal and state levels have...

The Senate on Tuesday began consideration of a bill to amend Nigeria’s Electoral Act. The Bill which scaled Second Reading is For an Act to Amend the Electoral Act (No.6), 2010. According to the sponsors, Senators Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta Central) and Abubakar Kyari (APC, Borno North), the bill which...

say electoral petition case tampered with Youths from across the 11 local government areas of Ibadan, on Wednesday, declared their support for the Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, following the judgment of the Court of Appeal, which affirmed his victory in the March 9, 2019 governorship election. The youths,...

The Senate on Wednesday considered a Bill seeking to establish the National Agency for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. The Agency, when established, shall be charged with effective management of mental health and psychosocial disabilities in Nigeria. Sponsor of the bill, Senator Yahaya Oloriegbe (APC, Kwara Central), in his...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange, Africa’s second-largest bourse, plans to introduce trading in financial derivatives next year as it seeks to deepen the market. “We will launch with equity index futures and then grow the list from there,” Chief Executive Officer Oscar Onyema said in an interview in Abu Dhabi Tuesday....

  A former Ghanaian President John Mahama has called on Nigeria leadership reopening her land borders, saying economies of many smaller African countries are being strangulated by the continued closure. Mahama said Nigeria as the biggest economy in the continent should not lose sight of its position and reconsider her...

Says purveyors hide under ‘Freedom of Speech’ to blackmail NASS, victimise others The Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, on Wednesday warned that Nigeria may experience severe crisis with its attendant effect unless the excesses of hate speech is nipped in the bud through a legislation...

  As part of its efforts to promote sustainable development, Unity Bank in collaboration with Avant-Garde Innovation & Technology Services (AGITS) has championed stakeholders’ forum to drive major advocacy initiatives for stronger climate action that will entrench values and ethos for achieving sustainable development goals. The roundtable discourse themed -...

Access Bank has appointment  Ajoritsedere  Awosika as its new board chairman, to replace its current chairman who is due for retirement by January next year. Awosika, will be replacing Mosun Belo-Olusoga, also a female on the board as chairman, according to a regulatory filing by the lender on Tuesday. Belo-Olusoga...