archiveAugust 28, 2020

The volume of shares traded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday dropped by 45.46 per cent. Speficially, investors sold and bought 137.05 million shares worth N920.53 million in 2,869 deals. This was in contrast with 251.29 million shares valued at N1.58 billion exchanged in 2,954 deals on Thursday....

A lecturer in the University of Ibadan, Dr Akin Salami, has composed a song, MATMUSIC Project, to simplify the teaching and learning of mathematics and eliminate the dread many pupils have for the subject. At a public presentation of the song on Friday in Ibadan, Prof. Idowu Olayinka, the Vice...

    The Nigeria Government has said it will no longer tolerate harassment of its citizens in Ghana. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said this in a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen on Friday. He said the government is deeply concerned over the...

Mr Kevin Amugo, Director, Financial Policy and Regulation Department, CBN, on Friday said that talks were ongoing with other financial institutions, to bring them on board the Credit Risk Management System (CRMS). Amugo made the announcement at a webinar in Lagos, organised by CRC Credit Bureau Limited, in association with...

Ondo-born business tycoon, Dr. Jimoh Ibrahim, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State is dead without him and has announced his deflection from the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ibrahim was received into the APC by the state chairman of the party, Engr. Ade Adetimehin...

Quorum Aviation Limited, the owner of the helicopter that crashed into a building at Opebi, Lagos State, has identified the three victims of the accident. It noted that those aboard the crashed helicopter are its crew members, but did not give the names of the victims. This was contained in...

  The federal government has constituted a committee on the establishment of Diaspora Investment Trust Fund. Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Zubairu Dada inaugurated the 14-member team in Abuja. Dada told them to advise the government on: The mission and objectives of the fund, the structure, the sources and value,...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has appointed cycle two Product Advisory Committees across different product lines – Equities, Fixed Income, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Derivatives. According to a press statement from The Exchange, the Committees are made up of renowned professionals with expertise, experience and footprint in local and...

 Chelsea have bolstered their defence by bringing in Thiago Silva, with the former Paris St Germain centre back signing a one-year contract plus an option of a further 12 months. The English Premier League (EPL) club announced on Friday. The 35-year-old Brazilian defender joins the west London club, coached by...

Ten children have been killed in a lightning strike while sheltering from a storm during a football game in northern Uganda, police said on Friday. The boys, aged 11 to 16, had been sheltering from a storm in a makeshift structure in Arua city, northwest of the capital Kampala on...