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The All-Share Index of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday closed trading for the month of January below 29,000 mark following the dominance of the bears. Specifically, the index on Friday dipped 187.40 points or 0.65 per cent to close at 28,843.53 compared with 29,030.93 recorded on Thursday. Similarly,...

  The Federal Government will not stop Nigerians from travelling to China or any other country where coronavirus has manifested. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made this known while addressing newsmen shortly after a meeting of the inter-ministerial and multi-sectoral committee on coronavirus held at the Ministry...

  The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday listed Interswitch Limited’s N23 billion Bond. The Callable Senior Unsecured Bond, with a tenor of seven years listed at a fixed rate of 15 per cent, is part of a N30 billion Debt Issuance Programme issued through a Special Purpose Vehicle –...

  Some corps members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) serving in Enugu State have expressed joy over the payment of N33,000 new monthly minimum wage by the Federal Government. The corps members, who have been expectant, expressed their happiness while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

  The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday received a delegation of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), led by its President, Mrs Toki Mabogunje at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Mabogunje, who spoke with State House correspondents after the meeting, said the delegation and the vice-president discussed...

Mr Adebayo Adewole, Osun Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, has assured farmers that the state government will restrict open grazing of cattle by herdsmen to farm settlements to prevent farmers-herders crisis. The commissioner gave the assurance, while hosting representative of Iwo farm settlements and other stakeholders in his office,...

Mr Pretty Okafor, National President of Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN) has disclosed plans to provide  upcoming musicians with loans to support their careers. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that the idea was informed as a result of several complaints from musicians about the...

  Commercial motorcycle operators, comprising Gokada, Max and 1st Ride companies, on Friday staged a peaceful protest against the recent ban of their operations in parts of Lagos State. The operators, who protested from Ojota area to the Lagos State House of Assembly, Ikeja, called on the state government to...

  The United States Embassy in Nigeria has denied reports that it rejected the visa application of Bishop David Oyedepo, founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, also known as Winners' Chapel International. A newspaper had reported that the cleric was denied a visa, a report which went viral on social...

  The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has kick-started a protest march to the United States (US), United Kingdom (UK), European Union (EU) embassies in Abuja to deliver its message drawing attention to what it says it is spiralling insecurity as well as injustice in the country....