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  President Muhammadu Buhari has again expressed his administration’s commitment to uplifting the quality of life of all citizens, assuring that he will not abandon the promises made to Nigerians. The president stated this in his Christmas message to Nigerians, released by the media unit of the State House, Abuja,...

  After three days of persistent bearish mood, trading on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd (NGX) rebounded by N17 billion to close Christmas eve positive.Specifically, the market capitalisation rose by N17 billion or 0.08 per cent to close on Friday at N22.060 trillion from N22.043 trillion achieved on Thursday. In the...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has issued a travel restriction on passenger flights from Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, and Ethiopia. The UAE’s National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Emergency Management Authority (NCEMA) and the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) announced on Thursday. The directive, UAE said, is due to concerns related to...

  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that no person in Nigeria has died of COVID-19 with the B.1.1.529 SARS-CoV-2 lineage, the Omicron variant, in the country, as the variant surges across the country. The NCDC Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, disclosed this to newsmen on Friday in...

The Federal Government on Friday announced a free train ride from December 24 to January 4 for Nigerians. Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) Managing Director, Fidet Okhiria, said: “The decision which was made in collaboration with the Ministry of Transportation, is to ease movement of citizens during the yuletide. “This is...

Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has signed the state N199.2billion 2022 budget into law. Speaking at the ceremony on Friday in Akure, Akeredolu explained that the budget was prepared based on the global and national economic outlook. He said that the budget also took into consideration the national inflation...

  President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop Francis Wale Oke,has called on Nigerians not to be dampened by whatever harrowing experience they might be going through presently as the birth of Jesus Christ which is being celebrated around the world, represents hope and joy for mankind. Wale...

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, felicitates Christians in Nigeria as they join their brethren across the world in celebrating Christmas, the birth of Jesus Christ. Lawan says beyond the great merriment and thanksgiving joy that have come to be associated with the season, Christmas reminds mankind of the...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said its attention has been drawn to a trending audio tape in the social media, where Mohammed Idris, a lawyer and seconded police officer with the Commission, purportedly made unsubstantiated claims regarding the influence of the Attorney General of the Federation and...

 Trading on the nation’s bourse remained bearish on Thursday with the market capitalisation dropping further by N7 billion on sustained profit taking.Specifically, the market capitalisation lost N7 billion or 0.03 per cent to close at N22.043 trillion from N22.050 trillion posted on Wednesday. Also, the All-Share Index which opened at...