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  The Nigerian Stock Exchange on Thursday announced the winners of its maiden edition of X-Kathon after a thorough review of entries received for the competition. X-Kathon is NSE’s first Hackathon designed to encourage Tech enthusiasts to develop innovative Fintech solution to drive up millennials participation in the capital market....

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a forensic audit of the operations of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from 2001 to 2019. Receiving governors of the states that make up the Commission, led by Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State on Thursday in Abuja, President Buhari said what is presently...

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of a mother and her child as a result of an oil tanker accident in Onitsha, Anambra State. Reacting to the incident in a statement by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, on Wednesday, President Buhari said: “I am profoundly touched by...

After successful first term implementation SIP schemes now moving to full fledge ministry status as part of sustainability process Wide commendation for impact by Action Aid (Nigeria), ANEEJ, NESG Global awards include African Bankers’ Awards’ financial Inclusion Award 2019 for GEEP scheme WEF Public Social Entrepreneur award African Leadership Institute...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, on Monday assured Nigerians that the Supreme Court under his watch will never be subservient to any person in Nigeria, no matter how highly placed. Justice Muhammad also insisted that it was high time government and their agencies in the country...

  Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the deployment of aerial surveillance helicopters to patrol major cities in the South-West. Adamu, in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, on Thursday said the aerial surveillance was aimed at securing lives and property in...

  The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Edo State Council has directed its members not to resume for the first term of 2019/2020 academic session on September 2nd, 2019. It said the resumption date for schools in the state was September 9 as approved by the state Ministry of Education....

  Prof. Joshua Obaleye of the Department of Chemistry, University of Ilorin, says his team has discovered anti-malaria, anti-cancer and anti-tuberculosis drugs that can be mass-produced to save lives. Obaleye told newsmen in Ilorin that the team which he heads had tested numerous world-class metal compounds from his laboratory for...

    By Collins Okeke   Caster Semenya, the South African two-time Olympic champion at 800 meters will not be eligible to participate at this year's world track and field championships. The Swiss Supreme Court on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, reversed its earlier suspension of the 'Eligibility Regulations for the...

  The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Thursday threatened to sanction oil producing companies which failed to upload its oil production data on the DPR platform. Mr Ahmad Shakur, the acting Director of the department, gave the warning at a sensitization workshop organised by DPR on National Production Monitoring...