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Trading activities ended on a positive note on Thursday with a 0.22% growth in the All-Share Index (ASI). The ASI rose by 156 basis points to close at 72,455.83 from 72,299.79 posted by the bourse on Wednesday. In the same vein, the market capitalization rose by N85.3 billion to N39.649 trillion from N39.564 trillion recorded the previous day. 26 stocks …

The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has advised Nigerian students to seek to gain demonstrable skills in addition to their education as university degrees and certificates will no longer be a guarantee to securing jobs. Oloyede who gave the advice on Thursday during the convocation ceremony at the Kwara State University, Malete, said …

Villagers of Tudun Biri, a local community in the Igabi Local Government area of Kaduna State, on December 3 gathered to celebrate Maulud, the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad when a military bomb, which was on a routine counter-terrorism operation, dropped on them. The military claimed that their movement was mistaken for suspected bandits. The airstrike was reported to have …

Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Tinubu sacks FAAN MD, 4 others, suspends NCAA DG President Bola Tinubu has sacked the Managing Director of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr. Kabir Yusuf Mohammed, and heads of four other agencies in the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development.Read more 2. Nigerian govt removes …

President Bola Tinubu has sacked the Managing Director of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr. Kabir Yusuf Mohammed, and heads of four other agencies in the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development. Others are the Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Mr. Tayib Adetunji Odunowo, the Director-General of the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), Akinola …

Following the massive gain of N234 recorded by the naira against the dollar on Monday, the Nigerian currency, Tuesday, December 12, 2023, slumped marginally against the American greenback. The Nigerian currency traded at N865.03/$1 at the close of business on Tuesday, data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) window where forex is officially traded, showed. This represents a …

The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Tuesday, handed over power to his Deputy Lucky Aiyedatiwa as he commenced another medical leave. This was contained in a statement issued by Akeredolu’s chief press secretary, Richard Olatunde. Olatunde said a formal letter regarding the medical leave and a notice formally transferring power to the deputy governor in line with the Nigerian …

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Ondo State House of Assembly to transfer power to deputy governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa According to reports, Tinubu made this known at a meeting he summoned to resolve the leadership crisis in Ondo on Monday The President was said to have emphasized that this transfer should be conducted without any conditions, as it aligns with …

Twenty seven members of the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Monday, dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers announced their defection on Monday morning in Port-Harcourt, the state capital while reaffirming their total loyalty to the former governor of Rivers …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to “promptly publish details of barrels of oil Nigeria produces and exports every day. The group also called on him to disclose the total amounts of revenues generated from oil since the removal of subsidy on petrol in …