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Investors in the Nigerian equity market enjoyed a profitable trading session on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) last week. The exchange recorded gains in three of the four trading days of the week while market capitalization rose to N56.46 trillion from N56.00 trillion the previous week. Monday, September 16 was declared a public holiday by the Federal …

Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. I came to work, not to earn money —Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has reiterated his commitment to deliver tangible results and make a positive impact on Nigeria’s infrastructure, food and energy security, education and long-term economic stability. Read more 2. EDO DECIDES: Ighodalo blames KPU officials for delay, …

All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has been declared the winner of the Edo State governorship election. Okpebholo emerged victorious after securing 291,667 votes, defeating his main challenger, Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who secured 247,274 votes, and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party who came third with 22,763 votes. Counting Officer, Prof. Faruk Kuta, …

All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Monday Okpebholo has taken the lead based on results announced so far from the Edo State governorship election held on Saturday. Okpebholo has been leading with results announced from 16 of the 18 local governments so far. The counting of results was postponed until 5 p.m. to receive the remaining results from the other two …

The Zamfara State Government has slammed the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over its call on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency to enable the war against banditry to succeed. In a statement issued on Saturday by APC spokesman Yusuf Idris, the party accused Governor Dauda Lawal of sabotaging the Federal Government’s efforts to …

English: The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to “direct the Attorney General of the Federation and the Minister of Justice Mr. Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to urgently investigate the disbursement of billions of naira of Ecology Fund collected by Borno State since 2001, including the N816 million collected by the state …

Voters in Edo State will today turn out to elect a new governor to replace incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki to run the affairs of the state for the next four years. Although 18 political parties took part in the election, it was unfortunate that the main battle was between three frontline candidates. The ongoing race has been dominated by three …

President Bola Tinubu has reiterated his commitment to delivering tangible results and making a positive impact on Nigeria’s infrastructure, food and energy security, education and long-term economic stability. In a meeting with the Former National Assembly Speakers Forum, led by former Senate President Ken Nnamani on Friday, Tinubu stressed that he was not driven by personal gain but rather by …

Investors in the Nigerian capital market gained N140 billion at the close of trading on Friday. This follows a surge in the prices of shares such as Fidson, Meyer and Caverton among others on the trading floor. After five hours of trading in the capital market, equity capitalization increased to N56.4 trillion from N56.3 trillion recorded by the bourse on …

The naira closed the week with a slight gain of N3 against the US dollar on the official exchange on Friday. Data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) shows that The local currency was trading at N1,541/$1, lower than the N1,544/$1 traded at the official window on Thursday. The naira strengthened N2 against the dollar in the parallel …