Investors warn against political activities that may destabilise stock market

As the 2023 election campaigns commence next month, stakeholders in the nation’s capital market have stressed the need for politicians to adopt issues-based and violence-free campaigns to enhance market stability and attract more inflow of capital into the equities market. The experts who believed that only peaceful polls could restore confidence in the market, sustain […]

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Two injured, four trucks destroyed as explosion rocks gas station near RCCG city

Debris of the burnt trucks; Photo: LASEMA Two people were injured, while four stationed gas trucks were destroyed yesterday in a gas explosion near the headquarters of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) city, along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The explosion occurred at Sun Contractor Project Services Limited, a gas plant located in the densely […]

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Bandits force Niger magistrate courts to relocate

Bandits’ attacks in some local councils of Niger State have forced magistrates to relocate their courts to the High Court complex in Minna, the state capital. The relocated courts include that of Kuta, and Gwada in Shiroro Local Council, Kafinkoro in Paikoro Local Council and Mariga in Mariga Local Council. It was learnt that the […]

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Afenifere says CDS’ disclosure of porous borders worrisome

Laments Buhari’s unfulfilled promise to end terrorism Says Govt should begin restructuring The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, yesterday, described as appalling and worrisome a disclosure by Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, that more than half of the borders in the North-East and North-West of the country are unguarded. Irabor had revealed that 137 […]

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Obi-Datti media office tackles Tinubu’s group for comparing Peter Obi with Asiwaju

Photo/facebook.com/officialasiwajubat The Obi-Datti presidential campaign organisation has taken a spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to the cleaners for attempting to compare Tinubu with Peter Obi. The spokesman, one Dele Alake, had questioned the legacy of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate during his years as Anambra State governor, […]

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Ayu, Wike continue war of words amid reconciliation talks

Vice presidential candidate, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa (left); presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar; Senator Ibrahim Shekarau; National Chairman, PDP, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Senator Jibrin Wali during Shekarau’s defection to PDP in Kano…yesterday Nobody can destabilise or hijack PDP, Ayu blows hot Nothing […]

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2023: FG to borrow N11tr, spend N3.36tr on subsidy

Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed (left) and Director-General, Budget Office, Ministry of Finance, Ben Akabueze, discussing the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) with the Committee on Finance at the National Assembly in Abuja… yesterday. Photo: Lucy Ladidi Ateko Nigeria to spend N19.76tr next year as deficit jumps by 54% Govt may […]

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‘Olu Jacobs is alive’ – Joke Silva debunks rumours

Nigerian movie icon Olu Jacobs is alive. This is according to his wife, Joke Silva who released a statement via her Instagram Stories on Monday, August 29, 2022. “Good day everyone, trust all is going well. The Jacobs clan would love to inform you that Pa J Olu Jacobs MFR is alive and doing well, […]

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Slaves’ curse behind stunted growth in Yorubaland – Akintoye

A Yoruba leader and Head of Yoruba Nation Self-Determination Struggle, Prof. Banji Akintoye, has tendered unreserved apology to the victims of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade in Yorubaland. The professor of History, said some of the victims of the slave trade placed a curse on the future generation of Yoruba people for colluding with the whites […]

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