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Stock Market Attracts N15.5bn Investment in 1.381bn Shares
Goddy Egene The stock market attracted N15.504 billion worth of investment staked on 1.381 billion shares in 14,528 deals last week, up from the N14.628 billion invested in 1.044 shares in 14,974 deals the previous week. However, the bears maintained their hold on the market pulling the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) All-Share Index down by
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Northern Elders Set Up Committee to Reconcile Ganduje, Sanusi
•Abdulsalami Abubakar heads 10-man team Ibrahim Mohammed Saying the brewing crisis between Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, and the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, could degenerate into serious tension that could disrupt the peace and security of the state and its neighbours, a group of Northern elders have constituted a committee to
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Oilfields: Dickson Upbraids Wike
Emmanuel Addeh in Yenagoa The Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Seriake Dickson, for the first time at the weekend publicly responded to what he said were public outbursts against him and the people of Bayelsa by his Rivers State counterpart, Chief Nyesom Wike, describing the recent remarks by Wike as childish and careless. There had
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Wage Adjustment Deadline: Osun, Seven Others Fail to Institute Negotiations
•20 states yet to conclude discussions Our Correspondents Less than a week to the December 31 deadline given by organised labour for governors of the 36 states of the federation to conclude negotiations on consequential adjustments to minimum wage with state chapters of the labour unions, at least eight states are yet to raise their
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FG Rejects US’ Violator of Religious Freedom Tag
•Presidency: Label carries no immediate implication Iyobosa Uwugiaren and Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja The federal government has rejected the designation of Nigeria by the United States as a country that engages in or tolerates severe violations of religious freedom, saying that the “iniquitous tag’’ stemmed from an orchestrated narrative that has long been discredited. Meanwhile,
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Presidency: Why Fowler’s Tenure was Not Renewed
Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja The Presidency has explained why the tenure of former Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Babatunde Fowler, was not renewed saying the former chief revenue collector failed to meet set targets and generate enough revenue for the country. Fowler, whose term of office expired on December 9, 2019, was
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NERC: Three Persons Electrocuted Weekly in Q2 2019
•Says Niger, Benin Republics owe Nigeria N22.6bn in electricity bills Chineme Okafor in Abuja The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has raised the alarm over rising deaths by electrocution in the country’s electricity market, saying at least three persons were electrocuted every week between the months of April and June 2019. The NERC in its
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ASHON Chairman Foresees Bright Prospects for Capital Market
Goddy Egene The Chairman of Association of Securities Dealing Houses of Nigeria (ASHON), Chief Oyinyechukwu Ezeagu, has projected bright prospects for the Nigerian capital market and its operators. According to him, there would be multiple options for securities dealers as the take-off of demutualisation of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) is being awaited. Already, the
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No Order Stopping Our Salaries over IPPIS Boycott, Says ASUU
•AGF awaits final report Onyebuchi Ezigbo and James Emejo in Abuja Amidst speculations that the federal government will withhold the December salary of the academic staff of federal universities who failed to enroll on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) after the expiration of the December 7 enrollment deadline, the Academic Staff Union
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Buhari: We’re Charting New Paths to Tackle National Challenges
President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration recognises the enormous challenges facing the country and is charting new paths towards addressing them in the interest of Nigerians. Buhari added that part of the paths being charted to solve the nation’s problems include diversifying the economy and creating jobs to lift people out of unemployment and
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