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Tears as slain lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, buried in Lagos
Bolanle Raheem, the Nigerian lawyer, who was shot dead on Christmas Day in Lagos, has been buried. She was buried in the Ikoyi area of Lagos on Tuesday, January 17, 2023. A service of songs was held on Monday before her burial Tuesday. Meanwhile, the trial of the Assistant Superintendent of Police, Drambi
Fr Achi: Irate residents burn Niger Police Divisional office
Aggrieved women and youths in Kafin-koro in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State on Tuesday morning razed the Kafin-koro Police Divisional office. The incident took place three days after the parish priest of St Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Kafin-koro, Reverend Father Isaac Achi, was burnt to death by terrorists who invaded
Adebutu pays monthly stipend to 27 ‘sacked’ TASCE lecturers in Ogun
Olufemi Adediran, Abeokuta The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Hon. Ladi Adebutu has placed the sacked lecturers of the state-owned Tai Solarin College of Education (TASCE), Omu Ijebu on a monthly stipend. The Dapo Abiodun-led administration had in May, 2022 suspended 27 lecturers of
2023: Violence against Christians, money politics worries Northern Christian Elders
Baba Negedu, Kaduna The Northern States Christian Elders Forum (NOSCEF) has raised the alarm over what they termed the renewed killings and kidnapping in the region, especially targeted at churches, Christian clerics and communities. Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the elders also frowned at the money politics being
FIFA Women’s World Cup: Waldrum says Super Falcons can emulate Class of ‘99
Super Falcons Head Coach, Randy Waldrum has reiterated the confidence he has in the present Super Falcons as they gear up for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The Super Falcons got a spot in the mundial after defeating Cameroon’s Lionesses in the quarter finals of
Klopp ‘not too loyal’ to underperformers, eyes summer rebuild
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said he is not being “too loyal” to long-serving players who are underperforming at the club but that a lack of adequate replacements means he has to keep picking them. Liverpool have failed to mount a Premier League title challenge this season and are down the table
All-Share Index halts winning streak, down 0.31%
Starting the week, the Lagos bourse halted its threeday winning streak as the All-Share Index lost 0.31 per cent to settle at 52,348.82 points. Sell-off in Tier-1 banking names, ZENITHBANK (-3.72%), GTCO (-1.63%) and FBNH (-0.43%), drove the market’s weak performance. As a result, the yearto- date (YTD) return fell to 2.14 per cent, while
Experts expect inflation to stay high in 2023
Citing likely adjustments to petrol prices and persisting naira weakness, analysts at Access Pensions Limited have said they expect inflation to remain high at between 18 per cent and 20 per cent in 2023, a situation, they said, might make the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to maintain its tight monetary policy this year. The
Access Bank restates commitment to deepen presence in Kenyan
Sub-Saharan Africa’s largest lender, Access Bank PLC, has cited the failure to fulfil some requisite conditions as the reason for calling off the proposed acquisition of Sidian Bank. The discontinuation ends Access Bank PLC’s binding agreement with Centum to acquire the entire 83.4 per cent shareholding held by the investment company in Sidian Bank Ltd.
‘Wema Bank, best performing financial stock in 2022’
Wema Bank Plc’s stock emerged as the best-performing financial stock on the Nigerian Exchange during the 2022 financial year. In a report titled, “The Best Performing Stocks in Nigeria in 2022,” Nairametrics compiled and analysed the best-performing stocks in 2022, comparing their share prices as of December 31, 2021, and December 30th, 2022. The analysis
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