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Investors lose N1.14trn as NGX reacts to MPC decision

NSE: Market indices maintain downward trend

Crucial indicators of the performance of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) dipped further on Wednesday, recording a marginal loss of…

ECOWAS to inaugurate regional electricity market

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has concluded plans to inaugurate a regional electricity market to enhance cross-border…

Plateau killings: Buhari, Saraki, Dogara meet to review circumstances

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met with Senate President Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu…

Codeine ban has strengthen our operations – NDLEA

The National Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Command in the FCT says the Federal Government ban on codeine cough syrup and…

Ekiti Guber: YIAGA Africa to deploy 500 observers

A Civil Society Organisation (CSO) Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement (YIAGA) Africa, says it plans to deploy 500…

Medical consultant dies watching Nigeria vs Argentina match

Dr Emeka Ogah, the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (FETHA), has confirmed the death of one its…

2 suspects arrested over Imo monarch’s death

The Police Command in Imo has arrested two suspects in connection with the death of Eze Brendan Ibekwe, the traditional…

Police rescue 2-year-old girl from kidnappers

The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday said it had rescued 2-year-old Roqibat Raji from the kidnappers’ den at Odokekere…

President Buhari advised to complete landmark projects

Prof. of Political Economy, Ufo Okeke-Uzodike, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to complete all ongoing landmark projects to enhance economic…

Kaduna Govt flags off leadership training

Kaduna State Government on Wednesday flagged off a program to nurture leadership ability among youths across Nigeria with a specific…

Sokoto Assembly confirms appointment of Commissioner

The Sokoto State House of Assembly on Wednesday, confirmed the appointment of Alhaji Usman Danmadamin-Isa as Commissioner and member of…

Malta allows vessel to disembark migrants

Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat on Wednesday said the MV Lifeline would be allowed to disembark 234 migrants in Malta…
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Abia Govt. promises to resolve crisis over abattoir

Chief Uzo Azubuike, Abia State Agriculture Commissioner, has promised to resolve the crisis over alleged confiscation of a public abattoir…

Kano CP decorates 170 police officers

Mr Rabi’u Yusuf, the Commissioner of Police, Kano State Command has tasked the 170 newly promoted officers at the command…

Reps set up panel to investigate excessive charges by DISCOs

The Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara says the House has commenced an investigation into allegations of excessive…

Plateau killings: Troops parade 3 suspects

The Special Military Task Force, “Operation Save Haven’’ on Wednesday paraded three suspects in connection with the latest killings in…

Psychiatrist tells Nigeria: Codeine, Tramadol ban not enough

The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital (FNPHY), Yaba, Lagos, has taken mental health education to the Ojuelegba…
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Afreximbank, ECIC launch $1 billion programme

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa SOC Limited (ECIC) have launched a…

Man in court over alleged N7m Visa scam

The Police on Wednesday arraigned a 52-year-old man, Sarumi Abdulrasheed, at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court over alleged N7 million Visa…

National Assembly urged to pass bill on estimated billing

Some electricity consumers in Lagos have urged the National Assembly to pass the bill criminalising estimated billing by Distribution Companies…

European Investment Bank plans €700m investment in Nigeria

Ms Isabelle Grunderbeeck, the Regional Representative for West Africa of European Investment Bank (EIB), says the bank plans to invest…

Killings: Governors advised to set up community policing networks

A group, Ndigbo Unity Forum (NUF), on Wednesday, advised governors to set up community policing networks in their various states…

Rwandan genocide: Swedish court hands man life sentence

A Swedish court on Wednesday handed a life sentence to a Rwandan-born man over genocide-related crimes during the 1994 ethnic…

ECOWAS single currency unlikely before 2020 deadline – ECA

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), said the attainment of all macroeconomic criteria by ECOWAS states maybe unattainable…

2018 Hajj: Lagos Govt commences medical screening

The Lagos State Government (LASG) has commenced medical screening for intending pilgrims for the 2018 Hajj.

U.S. to Nigerians: Unite to fight insecurity

The U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria Stuart Symington, on Wednesday urged Nigerians to unite in the fight against insecurity irrespective of…
Poland's President Andrzej Duda

Poland to amend controversial ‘Holocaust law’

The Polish Government said on Wednesday it planned to remove a requirement for jail sentences from a controversial law that…

Man remanded for stabbing another with broken bottle

A bar fight over missing phone has resulted in the stabbing of a man with a broken bottle by the…

Oil prices rise on U.S. push to shut out Iran

Oil prices rose on Wednesday as a supply disruption in Canada tightened the market and after United States officials told…

Man remanded in Prison for allegedly raping teenager

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 36-year-old man, Martins Ukemezie, in Kirikiri Prisons for allegedly raping a…