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Equity market opens year with N155bn gain

The equity market began 2025 on a positive note, with the Nigerian Exchange recording a gain of N155bn as the All Share Index appreciated by 0.25 per cent. The index closed at 103,180.14 points, up from 102,926.40, marking year-to-date, month-to-date, and week-to-date gains of 0.25 per cent, 0.25 per cent, and 1.02 per cent, respectively....
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Economists worry as FG breaks Jan-Dec budget cycle

Economists have expressed concerns about the break in the January-December budget cycle as Nigeria steps into the New Year without an appropriation bill for the first time in years. This comes as President Bola Tinubu submitted a proposed 2025 budget worth N49.7tn to the National Assembly on Wednesday, December 18, 2024. This bill, which has...
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Polaris Bank, partners support 16,000 students

Polaris Bank and its partners have reaffirmed their commitment to combating the alarming rate of out-of-school children by supporting students. In a statement on Monday, the bank stated that while the initiative primarily focused on empowering the girl child, male students in the targeted schools were not left out, thus reflecting the project’s inclusive approach....
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FG plans credit guarantee company for Q2

The federal government has announced plans to launch a National Credit Guarantee Company before the end of the second quarter of the year. President Bola Tinubu disclosed this during his New Year address on Wednesday. He revealed that the company was the result of multi-stakeholder engagement across public and private sectors. He said, “In this...
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170 graduates benefit from Shell internship programme

A total of 170 young graduates have benefitted from the NCDMB/PETAN/SPDC JV Graduate Internship programme, in which they were attached to indigenous technical oilfield service companies in the upstream and downstream sectors for hands-on experience. Some 133 of the interns were said to have been employed by the companies, indicating the success of the programme...
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Asharami Synergy donates furniture to Lagos school

Asharami Synergy, a downstream energy solutions provider, has donated essential furniture to Gaskiya Junior School in Ijora, Lagos State, Nigeria.  In a statement made available to our correspondent, the company said this was implemented in collaboration with Sahara Group Foundation—the social impact vehicle of global energy conglomerate Sahara Group. The initiative was part of Asharami...
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Rhodes-Vivour Confirms Interest In 2027 Lagos Governorship Race

Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour (GRV), former Lagos State gubernatorial candidate under the flagship of the Labour Party (LP), has declared his intention to contest the 2027 governorship election in Lagos State. Rhodes-Vivour, who ran in the 2023 election but lost to the incumbent Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), emphasized his commitment to actualizing...
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