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Nigerian bond market retreats as yields climb to 16.04%

28.04.2026

The Nigerian sovereign bond market shifted into negative territory this week, as a wave of sell pressure across the yield curve drove average yields upward. Market data reveals that the average yield across benchmark notes rose by 20bps, settling at 16.04 per cent, compared to the 15.85 per cent recorded in the preceding week. The...

CSCS Shareholders Approve N1.78 Dividend for 2025

28.04.2026

Shareholders of the Central Securities Clearing System Plc have approved a total dividend payout of N8.9bn, translating to N1.78 per share for the financial year ended 31 December 2025. The approval was granted during the company’s 32nd Annual General Meeting held in Lagos, following a resilient financial performance despite significant macroeconomic pressures. The company reported...

Delegates Chart Africa’s Economic Future in Accra

28.04.2026

The fifth edition of the Yale Model African Union concluded in Accra, serving as a high-level platform for over 300 delegates to chart a new course for the continent’s economic and agricultural landscape. Under the theme ‘Imagine, Challenge & Build the Africa We Want’, the conference highlighted the critical need to bridge the gap between...

Nigerian Tower Companies Face Sanctions Over Service Quality

28.04.2026

Tower companies may face sanctions for poor telecom infrastructure, as the Nigerian Communications Commission warned that operators failing to improve service quality and network support systems could be penalised. The regulator stressed it would not hesitate to enforce compliance where necessary. Speaking at a breakfast meeting with the media in Abuja, the Executive Vice Chairman...

Some Provisions Of New Electoral Act May Undermine 2027 Elections –Igini

28.04.2026

Mike Igini is a former Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In this interview monitored on Arise Television, he speaks on the limitations in the 2026 Electoral Act and the role the judiciary will play in the 2027 general elections, among other issues, ANAYO EZUGWU reports You have been very consistent since...

Nigerian Economic Reforms Must Translate to Growth

28.04.2026

The Nigerian Economic Summit Group has launched its Nigerian Private Sector Outlook 2026 report, with stakeholders calling for urgent measures to translate ongoing economic reforms into broad-based growth, stronger productivity and improved business performance. The event was held as a hybrid session and featured a keynote address by the new Minister of Finance and Coordinating...

Engineers Credit Dangote for Africa’s Industrial Revolution

28.04.2026

The Nigerian Academy of Engineering, on Friday in Lagos, said the President/Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has championed large-scale industrialisation in Nigeria and across Africa, investing in sectors that are foundational to engineering practice. The President of NAE, Prof. Rahamon Bello, disclosed this during the induction of Dangote as the 6th Honorary...

Military Destroyed Nigerian Varsity System, Says Retired UI Don

28.04.2026

‘FG should’ve expanded existing public varsities, than establishing new ones’ In the concluding part of this interview, Prof Ademola Dasylva, a retired Professor of African and Oral literature, and former Dean of Faculty of Arts at University of Ibadan (UI), speaks with KAYODE OLANREWAJU about the rot in university system, the sad narrative of military...

Ecobank Alumni Deepen Ties with Ecobank Nigeria for Growth

28.04.2026

The Ecobank Alumni Association has reaffirmed its commitment to fostering deeper ties with Ecobank Nigeria, emphasising that stronger collaboration between former employees and the financial institution is vital for mutual growth and professional excellence. Speaking at the association’s second annual reunion held on 24 April 2026, the Chairman of the Ecobank Alumni Association, Gbenga Adimula,...

Ground Handlers Threaten Shutdown Over N9bn Airline Debt

28.04.2026

A fresh crisis is brewing in Nigeria’s aviation sector as ground handling companies move to halt services over a mounting debt of more than N9bn owed by domestic airlines, raising fears of widespread flight disruptions from Tuesday. The looming standoff, triggered by a seven-day ultimatum issued by the Aviation Ground Handlers Association of Nigeria, could...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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