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Innovation Key To Commodities Development –SEC

30.12.2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says it is committed to promoting innovation and collaboration to position commodities exchanges as vital drivers of economic growth. This is contained in a notice by the Director-General of SEC, Dr Emomotimi Agama, said on Sunday in Abuja. Agama said the commission would innovate in capacity building, infrastructure development...

CPPE: Nigeria’s GDP To Achieve 3.6% Growth In Q4’24

30.12.2024

A key member of the country’s Organised Private Sector (OPS), the Center for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE), has predicted that the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is expected to close at the fourth quarter at about 3.6 per cent, in line with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s forecast. The Director/Chief Executive Officer, CPPE,...

Delisting: Strategic Overhaul Forces 15 Firms Out Of Exchange

30.12.2024

The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) has seen an unprecedented wave of corporate exits in 2024, with 15 companies either voluntarily or forcibly delisted due to strategic restructuring, operational challenges, or non-compliance with listing requirements. Among the prominent departures is GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Nigeria Plc, a move that underscores the shifting dynamics within Nigeria’s corporate landscape. GSK...

2027: Ex-Atiku Campaign Coordinator Advises PDP Against Northern Presidential Candidate

30.12.2024

A Lagos State PDP Chieftain and former member, Atiku Abubakar 2023 Presidential Campaign Committee (PCC), Dr Adetokunbo Pearse, has urged the party to ensure that a southerner emerges as its presidential candidate in 2027. Pearse, the Head, Directorate of Documentation/Reporting, Atiku Abubakar PCC in Lagos State, gave the advice in an interview with the News...

Ohanaeze, Cleric Lament Failed Marriages Among Igbo In The Diaspora

30.12.2024

The apex Igbo organisation Ohanaeze Ndigbo has lamented failed marriages in Igbo communities abroad. Speaking at the 92 birth day celebration of Lady Christiana Ezeajughi in Awgbu, Vice President Damian Ogene said: “What the officiating priest said is true and several marriages of Igbo extraction have crashed due to the influence of the Western culture...

Moghalu Congratulates Igwe Of Nnewi At 99

30.12.2024

President, African School of Governance, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, yesterday congratulated His Royal Highness, Dr Kenneth Orizu, Igwe of Nnewi kingdom in Anambra on his 99th birthday and 61st Ofala festival on the throne. Moghalu, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, stated this in a statement in Lagos. He said: “As a...

Kano Gov Offers Jobs To Returning Scholarship Graduates

30.12.2024

Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf on Saturday announced automatic employment for the state’s foreign scholarship programme graduates in engineering, medicine, pharmaceuticals and other health-related fields. This is contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Kano by the governor’s spokesperson, Mr Sunusi Dawakin-Tofa. The graduates were received at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport by the...

Land Grabbing Allegation Plot To Tarnish Okonjo’s Family Name –Delta Monarch

30.12.2024

The traditional ruler of Ogwashi-Uku kingdom, Obi Ifechukwude Anishi Okonjo II, has raised the alarm over plots by detractors to smear his reputation with protests by a section of youths that are land speculators from Ubulu -Okiti community. The monarch, who is the younger brother of the Director-General of World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr Mrs...

Approve Forex Benchmark For 2025 Hajj Transactions, CSO Tells FG

30.12.2024

The Independent Hajj Reporters (IHR) has asked the Federal Government to approve a certain benchmark of dollar rates for the 2025 Hajj transactions. The IHR is a civil society organization that monitors, reports on, and advocates workable policies for the Hajj and Umrah Industry in the country. In a statement yesterday, National Chairman Ibrahim Muhammad...

SA Icons, Others Laud Oyekanmi’s Impact To Nigeria-SA Bilateral Relations

30.12.2024

…Marks 40th birthday in grand style in SA Political heavyweights, including His Excellency, Ambassador Alexander Temitope Ajayi, Nigerian High Commissioner to South Africa;Representatives from the All Progressives Congress (APC) South Africa Chapter, led by Hon. Adeyinka Oloruntosin; Comrade Thuthukile Zuma, daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma; Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, former Chairperson of the...