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Zenith, two others contribute 51% to stock market value
Zenith Bank Plc, Access Bank Plc and FBN Holdings Plc contributed 51.66 per cent and 51.85 per cent to the total equity turnover volume and value, respectively at the end of trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange last week. Trading in the three equities accounted for 557.380 million shares (when measured by volume) worth N9.434bn in 3,231 deals, according to ... Read More »
TADE ASIFAT LAUNCHES THE MESSAGE INTERNATIONAL MAG
-STAGES EMINENT PERSONALITIES AWARDS On Sunday, November 25, 2018, all roads will lead to Presken Hotels, Alade Avenue, off Awolowo way, Ikeja, Lagos as former editor, Encomiun magazine and now, publisher of The Message International magazine, Tade ASIFAT will be unveiling the new magazine officially after the first edition which was produced a couple of months back has been adjudged ... Read More »
We are not in aquisition or merger talks, Diamond Bank, Access Bank tell NSE
Diamond Bank Plc and Access Bank Plc have notified the Nigerian Stock Exchange and the general public that both banks are not in any merger or acquisition talks as being circulated in some media. The banks, in separate statements to the exchange on Monday, denied the rumours that they were engaged in merger and acquisition talks. Mr Uzoma Uja, Diamond ... Read More »
We need Diezani back because UK failed to arraign her – Magu
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, says the EFCC is seeking the extradition of former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke because the United Kingdom authorities have failed to take legal action against her despite being there since 2015. Magu said this while briefing journalists on the activities of the EFCC in Abuja ... Read More »
Write a petition, Magu tells journalist questioning Tinubu’s wealth
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has challenged a journalist questioning the source of wealth of All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu. He simply asked the journalist to write a petition against Tinubu and substantiate his allegations. Magu gave the charge in Abuja on Monday while fielding questions from reporters at an event ... Read More »
Dangote Foundation okays N10b for 774,000 women
The Aliko Dangote Foundation has okayed N10billion for the empowerment of 1000 vulnerable women in the 774 local government areas of the country. The Foundation is a multi-purpose grant-making vehicle driving interventions in critical sectors including education, health, population and community have started a scheme targeted at vulnerable women in select states of the federation. Speaking on the sidelines of ... Read More »
Presidential panel grants Uzodinma bail on health ground
…to report today after meeting with doctor The Special Presidential Investigation Panel for Recovery of Public Property (SPIPRPP) has granted bail to the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma. He was arrested late on Sunday evening at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on his way from Lagos, aboard an Air Peace ... Read More »
Buhari lists conditions for restructuring
…Why Nigerians in diaspora won’t vote in 2019 President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday gave conditions to be fulfilled before the government can go into restructuring of the country. He pointed out that there should be proper definition of what Nigerians want before the government can delve into restructuring the country. The President also noted that many Nigerians who have been ... Read More »
Imo Guber: Okorocha Loses Out As INEC Lists Uzodinma As Apc’s Candidate
After initial confusion over the authentic candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday night pasted the name of Senator Hope Uzodinma as the right candidate for next year’s governorship election. The name of Uzodinma was pasted at the INEC office along Port Harcourt road in Owerri, with Akaolisa Cyprain Okechukwu, as his running ... Read More »