By Kayode Tokede Trading activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) equities market advanced further by N66 billion to extend gaining streak to two consecutive sessions. Specifically, the market capitalisation which opened at N21.158 trillion inched higher by N66 billion…
By Kayode Tokede The Board of Directors of PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc has proposed the payment of N397.047 million to the shareholders of the company who currently hold the 3,970,477,045 fully paid ordinary shares of the company. This disclosure was…
Nigeria and other African oil producing countries will lose an estimated N1trillion in oil export revenues over the next 20 years as prices are forecast to remain low, a new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers has said. PwC, in its Africa Oil…
Financial Economists on Thursday urged the Federal Government to give practical effect to the programmes in the 2021 budget for it to be realistic and sustainable. The economists spoke on the nation’s N13.588 trillion budget in Lagos. President Muhammadu Buhari…
By Ogaga Ariemu The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), said its has successfully transmit enhanced all-time peak of 5,552.80megawatt in the power sector as at 8:15pm today. This was disclosed to Nigerian NewsDirect Newspaper in a statement signed by the…
By Oluwaseun Boye Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts. It plays an important role in the lives of individuals and the society as a whole.…
Ecobank Nigeria has launched a radio programme – “Ecobank Business Hour” targeted at empowering small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the country. Emeka Agada, Head, SME, Ecobank Nigeria, says the programme which is being syndicated across 10 radio stations in…
The Naira remained flat against the dollar, euro and pounds at the parallel market on Thursday to close at N470, N573 and N628 respectively. However at the Investors & Exporters Foreign Exchange (I & EFX) window, while the Naira inched…
I was once married; married to a beautiful woman. She is an architect and she comes from a well-to-do home. We met in London some twenty-five years back but did not start dating until we ran into each other at…
No fewer than 366 police recruits known as Special Constabularies on Thursday completed eight-week intensive training for the community policing initiative. It would be recalled that Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Adamu had in 2020 inaugurated the initiative aimed to bring…
