UK house prices fell for the first time in eight years in June, a closely-watched survey showed. The Times of Malta reported that this dampened hopes of a sustained recovery in the sector. House prices were 0.1 per cent lower in June than the same month a year ago − the first annual fall since […]
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The Nigerian government has announced that the West Africa Examinnation Council (WAEC) examination will hold from August 4 to September 5. The Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, made this announcement on Monday at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing in Abuja. He said the federal government representatives in WAEC confirmed the […]
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The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group has announced an investment of up to $100 million in Zenith Bank Plc to help increase support to clients and companies whose cash flows have been disrupted by challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The IFC’s loan to Zenith Bank is its first […]
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Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has restated the commitment of his administration to upholding the tenets of democracy in the state. Sanwo-Olu said this on Friday during the Lagos State Government Youth Pro-Democracy Webinar in Commemoration of the 27th Anniversary of June 12 and Democracy Day 2020. The online celebration, with the theme, ”June […]
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In the aftermath of his shocking disqualification over the state governorship election, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, says he will not appeal his disqualification by the Governorship Primary Screening Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Obaseki, who said this in a statement by Mr Crusoe Osagie, his Special Adviser on Media and Communication […]
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Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC Malam Mele Kyari), says Nigeria remains an attractive destination for investors in the oil and gas sector. Kyari made the assertion at a webinar organised by Washington-based Atlantic Council on Friday. The NNPC Group Managing Director said that Nigeria Government was able to achieve successes in […]
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The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu has said the anti-graft agency is investigating serving and former state governors for graft. According to him, suspects who connived with the governors were being invited for questioning. Magu, however, did not disclose the identities of those under probe, saying such would jeopardise […]
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United States (U.S.) President Donald Trump warns that he may move the Republican National Convention from North Carolina set for August if the event faces state social distancing restrictions as a result of the coronavirus. The coronavirus pandemic has forced Trump and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden to halt campaign rallies. Some have raised concerns […]
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Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has lambasteded the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari for instituting charges of treason against the detained the Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 election, Omoyele Sowore and publisher of Sahara Reporters and In a suit dated September 19, and filed before the Federal High Court […]
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The Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking the buy-in of policy makers and agencies of government as well as the perspectives of stakeholders towards encouraging investments and more participation in the commodities market. To further deepen the capital market and have a vibrant commodities exchange, the SEC said it is set to hold […]
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Nigeria’s leading financial institution, United Bank for Africa Plc has grown its half year profit by 21 per cent as shown in its audited financial results for the period ended June 2019, showing impressive growth across key performance indices, from significant contributions from its African subsidiaries. In spite of the increasingly unpredictable environment witnessed in […]
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A West African Examination Council official, Osidehinde Adewunmi, on Wednesday, disowned the Cambridge University’s Moderated International Examination credentials produced by President Muhammadu Buhari and tendered as exhibits before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja. The two documents earlier admitted as Exhibits 19 and 21 were Buhari’s statement of results and the broadsheet for the […]
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