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Share In the course of last week, both Chambers of the National Assembly took up the issue of failing security across the land. Whilst the Senate asked that the service chiefs be sacked, the House of Representatives interacted with the security agencies. It is now clear to all and sundry, at least from the comments and contributions of lawmakers across party lines, that Nigeria is approaching a failed state. The pogrom going on in Southern Kaduna presently is totally unacceptable. In a programme that I monitored on television recently, a presidential aide was challenged to take a drive around...

Equities market opens week bullish, investors gain N309.8bn Equities market opens week bullish, investors gain N309.8bn Share Equities trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) begins the week on a positive note as the market indicators advance by 1.73 per cent on Monday. The All-Share Index (ASI) notched a 1.7 per cent increase to close at 34,843.44 basis points on significant interest in the stocks of Airtel Africa, Dangote Cement and Wapco. The market worth as well closed bullish as investors gained N309.78 billion to close the market capitalisation at N18.211 trillion. Accordingly, Mo...

Share NIGERIA is a major maize consuming nation as all sections of the country utilise it as a major source of food for human consumption, animal feed, and industrial raw materials. Currently, Nigeria is the 14th largest producer of maize in the world, with a total production volume of 12.1 million tons in 2019, representing about 3 per cent of global production. The government has over the years been involved in various initiatives targeted at scaling up production including importing maize to meet the national deficit. Through the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR) of the Ahmadu Bell...

Share The National Association of Judiciary Correspondents (NAJUC) in Oyo State has condoled with the Oyo State Judiciary over the untimely death of the late Chief Registrar, Mrs Fatima Adenike Badrudeen, describing it as arise shock and a loss to the entire judiciary in the state. NAJUC in a statement jointly signed by its chairman, Yejide Gbenga-Ogundare and the secretary, Sunday Ogunyemi, described Mrs Badrudeen as a woman of excellent professionalism and sympathised with the judiciary and the family of the deceased Chief Registrar for the loss. The association described the deceased as a ...

FG approves $30millon direct lending to Nigerian oil services providers FG approves $30millon direct lending to Nigerian oil services providers Share The Federal Government (FG) has approved $30million as direct lending to the Nigerian oil service providers. The sum was approved under the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB)/Nigerian Capital Development Fund (NCDF) working capital scheme. Engr Wabote Simbi, Executive Secretary, NCDMB, made the disclosure, on Monday, at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)with the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria ...