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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has set a July deadline to end its crude sales discount regime. NNPC...

Economy

Petrol price: DPR shuts down errant filling stations

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The Department of Petroleum Resources is enforcing the new price range of N121.5 to N123.5/litre for petrol at filling stations...

Business

PenOp Elects Odutola President

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The Pension Fund Operators Association (PenOp) has elected Mr. Wale Odutola as its new president. With the election, he would...

Business

Unity Bank Posts N44.5bn Gross Earnings for 2019

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Unity Bank Plc has announced gross earnings of N44.59 billion for its 2019 financial year, up from the N34.65 billion...

CSL stockbrokers appointed as new stockbroker to the Federal Government

Markets

Profit-taking reverses positive streak as index loses 0.47%

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Transactions at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), reversed the gaining streak to close on a downturn, yesterday, following profit-taking by...

Nigeria

WTO Ignores Egypt, Accepts Okonjo-Iweala’s Nomination as DG

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World Trade Organisation (WTO) yesterday said it had received the nomination of Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance and former Managing...

Dangote Cement overtakes MTN as NSE’s biggest firm

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FMDQ lists Dangote Cement’s N100bn debt securities

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FMDQ Securities Exchange Limited has announced the approval of the quotation of the Dangote Cement Plc N34bn Series 15 and...

Crisis looms in Senate over ‘juicy’ committees

Economy

Airports’ reopening: Lawan, others protest North-East’s exclusion

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National Assembly members from the North East geopolitical zone, including the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, have protested the...

MTN share price rises after revoked tax case

Business

MTN in historic N100b largest debut commercial paper

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MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has raised N100 billion in its debut commercial paper (CP) issuance, making history as the largest...

Investors’ appetite for high cap stocks lifts NSE’s index by 0.25%

Markets

Equities market sustains bullish trend, investors gain N44bn

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Today, the NSE All-Share Index (ASI) appreciated 34bps to close at 25,335.15 points following buying interest in BUA Cement (+4.1...

Nigeria

Federal Government inaugurates first gold refining company

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The Federal Government, Tuesday, inaugurated Nigeria’s first Gold and precious Metals Refining Conglomerate, an operation of Dukia Gold a Precious...

Crude cuts: Nigeria to earn $10.61bn in eight months

Economy

AFDB injects $10billion to cushion COVID-19 impact on agriculture

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The African Development Bank (AFDB), has provided about $10billion to implement strategic roadmap of projects and programmes of immediate and...

FG acquires portal for import duty exemption certificates

Economy

FG suffers N1.01tn revenue shortfall

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The negative impact of the Coronavirus pandemic has resulted in the Federal Government recording a revenue shortfall of about N1.01tn...

Economy

Illegal gold mining rips Nigeria off forex revenue

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• Nation’s gold dominates Dubai market -NMGS • How illegal mining paralyses agricultural activities • Chinese engaging in illicit price...

BREAKING: COVID-19 cases jump to 3912 in Nigeria

Economy

Most Nigerians susceptible to coronavirus, says PTF

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• Insists schools to remain closed until further notice • Reps panel threatens to arrest AGF for alleged concealment of...

Electricity consumers lodge 297,897 complaints in six months

Economy

Electricity consumers to pay more for prepaid meters

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Power consumers are going to start paying more for prepaid meters as the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has hiked the...

Economy

Producers hopeful of $50 oil price, business sustainability from cuts

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Although OPEC+ agreed at the weekend to extend 9.7million barrels cuts in daily crude oil production through the end of...

Stop Revealing Details of Drugs Used for Treatment, FG Warns Survivors

Economy

Govt worried about breach of rules by churches, mosques

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Nigerians still at risk of Coronavirus infection 60% of 979 deaths in eight Kano councils COVID-related WEEKEND’s reopening of...

BUA Group: NPA Decommissioning of Port Harcourt Terminal Threatens $400m Project

Business

BUA Cement Grows Profit by 26% to N20bn in First Quarter

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BUA Cement Plc has recorded a 25.1 per cent increase in revenue to N54 billion, from the N43.1 billion recorded...

Nigerian Stock Exchange Delists Skye Bank, Fortis Microfinance Bank

Markets

Investors’ appetite for bellwethers lift NSE’s index by N122b

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