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By Chinyere Joel-Nwokeoma Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange returned to negative territory on Thursday,  following sell pressure on Dangote Cement and 10 other stocks. Consequently, the All-Share Index declined by 234.08 points or 0.60 per cent to 38,697.17 from 38,931.25 on Wednesday. Accordingly, the month-to-date and year-to-date losses increasedContinue Reading

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By Funmilayo Adeyemi Managing Director, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Buki Ponle has called on the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Alumni Association to work with other stakeholders to end incessant strikes in tertiary institutions nationwide. Ponle made the call in Abuja on Thursday when a delegation of the FCTContinue Reading

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By Moses Kolo The Kaduna Inland Dry Port (KIDP), on Thursday announced that it would soon commence export consolidation services to support exporters doing business in the northern corridor. Mr Rotimi Hassan, the KIDP Manager, made the announcement at a stakeholders’ meeting on Exporters and Export Processing Delivery, held inContinue Reading

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  By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr Hamid Boboyyi, says over N41,06 UBEC matching grants is lying unaccessed despite the poor state of many primary schools across the country. Boboyyi disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday, while presenting the 2020 Capital Budget Performance toContinue Reading

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By Doris Esa The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Nanono, on Thursday inaugurated the 5th Council of Nigerian Institute of Animal Science, expressing confidence it could deliver on its mandate. Nanono, at the ceremony in Abuja noted that the core function of the institute was to offer leadershipContinue Reading

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By Kola Adeyemi The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged its staff members in the Department of Voter Education and Publicity (VEP) to quickly adjust to the ongoing reforms in the commission. The INEC National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education, Mr Festus Okoye, stated this onContinue Reading