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October 6, 2018 No Responses

7,000 Delegates To Ratify Buhari’s Nomination As APC Presidential Candidate

No fewer than 7,000 delegates from the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are to converge on Abuja on Saturday to ratify the nomination of President Muhammadu Buhari as the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential...

October 6, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria Customs Generates N792.1B In Eight Months

Between January and August 2018, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) collected not less than N792billion revenue. A breakdown of the revenue collection indicates that NCS generated N96.6 billion in January, N79.26 billion in February, N87.58 billion in March...

October 5, 2018 No Responses

Honda Votes $2.8b For Self-Driving Car Unit

Honda is to invest $2.75bn (£2.1bn) and take a stake in General Motors’ self-driving unit, GM Cruise, as firms continue to team up in the race to develop autonomous vehicles. The Japanese carmaker said it wanted to develop a self-driving...

October 5, 2018 No Responses

INEC: Deadline For Conduct Of Primaries, Resolution Of Disputes Remains October 7

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reminded political parties that Oct. 7 remains the deadline for conduct of primaries for all elective positions for the 2019 general elections and resolution of disputes emanating from the primaries. The...

October 5, 2018 No Responses

Ibe Kachukwu: Refineries Will Be Fully Functional Before 2019 Ending

The Minster of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe kachukwu, has said that it would be sad if the nation’s refineries are not functional by the end of 2019. According to him, the present administration is committed to ensuring that the importation...

October 4, 2018 No Responses

GAC Unveils GS5 Crossover SUV, Delivers 500,000 Vehicles In 15 Countries

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com – As part of its ongoing expansion drive, GAC Motor has unveiled new GS5 crossover Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV). Already, GAC has commenced recruitment drive for staff in vehicle engineering, process and technology, ...

October 4, 2018 No Responses

World Bank Downgrades Sub Sahara Africa Growth Forecast To 2.7 per cent

The World Bank has cut its forecast for growth of sub-Saharan Africa in 2018 to 2.7 per cent, down from an earlier 3.1 per cent, partly due to less favourable external environment for the region. The lender said in its...

October 4, 2018 No Responses

Frank Nneji As APGA’s Joker In Imo Governorship Election

BY MOSES AKAIGWE – Though it has often been argued, and very rightly, that the process of getting to political office in our environment is skewed in favour of the affluent and the powerful to the detriment of quality,...

October 4, 2018 No Responses

CBN Boosts FOREX Market With $210

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has again injected the sum of $210 million into the inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market. Figures obtained from the CBN on Wednesday, October 3, 2018, indicate that authorized dealers in the wholesale segment...

October 4, 2018 No Responses

WFE Admits Nairobi Securities Exchange, Five Others

At the 58th General Assembly in Athens on Wednesday, the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) admitted six new members taking the total number of full members to 70. With six members joining since the last General Assembly in...

October 4, 2018 No Responses

FMDQ: We Are Committed To Developing Fixed Income Market

FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange has reiterated its commitment to the development of fixed income securities market in the country. Associate Executive Director, FMDQ, Tumi Sekoni made this remark while receiving Capital Market Development Award given to the ex...

October 3, 2018 No Responses

WFE: 6,807 Firms List On 33 SME Markets, Capitalisation Exceeds $1.3trillion Worldwide

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) on Tuesday published a report (together with a supplementary dataset) entitled ‘An overview of WFE SME markets’, examining the current status of 33 Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) markets across 29 ...

October 3, 2018 No Responses

Edo Mourns Hayford Alile, Ex-NSE DG

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki on Tuesday condoled with the family of former Director General of Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE), Apostle Hayford Alile on his demise. In a condolence message issued by the governor in Benin City, he...

October 3, 2018 No Responses

Foundation, Experts Canvass Better Welfare Package For Widows

To make widows become self-sufficient and better equipped to take care of their families and in turn grow the economy, the Ajoke Ayisat Afolabi Foundation (AAAF) and other experts comprising of Sarah Sosan, former Deputy Governor of Lagos State,...