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Sterling Bank, Coronation Insurance, Africa Prudential top stock pick this week

Nigeria, May 18 -- Nigerian stocks continued their upward trajectory last week as the benchmark index expanded by 2.3 per cent, taking the year-to-date yield of the market to 60.9 per cent. Industrial... Read More


Insecurity: Senate urges governors to embrace safe-school initiative to secure students

Nigeria, May 18 -- The Senate on Sunday called on state governors to embrace the Safe-School initiative as an alternative to state police in protecting students and schools from attacks. The upper ch... Read More


Primaries: APC panel declares Reps spokesperson's election inconclusive

Nigeria, May 17 -- The All Progressives Congress (APC) Primary Election Committee for Ekiti State has declared the exercise in Ekiti North Federal Constituency 1, inconclusive. Chairman of the commit... Read More


Taraba APC aspirant disagrees over House of Reps primaries

Nigeria, May 17 -- A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State, David Kente, says the party did not conduct House of Representatives primaries in the state on Saturday. However... Read More


Boko Haram convict Kabiru Sokoto appeals 2013 life sentence for Catholic church bombing near Abuja

Nigeria, May 17 -- Twelve years after Kabiru Umar, alias Kabiru Sokoto, was convicted over the 2011 bombing of St. Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla near Abuja, the suspected Boko Haram member has fi... Read More


What we know about how Islamic State leader Mainok was killed in Nigeria

Nigeria, May 17 -- Additional details have emerged on the operation that led to the killing of Abubakar Mainok, a senior commander of the Islamic State, in what Nigerian authorities describe as one of... Read More


2027: Constituents oppose lawmaker's fourth term bid

Nigeria, May 17 -- Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Ekiti/Isin/Irepodun/Oke-Ero Federal Constituency of Kwara State have opposed moves to adopt the current lawmaker represent... Read More


Reps deputy speaker reacts to report linking him to Abia e-learning facility project

Nigeria, May 17 -- The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has dismissed a report by an organisation identified as TrackNG linking him to the construction and furnishing of ... Read More


Lagos security Fund donates vehicles, protective gear to police in Lagos

Nigeria, May 17 -- The Lagos State Police Command has received operational assets from the Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF) ahead of the planned launch of the Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU)... Read More


CPPE cautions CBN against monetary tightening ahead of the MPC meeting

Nigeria, May 17 -- The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has warned the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) against excessive monetary tightening ahead of the 305th meeting of the Moneta... Read More