Profit-taking drags down share value by N33bn
Provoked by profit taking activities of investors in the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), the value of listed equities dropped, Monday, by N32.85 billion.
Specifically, the value of listed equities, represented by the market capitalisation, depreciated by 0.63 per cent to close at N5.159 trillion, from N5.192 trillion at which it opened.
Kano free of Boko Haram – Police
By AbdulSalam Muhammad KANO — The police authority in Kano has debunked media reports of regroupings of outlawed Boko Haram religious sect in Kano, saying they have been sent away from the state. The Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Mamman Chafe told Vanguard in a chat that the command had, in the wake of the last […]
We won’t be distracted by cynics, says Bayelsa govt
Special Adviser to Bayelsa State governor on Security, Richard Kpodoh, has said that the administration of Timipre Sylva would not be distracted by the antics of cynics who do not see anything good in its efforts at developing the state.
Security operatives seal off Kaduna NUJ office
By Emeka Mamah Kaduna — A combined team of policemen and operatives of Operation Yaki in Kaduna, yesterday, sealed off the state secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), claiming that they had information that some people wanted to take over the leadership of the union by force. The armed policemen, who stormed the […]
Nigeria’s poverty level worries Cleric
By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI —The Catholic Archbishop of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, Most Rev. Dr. Anthony Obinna, has expressed worry that a large percentage of Nigerians are still wallowing in abject poverty in the midst of plenty. Dr. Obinna, who made the observation in his sermon at Pontifical sung mass at Maria Assumpta Cathedral, Owerri, to […]
2010 budget: Muktar to brief Senate
*Senate leader expresses fear over electoral reform By Inalegwu Shaibu ABUJA-The Minister of Finance, Dr. Mansur Muktar is to brief the Senate on the thrust and projections of the 2010 budget of the Federal Government, the Senate Leader, Senator Teslim Folarin said yesterday. At a press briefing ahead of today’s resumption of Senate plenary sittings, […]
