“This is to ensure capital markets utilisation for mutual development.” He said Nigeria had been identified as one of the three exciting countries to work with saying, “a study is on to improve the market structure to attract more investors to expand the market.” The NSE boss said Nigeria and U.K stock exchanges had signed MoU they hoped would be adhered to but that some aspects of their plan needed legislative actions to implement.

The 2015 Star Music Trek is back for the second time this year and it’s bringing the country’s largest and most popular annual music festival to the city of Makurdi.

Benue State homeboy 2Face remarked, “This is where it all began for me so obviously it’s a highly emotional experience. It’s a bit like a homecoming and I can’t wait to get in front of the crowd in my home state and show them some of the love they have showed me. I am thrilled to have this opportunity to perform for my people at home on such a large national platform. Credit to Star Lager.”

”We know that the psyche of the PDP has been badly affected by its loss of power at the centre. Even the party itself has admitted that much. That situation has now been compounded by the fact that the party is broke. It is therefore not a surprise that it is no longer able to think straight. The reality of its new situation is just beginning to dawn on it.

Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) says it will axe 6,500 jobs this year and step up spending cuts, to deal with an extended period of lower oil prices.

PEAKER of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, Thursday said the 8th House is now set to work for Nigerians after the 49-day crisis that rocked the House from inception.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied the allegation by the PDP that the Director-General of the DSS, Mr. Lawal Daura, is a card-carrying member of the party (APC), calling the accusation absurd and frivolous

Broadcaster Al-Jazeera said it was “outraged” by an Egyptian court’s decision Thursday to postpone a verdict in the retrial of three of its journalists accused of supporting the banned Muslim Brotherhood.

Nigeria have vowed to attack Congo Brazzaville in their Pointe-Noire fortress this weekend and move closer to a seventh Olympic Games football tournament appearance. The west Africans take a fragile 2-1 lead into the second leg of a third-round qualifier for the 2016 Rio Games and coach Samson Siasia has revealed his game plan. “We […]

Nigeria has named a general to lead the new multinational task force to fight Boko Haram Islamists, the military said on Thursday.