Nigeria’s stock market, yesterday, crashed 2.4 percent as the market key index, the All Share Index, ASI, hit a 31-month low to close at 25,647.21 as against opening figure of 25,177.28. Market analysts attributed the huge fall to the fears over the coronavirus induced oil price crash in the international market.

Coca Cola has donated equipment worth N290 million to Federal Medical Center under its Safe Birth Initiative (SBI). The initiative is aimed at improving maternal outcomes and reducing child mortality incidents. The equipment and supplies worth about $800,000, which is over N290 million, were formally unveiled and handed over at a special event held at […]

Against the backdrop of a fresh $22.7 billion loan request approved by the Senate last week for the federal government, further adding to the mounting national debts, Mr Muda Yusuf, Director General, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), has canvassed for policies aimed at attracting equity from domestic and foreign private sector capital for infrastructure financing.

By Gabriel Ewepu and Jennifer Gideon – Abuja As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate 2020 International Women’s Day, a human rights organization, ActionAid Nigeria, AAN, yesterday, called on Federal Government to accelerate and actualize gender equality in Nigeria. Speaking on the Day, the Country Director, AAN, Ene Obi, described the process […]

Edo State Government has expressed its desire to float capital market instruments to boost development in the State.