Nigeria and Ghana on Friday in Abuja signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen cross border insurance supervision through information sharing and investigation assistance. Mr Fola...
Nigeria is likely to be included in JP Morgan’s Government Bond Index – Emerging Markets (GBI-EM) from October, potentially bringing up to $1 billion into one...
The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) on Wednesday confirmed a pump failure at its facility in Bayelsa. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr...
Trading activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) continued on a downward trend on Wednesday as the market capitalisation dipped by N6 billion to close at...
The Rockefeller Foundation, global leaders in agriculture, will partner with the Federal Government to foster development in the nation’s agricultural sector. Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Minister...
Brent crude held steady above 113 dollars per barrel on Tuesday as investors awaited economic growth data out of Europe to gauge the region’s energy demand...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) said on Tuesday that 24 companies listed on the bourse were operating below the listings standard (BLS). This was contained in...
Market Cap (N’bn) 7,360.41 Market Cap (US$’bn) 46.46 NSE All-Share Index 23,125.32 Daily Performance % (0.64) 1 Week Performance % (1.14) YTD Performance % 11.55 Daily...
Minister of Health, Professor C.O. Onyebuchi Chukwu, Tuesday inaugurated the ministerial committee charged with the establishment of world-class tertiary healthcare institutions by 2015. The committee is...
Nigeria’s state-backed “bad bank” AMCON has appointed Citi and Renaissance Capital to determine the value of three lenders it nationalised last year before deciding on the...
African Development Bank is proposing to raise funds from among Africa central banks foreign reserves kept abroad to finance infrastructure. The funds which will come in...
Asia is set to import record volumes of oil from West Africa, mainly from Nigeria, this year as increasing supplies of high quality crude drive down...
Shares turnover grows by 69 per cent on NSE The turnover of shares on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) grew by 69 per cent on Tuesday...
The Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwumi Adesina has said that Nigeria was spending about N635 billion annually to import wheat for bread production. Speaking at the...
Minister of Petroleum Resources Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke says the nation’s oil reserve could grow to 40 billion barrels by 2020 with daily production capacity of four...