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NSE market indices up by 0.16%

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Market indicators of the Nigerian Stock Exchange  (NSE) on Thursday recorded the first growth for the month, reversing the three-day bearish trend. The indices appreciated by 0.16 per cent just as the volume of shares traded decreased by 45.88 per cent. The All-Share Index appreciated marginally by 52.46 points or 0.16 per cent to close […]
NEWS

PTDF aptitude test for 4,949 MSc candidates holds July 8

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The Petroleum Development Technology Fund (PTDF) says it will conduct electronic aptitude test for no fewer than 4,949 shortlisted candidates under the Msc over sea and local scholarship scheme. Mr kalu Otisi, PTDF’s Head, Press and External Relations, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja said the test would be conducted in the six geopolitical […]
BUSINESS

Price of cement ‘will crash soon’

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Major manufacturers of cement in the country say they are working “very hard” to reduce the price of cement. lsamad Rabiu, chairman of BUA Cement, made this known to state house correspondents after meeting with Acting President Yemi Osinbajo in Abuja on Thursday. He said the foreign exchange situation in the country and the high cost of low […]
Politics

CVR: INEC registers 45,757 voters in Kogi

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kogi on Thursday said it had registered 45,757 new voters in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in the state. Administrative Secretary of the commission in the state, Mr Adison Mailafiya, made this known while briefing newsmen in Lokoja. Mailafiya said the figure represented 23,534 males and 22,223 […]
Sport

Super Eagles’ goalkeeper Ikeme battle leukaemia?

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Super Eagles’ England-based goalkeeper Carl Ikeme is to begin chemotherapy after being diagnosed with acute leukaemia, according to media reports in London on Thursday. The 31-year-old player of Championship side Wolves was said to have returned “abnormal blood tests” during pre-season testing and further checks were also said to have confirmed the diagnosis. Ikeme has