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The Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), on Thursday, presented three draft bills to the Senate, aimed at enhancing the operations of the capital market and reposition it as a dependable catalyst for economic recovery. The Director General of SEC, Mounir Gwarzo, said the bills were in...

The Senate Committee on Customs and Excise Duties on Thursday hit hard on retired Colonel Hameed Ali over his refusal to wear the uniform of the Nigerian Customs Service since 2015 when he was appointed as the Comptroller General. Trouble began when Senator Obiano, member of the Committee...

Neymar struck the winning penalty as Brazil claimed a first ever Olympic football gold medal with victory over Germany on penalties at Rio’s Maracana on Saturday. The 5-4 shoot-out win exacted revenge for a humiliating 7-1 World Cup semi-final defeat to Germany two years ago. Olympic gold was...

The Senate of the University of Ibadan on Thursday approved the reopening of the university for academic activities on June 20, 2016, after about six weeks forceful closure over students protests. The Senate which was presided over by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Abel Idowu Olayinka...

President Muhammadu Buhari has traveled to 21 countries in the last 10 months of his administration and his trip to the United States of America for a nuclear summit makes it his 25th time of jetting out for a personal or state affair according to a compilation made by the African Independent...

More than 172 Nigerian deportees arrived at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) from Libya on Friday. According to DailyTrust, they consist of 166 male and six female deportees who were dropped off at the Hajj camp area of the airport around 7:00 am. They were conveyed in a...

Boko Haram militants invaded Babangida town, Tarmowa local government area in Yobe state, killing one person early hour of Sunday morning, Dailytrust reports. The terrorists stormed the town at about 1.45am in Hilux vans and motorcycles which is believed by residents to be a reprisal attack...