Nigeria’s No. 1 Aruna Quadri has been confirmed to miss the WTT Contender Lagos for the second consecutive year following an injury. Aruna, who missed last year’s event due to unforeseen circumstances, will not participate again in Lagos. This was…
The Nigerian Association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI) recently raised the alarm over the rapid closure of nano, micro, small and medium-scale enterprises (MSMEs). The association said it has lost over 30 per cent of its members in one year due to the challenging…
A Federal High Court in Enugu has jailed a man for currency racketeering in the state. The convict, Chibuzor Onuigbo, was charged with currency racketeering, according to a statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday. Mr…
The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) has unveiled plans to woo Nigerian pension funds and other global investors to the market to boost investment in the country’s real sector. Managing Director of GSE, Abena Amoah, said the exchange is currently targeting…
The Democratic Front (TDF), a pro-democracy group, has described the repair and reopening of the Lagos-Kano railway line for freight operations as a major boost for the economy. The TDF said this in a statement jointly signed by its chairman,…
US stocks finished higher Tuesday, with the S&P 500 reaching a new record on a day that Nvidia edged ahead of Microsoft to become the world’s most valuable publicly traded company. The chip company, which has enjoyed a monumental ascent…
Combined security operatives have arrested four suspected members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), a militant wing of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Anambra State. The police spokesperson in the state, Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement on Tuesday,…
The leadership of the Labour Party (LP) has said it is not surprised by the comments coming from President Ahmed Bola Tinubu about the excruciating poverty his administration’s policies have unleashed on Nigerians since he took office over a year…
Pope Francis, Bishop of Rome, head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State, has urged world financial ministers and leading economists to support an international mechanism to address the foreign debt crisis in the global south.…
Manchester City will begin their Premier League title defence away to Chelsea on the opening weekend of the new season after the fixture list was published on Tuesday. The match on August 18 will pit Pep Guardiola against his former…