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The Nigerian Exchange Limited recorded a significant milestone last week as its all-share index breached the psychological 200,000-point threshold for the first time, settling at 201,156.85 points amid broad-based gains across key sectors and sustained institutional buying interest. The industrial goods sector emerged as the week’s best performer, posting a 9.67 per cent gain to…
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party under the influence of Nyesom Wike, Nigeria’s Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has categorically rejected suggestions that it intends to support President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections, insisting instead that the party will field its own presidential candidate when the time arrives for primary…
The United Kingdom has commenced a strategic expansion of detention infrastructure designed to accelerate the removal of foreign offenders and illegal migrants from British territory, a move coinciding with and directly enabled by a newly formalised bilateral agreement with Nigeria that streamlines the repatriation of thousands of undocumented nationals. The UK Home Office announced yesterday…
The Confederation of African Football has fundamentally rewritten the history of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, stripping Senegal of a hard won victory on the pitch and awarding the continental championship to Morocco through regulatory intervention. Official checks on the CAF website confirm that Morocco now stands recorded as champions of the TotalEnergies CAF…
Nigeria’s monetary policy architecture is undergoing a fundamental transformation. The Central Bank of Nigeria has committed itself to a deliberate transition toward an inflation-targeting framework, abandoning decades of discretionary monetary management in favour of a transparent, rules-based system explicitly anchored to long-term price stability. The shift represents one of the most significant policy reorientations undertaken…
Atletico Madrid’s Spanish football legend Raúl García has offered a glowing endorsement of Nigeria international Ademola Lookman, describing the winger as a world-class talent whose swift adaptation to life at one of Europe’s most demanding clubs has come as no surprise to those who have watched him closely. The praise, offered on the eve of…
Russian President Vladimir Putin used the occasion of Nowruz, the Persian New Year, on Saturday to publicly reaffirm Moscow’s solidarity with Tehran, describing Russia as a “loyal friend and reliable partner” of Iran at one of the most consequential moments in that country’s modern history. The message, directed at Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed…
A federal jury in California has determined that Elon Musk, the world’s richest person and founder of multiple multinational enterprises, deliberately misled Twitter shareholders through a campaign of false and misleading statements designed to artificially suppress the company’s stock price during his contentious acquisition of the platform in 2022. The civil verdict, delivered on…
The Jehovah’s Witnesses movement has announced a significant doctrinal adjustment regarding blood transfusions, marking a recalibration of one of its most distinctive religious practices. In a formal clarification released through a video statement on their official website on Friday, the faith’s Governing Body has given members explicit permission to decide independently whether their own…
The United States is intensifying efforts to curb visa overstays by expanding a controversial financial screening mechanism that requires foreign nationals from designated countries to post substantial refundable bonds before entering the country. The latest phase of the initiative, scheduled for implementation on April 2, 2026, will extend the requirement to a total of…
