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The remains of former President, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, who passed on Friday evening, have been laid to rest at his private residence in his hometown, Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto state. He was interred at exactly 3.30pm after the funeral prayers led by Professor Shehu Galadanchi, former Vice-Chancellor, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto. Aged 93, former President Shagari, was flown …

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Ex-President Shehu Shagari is dead. He passed away at the National Hospital Abuja on Friday. He was 93 years old. The news was broken by the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, on his Twitter handle. Shehu Usman Shagari was born in 1925 in Shagari village founded by his great-grandfather, Ahmadu Rufa’i, who was also the Village Head, and took the …

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Traditional rulers across Ijebuland have decried the current state of  neglect of their domain as they called on former Governor Gbenga Daniel to rescue the situation considering his good leadership attributes and performance while in government. The monarchs made the call when they paid a courtesy call on the immediate past Governor who is also the Deputy Chairman, People’s Democratic …

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The Nigerian Stock Exchange has announced the launch of X-Bot, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Chatbot that responds directly and automatically to enquiries through Facebook Messenger. X-Bot which is the first African securities exchange Chatbot is designed to provide market participants, especially retail investors, convenient, faster and real-time access to data and information from the Exchange. Commenting on X-Bot, the CEO …

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What are some the initiatives the SEC is implementing to boost investors’ confidence? We are doing a lot to boost investors’ confidence in our market. But I want to say that both local and foreign investors are very good for the market. For instance the foreign investors, because they trade their shares all of the time it leads to price …

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Heritage Bank PLC and Prinsult Global Consulting Limited have joined forces to train women on how to balance the challenges posed by their health condition and efforts towards wealth creation. The duo, on Thursday, empowered no fewer than 150 women through a seminar held in Ikeja, which had as its theme: ‘Building Your Health and Wealth as a Woman’. Speaking …

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In recognition of its drive for excellence in the Nigerian Pharmaceutical industry, Fidson Healthcare Plc was recently rewarded for its outstanding performance in Human Resource Management with the award for ‘’Best Employee Engagement Programme’’. The award was given at this year’s edition of the HR Future Workplace Awards during the HR Summit and Expo for West Africa, 2018 which took …

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Ecobank Nigeria Limited has announced special discount for shoppers using the Ecobankpay option to pay for their goods and services during the yuletide. Ecobankpay is a most convenient digital QR code that enables payments using the mobile phone, without the need for a plastic card. The uniqueness of the EcobankPay is that it has MasterPass, MVisa and Mcash embedded in …

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Nigerian billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola is set to sell his 75 per cent direct and indirect shareholdings in Forte Oil. This was revealed by the Nigerian Stock Exchange in a statement on its website on Monday. The statement was signed and made available to reporters by Akinleye Olagbende, the  General Counsel of the company. The statement entitled ‘notification of divestment by the …

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Nigeria’s leading retail bank, Diamond Bank, has announced the launch of new exciting features on its mobile app to provide customers unrivalled experience in bill payments and their respective business transactions. Speaking on the new features, Sam Aneke, Head, Transaction and Electronic banking, Diamond bank, told newsmen that the upgraded Diamond mobile app does not require customers to log-in to carry out quick …

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