Foreign portfolio investors pull about $2bn out of the Nigerian stock market as election jitters make them nervous

NIGERIA'S stock market has shrunk dramatically over the last few months with foreign portfolio investors pulling out billions of naira amid bearish sentiments as the forthcoming general elections sends jitters across the financial world.

 

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Peter Obi says nobody will take Nigeria serious again after the suspension of national carrier

FORMER Anambra State governor Peter Obi has lashed out at the government over its recent decision to suspend the proposed December launch of national carrier Nigeria Air saying that no investor will ever trust the country again after the cancellation.

 

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Buhari arrives in New York to address UN general assembly and lobby for Security Council seat

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in New York ahead of the 73rd Session of United Nations (UN) general assembly where he will address participants highlighting Nigeria's commitment to global peace and sustainable socio-economic development.

 

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Liverpool striker Seyi Ojo says he would be honoured to switch allegiance from England to Nigeria

LIVERPOOL striker Seyi Ojo has revealed that he will consider switching his allegiance to Nigeria and playing for the Super Eagles despite having won the U20 World Cup with England last year.

 

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Fani-Kayode says Osun election spells the end of the Tinubu era and his legacy of god-fatherism

FORMER aviation minister Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has boasted that the recent gubernatorial election in Osun State spells the funeral rites of the All Progressives Congress (APC) leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

 

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Inec declares Osun governorship election inconclusive as Adeleke pips APC's Oyetola with just 353 votes

NIGERIA'S Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) has declared the Osun State governorship elections inconclusive after tight race which ended with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leading the All Progressives Congress (APC) with just 353 votes.

 

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Mega Charismatic Fire Ministry Benin general overseer arrested for engaging in human trafficking

MEGA Charismatic Fire Ministry general overseer Pastor Marvelous Odalo has been arrested by the police in the Edo State capital Benin over his alleged involvement in human trafficking centred around sending young women abroad to become prostitutes.

 

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Former Miss World Agbani Darego and Danjuma's son Ishaya give birth to her first child in London

NIGERIA'S former and only ever Miss World Agbani Darego married to ex-defence minister Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma's son Ishaya has given birth to her first child at a London hospital.

 

Yesterday, Agbani, 35 and Ishaya Danjuma revealed that they had given birth to their first child. Agbani, who has since gone into modelling after ending her reign as Miss World in 2002, married retired General Danjuma’s son Ishaya, in 2017 at a private wedding ceremony in Marakesh, Morocco.

 

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Goodluck appears to throw his weight behind David Mark describing him as detribalised

FORMER president Dr Goodluck Jonathan appears to have thrown his weight behind ex-senate president Senator David Mark as the ideal candidate to become the Peoples Democratic Party's presidential candidate saying only he can unite the nation.

 

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Adebayo Shittu nearly pulls out of Oyo governorship race saying he cannot afford N22m nomination fee

COMMUNICATIONS minister Barrister Adebayo Shittu was on the verge of pulling out of the Oyo State governorship race saying he could not afford the N22.5m ($62,000) his All Progressives Congress (APC) is charging candidates for nomination forms.

 

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