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Foreign Exchange (FX) and Money Market (MM) transactions dominated secondary market activity, jointly accounting for 70.35 percent of the total secondary market turnover in March 2025. According to FMDQ Securities Exchange in its financial markets monthly report for March, the total secondary market turnover recorded on FMDQ Exchange in March …

Gunmen have reportedly abducted 20 passengers traveling by boat along the Akwa Ibom–Cross River waterways. The boat, which was ferrying passengers from Oron in Akwa Ibom State to Cross River State, was attacked on April 18. Timfon John, the spokesperson for the Akwa Ibom police command, confirmed that the incident …

A coalition of civil society groups under the banner of the Coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria has described the recent protests and corruption allegations against the former Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, as baseless and politically motivated. This comes amid …

The Africa Make Big Polluters Pay Coalition has wrapped up a two-day training for journalists across the continent on climate change reporting, with a call for sustained coverage of the climate crisis from an Afrocentric perspective. The coalition also renewed its call for just climate reparations for Africa and the …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu and Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Archbishop Matthew Hassan Kukah as members of Nigeria’s high-powered delegation to Vatican City to attend the burial of His Holiness, Pope Francis, on Saturday, April 26. …

The total amount of naira in circulation decreased to N5tn as of March 2025, marking a decline from N5.04tn recorded in February 2025. This represents a further reduction from N5.24tn in January 2025, according to the latest money and credit statistics on the website of the Central Bank of Nigeria. …

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has deployed officers across all accredited Computer-Based Test centres in Anambra State ahead of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, scheduled to commence on April 24. The Head, Media and Tactical, Anambra NSCDC, Edwin Okadigbo, stated this in a press statement on Wednesday, …

The federal government has declared the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Airport, Minna, Niger state, as an alternative to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation and aerospace development, announced on Tuesday during the inaugural commercial flight at the airport in Niger state. According to a …

  The Lagos State Commissioner for Commerce, Cooperatives, Trade and Investment, Mrs Folashade Ambrose-Medebem, has charged the Lagos State Cooperative College (LASCOCO) to take a leading role in driving poverty alleviation and economic transformation across the state through cooperative empowerment, technology, and leadership. Speaking at the inauguration of the LASCOCO …

The announcement was made by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, during the inaugural flight ceremony of Overland Airways from the Minna airport. The Nigerian government has officially designated the Bola Tinubu International Airport in Minna, Niger State, as the alternative airport to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International …