Author: Patience

The Nigerian equity market closed trading activities for last week positive, as investors’ bullish sentiment was dominant in four out of the five trading days. This can be attributed to investors’ buying sentiment in all the major market sectors, excluding the Banking sector that dipped by 0.25% w/w. Investors’ wealth grew by N396.13billion last week, as a total of 31 stocks appreciated last week lower than 37 stocks the previous week. Furthermore, the Market Indicators NGX-ASI advanced by 1.51% w/w to close for the week at 48,881.93 absolute points compared to 48,154.65 absolute points the previous week. While the Market…

Delta State taekwondo athlete, Josephine Esuku, won her fourth medal on Tuesday in her final event of the combat sports competition at the ongoing National Sports Festival in Asaba, Delta State. Remarkably, Esuku won medals in all her four events in taekwondo inside the multipurpose indoor sports hall of the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba. She told our correspondent that she had set a target of four gold medals but was happy to have ended her events with four medals. “My target here was four gold medals since I knew I would participate in four events and I was able to…