BDSUNDAY BUSINESS DAY
Why Buhari deserves second term in office, by Campaigner
Equities shed N1.9 trn as stakeholders await MPC’s decisions on rates
?? A look at Victor Butler’s myriad
perspectives
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Sunday 18 November 2018 Market & Commodities Monitor Brent Oil
5yr Bond
$68.30
0.14 15.30%
Gold
10yr Bond
$1,224.30
-0.05 15.82%
Cocoa
20yr Bond
$2,244.00
0.02 15.59%
inside Atiku to kick-start campaign with ‘People’s Policy Launch’ Monday p.4
Apapa: Untold story of a port city
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2019: INEC clears the way Campaigns begin today
…79 presidential candidates, 6,000 others vie for NASS positions …Nigerians harp on issue-based campaign
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OWEDE AGBAJILEKE, Abuja
ith exactly 90 days to the D-Day, the battle for who clinches the nation’s top seat will assume a new dimension, as political parties officially commence their campaigns for
Presidential and National Assembly elections today. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) timetable and schedule of activities for the 2019 general election, campaigns for national elections which consist of Presidential and National Assembly (polls) will kick-off today, Sunday, 18th November, 2018.
INEC’s current figures indicate that while 79 presidential candidates will contest for the nation’s Number One job, 1,803 candidates will vie for the 109 seats in the Senate, as against 4,548 for the 360 House of Representatives positions. It is expected that political parties in-
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Isoun: Creating innovative and sustainable university P.36
L-R: Hajia Hadiza Bala-Usman, managing director, Nigerian Port Authority (NPA); Aliko Dangote, guest of honour; Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos State; Babatunde Fashola, minister of Power, Works and Housing; Sen. Jabiru Gaya, chairman, Senate Committee on Works, and Sen. Oluremi Tinubu at the flag-off of the reconstruction of Apapa-Oshodi-Oworoshoki-Ojota Expressway, yesterday.
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Failed assassination of council boss, mass shooting at PDP rally signpost the evil days ahead
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Nigeria’s Agabi creates device that can detect explosives, cancer cells
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Nigerian start-up founder has created a device that he says can be used to detect the smell of explosives and even cancer cells.
The device, called Koniku Kore, is the first to fuse live neurons from mice stem cells into a silicon chip. “We merged synthetic neurobiology with traditional silicon
technology with the goal of fixing urgent real world problems,” Oshiorenoya Agabi says. Silicon Valley-based Agabi unveiled his invention at TEDGlobal conference in Tanzania
Sunday and says it could one day revolutionise airport security, enabling travelers “to walk from
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