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The Nigerian capital market’s top watchdog, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has withdrawn the suspension it placed on BGL Securities Limited and BGL Asset Management in May 2015. “Suspension is lifted from BGL Securities and BGL Asset Management,” the SEC confirmed in its response to PREMIUM TIMES’ inquiry into the registration status of the two entities, which the regulator banned eleven years ago over allegations of capital market infractions. According to a letter signed by Hafsat O. Rufai, the director of Registration, Exchanges and Market Infrastructure Department at the commission, on 17 April 2025, to the managing director of…

Olaide Alim, founder of SnappyPay and SnappyExchange, has completed his full-stack software engineering training at New Horizons, marking an important milestone in his journey as a technology founder. The one-year programme covered both front-end and back-end software development, giving him deeper exposure to the technical structure, logic, and development process behind digital products. For Alim, the milestone represents more than the completion of a training programme. It reflects a deliberate effort to better understand the technology behind the digital platforms he is building. Speaking on the milestone, Alim said the decision to take the programme was driven by his desire…

By Nkiruka Nnorom, with agency reports United States would closely watch Nigeria’s 2027 general elections, warning that Washington’s security and financial support would be tied to issues of religious freedom and conduct of the polls.  US Congressman, Riley Moore, a Republican representing West Virginia, disclosed this in an interview with NoireTV yesterday. Responding to questions on Nigeria’s next elections, Moore said the conduct of the polls was now a priority for Washington.  “What I’d say is that we’re certainly going to be watching these results and how these elections unfold and how they’re executed. And that’s something that myself and the…

Key events59 min: Felix dances his way into the Spain box from the left and crosses long for Ronaldo, who is able to telescope a leg and divert the ball goalwards, but only very weakly and from the tightest of angles. Easy for Simon.Share57 min: Mendes trudges around the perimeter looking utterly deflated. If that’s a muscle issue, there’s a fair chance his World Cup is over, whatever happens here.Share56 min: Nope, it’s bad news for poor old Mendes. He can’t continue, and Semedo comes on in his place. Yamal has a new man to torment.Share55 min: On come the…

The Senate campaign of Maine candidate Graham Platner is in question following a disturbing new sexual assault allegation. According to new reporting from Politico, a woman who dated Platner between 2019 and 2021 says the Marine turned oyster farmer forced her to have sex with him while he was drunk. In a video message released following the report on Monday, Platner said that the allegations were “troubling, serious, and false,” and that he and his campaign will “reflect on the best path forward.” “Regardless of the inaccuracy of the reporting, but mindful of the political reality will inflict, we are…

NewsFeedPro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered outside London’s Old Bailey Criminal Court in support of the ‘Filton 25’ activists, as the trial of eight defendants continued. The activists had been charged over a 2024 break-in at the Filton facility of Israeli arms company Elbit Systems.Published On 6 Jul 20266 Jul 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

US warns of consequences for NATO members without clear spending plans, signalling high expectations from allies.Published On 6 Jul 20266 Jul 2026NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has demanded that NATO allies put forward “clear, concrete and credible plans” to reach the organisation’s spending targets at its annual summit in Ankara, Turkiye.Rutte was speaking in Ankara on Monday ahead of a two-day summit starting on Tuesday. It comes at a crucial time for the alliance, with the United States scaling down its security role in Europe. Washington has been pressing allies to shoulder more of the spending burden.Recommended Stories list of 3…

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Stocks are higher to kick off the new trading week. Technology stocks, including the semiconductor cohort , are rebounding and regaining some momentum after back-to-back days of declines. As investors rotated back into the AI buildout theme, they moved out of healthcare and consumer retail stocks. It’s been one week since Honeywell’s long-awaited breakup into two standalone companies. If you add the two parts together and adjust for the spin and…

Last week, just before the US started its break for the July Fourth holiday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) proposed a new rule that would change how it regulated exposure to radiation. The Trump administration has been pushing to restart construction of nuclear power plants in the US, and many pro-nuclear advocates have been complaining about the US’s existing regulations, portraying them as the main barrier to the flourishing of the industry. So, it had seemed likely that major revisions were coming. Instead, the NRC’s proposed new rules endorse the science behind its current rules and suggest that any problems…

NewsFeedOn the eve of NATO’s summit in Ankara, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said members are now spending around 4% of GDP on defence, narrowing the gap with the US. NATO countries are expected to announce tens of billions more in defence contracts during the summit.Published On 6 Jul 20266 Jul 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo