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UK''s FTSE 100 rebounded on Friday as Western sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine were not as severe as investors had expected, but the blue-chip index was on course for it worst weekly performance since January 2020. Banks and insurers rose 1.2% and 1.9%, respectively, leading the benchmark FTSE 100 1.1% higher in morning trade. It had slumped nearly 4% on Thursday. While Western nations hit Russia with new sanctions including freezing bank assets and cutting off state-owned enterprises, they stopped short of disconnecting it from the SWIFT international banking system or targeting its oil and gas exports, which some analysts said helped markets recover. FTSE 100 climbs as Barclays, consumer staples boost sentiment "The markets are telling us that the sanctions aren''t particularly dramatic relative to what they could be," said Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell. "Some of it is people looking to buy on the dip and taking the alleged advice by financier Nathan Rothschild that you should buy on the sound of cannons and sell on the sound of trumpets." Precious metals rose 4.3%, led by a recovery in Russia-exposed miners Polymetal, EVRAZ and Petropavlovsk, which gained between 3% and 20%.

Imperial Brands PLC (IMBBY) declares $0.642/share dividend. Payable April 7; for shareholders of record Feb. 18; ex-div Feb. 17.

The director-general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Bashir Jamoh, said that the Agency is committed to continued collaboration with all stakeholders to ensure that Nigeria sustains the declining rate of pirate attacks in the Gulf of Guinea region. Jamoh, who said this in Lagos during an interactive session with media stakeholders over the weekend, noted that there is steady progress in the area of maritime security and safety. According to him, the statistics released by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) showing that incidents of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea region dropped from 81 in the year 2020 to 34 in 2021, representing 58.02 percent, was not by accident, but a product of conscious collaborative efforts by the Agency, the Nigerian Navy and other stakeholders in the region. He also noted that the IMB report also shows a 62 percent decrease in the number of crew kidnapping incidents in the Gulf of Guinea, which will be reduced from 150 in 2020 to 57 in 2021.

The director-general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Bashir Jamoh, said the agency has increased the condition survey of vessels flying Nigerian flag by 43.6 percent in 2021 in line with its determination to ensure safe navigation. He said that NIMASA also recorded a 24.2 percent improvement in Port State Control (PSC) implementation in the year under review compared to 2020. Jamoh, who spoke at the weekend during a media interactive session in Lagos, said that despite the challenges associated with the Covid-19 pandemic, the Agency ensured improved Port and Flag State Administration in accordance with the safety requirements of the Merchant Shipping Act 2007. A breakdown of the figure shows that the Agency carried out a condition survey of 489 vessels under Flag Registration in 2021, compared to 276 vessels surveyed in 2020, representing a 43.6 percent improvement. In terms of Port State Control implementation, NIMASA assessed 673 vessels in 2021, which was an improvement on the 510 vessels boarded for inspection in the previous year, representing a 24.2 percent increment.

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Some analysts have suggested Imperial Brands is in a state of managed decline. New CEO Stefan Bomhard is attempting to “turn the ship” by re-focusing on the core tobacco business and taking a caut

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