Our strategy will mitigate debt service risk – FG
The Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun with the Queen of Netherlands, Her Majestic Zorreguieta Cerruiti, during the visit of the Queen to the Federal Ministry of Finance on Wednesday,...
View ArticleBuhari to present 2018 budget on Tuesday
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly, informing them of his readiness to present the 2018 appropriation budget on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 In a letter addressed to the...
View ArticleAmbode Appoints Five New Permanent Secretaries
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the appointment of five new Permanent Secretaries in the State Public Service. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Habib Aruna in a...
View ArticleNigeria Customs recover smuggled items worth over N7billion
The Nigeria customs says, it has made a total of 28 seizures ranging from, used tyres, vehicles, and bags of smuggled foreign rice, all at the tone of over N7bn from Cross River and Akwa Ibom states...
View ArticleAll change!!! Nigeria is not an oil economy
BY KEMI ADEOSUN—Descriptions of Nigeria’s economy often include such phrases as ‘Africa’s largest oil producer’ and ‘the oil rich African nation’ but oil economies are typically characterised by low...
View ArticleIOSCO unveils peer review, regulation of money market funds
The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published two update reports titled update to the IOSCO peer review of regulation of money market funds and update...
View ArticlePresidency explains list of Buhari’s appointments
The Presidency on Saturday released a full list of all the appointments made by President Muhammadu Buhari since he assumed office on May 29, 2015. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and...
View Article7.71 Million Workers Registered under the Pension Scheme as at Q3’17-NBS
The Pension Asset and RSA Membership Data Q1 – Q3 2017 reflected that 7,710,564 workers are registered under the pension scheme compared to 7,589,936 590 registered workers in Q2 2017 while the Pension...
View ArticleCapital Market scam: Okumagba absent as Case adjourned to January 25
Albert Okumagba PRESS RELEASE—-Chief Magistrate Chinyere Elewe Nwecheonwu of Chief Magistrate Court Zone 6, Abuja on Monday adjourned till January 25, 2018, further hearing on the matter between...
View ArticleNAICOM redeploys directors, departments for better service delivery
Further to efforts aimed at repositioning the Commission for better service delivery, management of NAICOM on Monday announced the following changes in the headship of Directorates and Departments....
View ArticleAliko Dangote Foundation Joins Global Leaders to Fight Malnutrition – Pledges...
The recently concluded Global Nutrition Summit 2017 (http://APO.af/kpSRbS), held in Milan, Italy, convened governments, international agencies, foundations, civil society organisations and businesses...
View ArticleNERC formally presents eligible customer regulations to Fahola* Urges NERC to...
Hon. Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN(right) being presented copies of the Eligible Customers Regulations 2017 from the Vice Chairman, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory...
View ArticleNSE Notifies on Effective Dates of Rules on Pricing Methodology, Par Value Rules
Please be informed that the following Rules and Amendments to The Exchange’s Rules, which had earlier received the SEC’s approval, will become effective on the dates stated beside each of them in the...
View ArticleOsinbajo Says Nigeria Must Never Walk the Way of Recession Again
***The recession was just not something that occurred in a cyclical fashion – not just another economic occurrence. No! It was unbridled corruption on a scale that was unprecedented anywhere in the...
View ArticleUBA Ghana CEO wins again at the Ghana Accountancy & Finance Awards 2017
Madam Abiola Bawuah, the MD/CEO of the United Bank for Africa (Ghana) has once again been applauded in the industry. This time with the award of the Finance Personality of the Year, at the just ended...
View ArticleUnbridled Corruption Led Nigeria Into Recession – Osinbajo
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has attributed the economic recession recently witnessed in Nigeria to the unchecked rate of corruption. Professor Osinbajo stated this on Monday in Abuja...
View ArticleOffshore Tax Havens No Longer Offer Protection – Adeosun
…Ministry to Crosscheck Tax Declarations By Nigerian Users of Offshore Tax Havens The Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, advised Nigerians to review any existing tax planning schemes,...
View ArticlePresentation of President Muhammadu Buhari to the joint house of the National...
2018 BUDGET SPEECH: BUDGET OF CONSOLIDATION Delivered by: His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari President, Federal Republic of Nigeria At the Joint Session of the National Assembly, Abuja...
View ArticleLagos Trade Fair: FirstBank set to Fete Customers with Bouquet of Products...
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced its participation at the 2017 Lagos International Trade Fair, scheduled for November 3 – 12, 2017 at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos. The Fair themed...
View ArticleFidelity Bank To Reward Loyal Customers At Lagos Trade Fair
*Doles Out N3.25m To Customers, Offers Free Financial Advisory Services One of Nigeria’s topmost financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc is set to reward loyal customers at the 2017 Lagos...
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