Gambia crisis ends as Yahya Jammeh leaves for exile
Gambia’s former President Yahya Jammeh has left the country in the wake of elections that ousted him after 22 years in power. He boarded a plane to Guinea and from there will travel on to exile in...
View ArticleGhana: FDI drops by over 80% in 2016 third quarter
Mawuena Trebarh, CEO GIPC Foreign Direct Investments decreased by 83.33 percent for the third quarter of 2016, figures from the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) has shown. The FDIs dropped from...
View ArticleShell to sell stake in Sadaf Chemicals joint venture in Saudi Arabia to Sabic
Shell and SABIC have signed an agreement whereby SABIC will acquire Shell’s 50% share in the petrochemicals SADAF joint venture, located in Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for $820 million. The SADAF...
View ArticleBuhari is alive-Presidency
The Presidency has debunked rumour making the rounds that President Muhammadu Buhari is experiencing an unstable health condition that could cause his death in London. Presidential Spokesman, Femi...
View ArticleAbuja Airport closure: Bi-Courtney assures the public, rejects GAT expansion
Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operator of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), Lagos, has assured domestic airlines and passengers wishing to use the Kaduna Airport as...
View ArticlePREMIUM TIMES thanks everyone for support, solidarity
We at PREMIUM TIMES hereby express our profound gratitude to all who showed support and solidarity with us when our journalists, Dapo Olorunyomi and Evelyn Okakwu, were arrested by the Nigerian Police...
View ArticleFayose to Kashamu: You lack moral right to comment on who becomes Chairman...
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has said that Senator Buruji Kashamu was not qualified to comment on who becomes the Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum. According to statement by Fayose’s...
View ArticleNAICOM unveils regulatory priorities for 2017, Set to verify capital...
Mohammed Kari, NAIVOM Boss * To Relaunch MDRI In a bid to protect policyholders and beneficiaries of insurance contracts against unexpected losses of insurance companies, the National Insurance...
View ArticleAfrica Re supports Agricultural Insurance Project in Senegal
Africa Re confirms its position as leader and pioneer in the area of reinsurance in Africa by supporting an agriculturalinsurance project in Senegal. As part of a project initiated and managed by the...
View ArticleFirstBank Provides Secure, Convenient Money Transfer Services to Customers
As the most valuable banking brand in Nigeria, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has been on a journey of strength and dynamism committed to providing the best financial solutions to promote convenience...
View ArticleStanbic IBTC Holdings Q4 2015 – Q3 2016 Results Review -FRC Saga Finally...
Improved fundamentals drive upgrade to earnings forecasts Following the recent publication of Stanbic IBTC Holdings’ Q4 2015 – Q3 2016 results, we have updated our forecasts. The delay in the...
View Article10.8% of Nigeria’s Total Working Population Are Registered Under The National...
The retirement savings account (RSA) membership distribution data for Q4 2016 reflected that 7,348,028 workers are registered under the pension scheme out of a total working population of 69,470,091 as...
View ArticleGuinness Nigeria to raise N40bn rights issue
GUINNESS Nigeria Plc has concluded arrangement to raise up to N40 billion rights issue to support it business. The company will hold an Extra-Ordinary General Meeting (EGM) on Tuesday 24th January...
View ArticleHeritage Bank empowers 100 young entrepreneurs with N8.5m
In continuation to its commitment to creating jobs, wealth, as well as deepen financial inclusion, Heritage Bank Plc has empowered 100 aspiring and existing young micro entrepreneurs in Ajegunle, Lagos...
View ArticleCITI Bank group honours Access Bank
Mr. Dolapo Ogundimu, Managing Director and Executive Director at Access Bank Ghana. Recently awarded as “Africa’s Best Bank Transformation” at the 2016 Euromoney Awards, Access Bank Ghana has once...
View ArticleMicrosoft, Ecobank Agree to Drive Digital Transformation in Africa
L-R: Mr. Ade Ayeyemi – CEO, Ecobank Group and Mr. Amr Kamel – General Manager, Microsoft Mr. Richard Uku, Group Head, Corporate Communications, ETI, standing middle at the signing in ceremony of the...
View ArticleNigeria’s goal is to ensure that African Uion is stronger, more robust-Osinbajo
Nigeria will continue to work together with other African countries to ensure that the African Union becomes a stronger and more robust organization for the benefit of the continent and its people,...
View ArticleOkonjo-Iweala, Sanusi begged us to save but we refused, Obi
Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra state, says Nigerian governors under the Goodluck Jonathan administration refused to save for a rainy day. Obi said Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former minister of...
View ArticleReps to investigate Jonathan’s N9bn “Clean Stove Project”
The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, gave its committees on Anti-Corruption, Environment and Habitat six weeks to investigate former President Gooodluck Jonathan’s “Clean Stove For Rural Women...
View ArticleFG presents cheques to families of 218 deceased officers and soldiers
The Federal Government on Monday presented cheques for insurance claims to families of 218 deceased officers and men of the armed forces who died in the line of duty. The Minister of Defence, Mansur...
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