House Committee on Banking and Finance and NEXIM Bank visit Ladgroup Shea...
L –R: Hon. Salisu Zakari Ningi, Dep. Chairman; Mr. Adekunle O. Onafowokan, MD, Ladgroup Ltd; Hon. Sir Jones Chukwudi Onyereri, Chairman, House Committee on Banking and Currency; Prince (Dr) B. A....
View ArticleNEPC ED/CEO Applauds entry into force of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
Nigeria received with great excitement the announcement by Roberto Azevêdo Director General of the World Trade Organisation of entry into force of the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) on February 22...
View ArticleGhana: Pension funds seen boosting GSE activities
Financial analysts have tipped the stock market to continue its strong recovery on the back of an expected increase in activity on the pension funds market. Benjamin Amoah-Adjei, a financial research...
View ArticleNigerian insurance market bigger than South Africa’s – Old Mutual
Old Mutual Insurance has disclosed that the Nigerian insurance market is far bigger than the South African and Ghanaian insurance markets. Speaking in an interview in Abuja, during the relocation to a...
View ArticleKaduna Govt Commences Implementation of New Pension Scheme
The Kaduna State Government is to commence the implementation of the new pension scheme on Tuesday by paying pension benefits to its retirees scheme. The Executive Secretary of the tate Pension Bureau,...
View ArticleNiger Delta; Buhari Presidency Activates $20 Billion Ogidigben Gas Industrial...
“We are unwavering in our commitment to the Niger Delta”— Acting President Osinbajo In what is called a ‘Gas Revolution,’ and following the renewed interactive engagements of the Federal Government...
View ArticleFormer CBN Director Raises Questions on Abandoned CBN Branch Project
Chief Samuel Bandele Falegan, a former Director of the Central Bank Of Nigeria and former Managing Director of the Federal Mortgage Bank, on Friday, February 17, 2017 became one of the latest whistle...
View ArticleSEC Says Tine God Networks Operation a Ponzi Scheme
The attention of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigeria (“SEC”) has been drawn to the activities of an Illegal Operator (Tine God Networks Limited). The Company claimed to be an Investment...
View ArticleNigerian surveyors thumb up Dangote Refinery, says economic benefits...
The Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) has commended the foresight behind the conception of the Dangote’s world largest single Refinery train describing it as real change that...
View ArticleWhy I Might Ditch My Smartphone for the Nokia 3310
The comeback of the Nokia 3310, the icon of the “dumb phone” industry, is mainly a marketing gimmick by a Finnish startup. But there’s plenty of reasons to embrace it as something more — as an antidote...
View ArticleCBN to auction $100 million in currency forwards
CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said on Monday it will auction $100 million in forward contracts after selling the U.S. currency last week to boost dollar liquidity and help close the gap between the...
View ArticleMore financial succor to MSMEs as DBN takes-off
The Federal Ministry of Finance has confirmed the completion of the recruitment exercise for the Executive Management team of the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN), and has formally applied for the...
View ArticleOsinbajo not performing better than Buhari-Presidency
The Presidency has condenmef claim making the roads that the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has been performing better than President Muhammadu Buhari since he took over as acting president. It said...
View ArticleDangote Cement declares N144.8bn final dividend
* As revenue stands at N615bn Cement producer, Dangote Cement Plc on Tuesday declared a final dividend of N144.844 billion for its shareholders. This in a consolidated statement of profit or loss for...
View ArticleWema Bank Staff donate salary to children at emergency wards in state-owned...
Wema Bank Plc has for the second year in a row made February its month of giving by donating funds for the treatment of children in emergency wards of three government-owned hospitals across the...
View ArticleZenith Bank to seek shareholders approval to raise N100bn
Zenith Bank said on Tuesday it would seek shareholder approval next month to raise N100 billion via a combination of share or bond sale and global depository receipts. The lender also said it would...
View ArticleNigeria’s economy shrinks in 2016 for first time in 25 years
Nigeria’s economy contracted 1.5 percent in 2016 due to lower oil revenues and a shortage of hard currency, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday, its first annual contraction in quarter...
View ArticleFG Regulatory Agencies Must Act as Agents of Change-Osinbajo
Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria’s Acting President *NAFDAC,SON Now to Grant Licenses, Approvals within Stated Time Limits It is the role of government’s regulatory agencies to act as catalysts of beneficial...
View ArticleAdeosun: DBN will catalyse SMEs’ growth
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun has stated that the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) is being positioned to galvanise the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises sector for the overall...
View ArticleFashola lists new economy, infrastructure bdget funds as benefits of prposed...
As the nation plans to inaugurate the firstAfrican Sovereign Green Bond to address climate change and sustainable environment , the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola SAN, has...
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