Stanbic IBTC highlights role of employers in pension scheme
Nigeria’s largest pension fund administrator (PFA), Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers Limited, has described as fundamental the role of employers in Nigeria’s nascent Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), a...
View ArticleCPS: FG clears N54bn accrued pension benefit backlog
Federal Government on Wednesday said it has cleared the inherited arrears of accrued pension benefit for the year 2014, 2015 and 2016 by releasing N41.5 billion to the National Pension...
View ArticleStatement by IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde on Egypt
Christine Lagarde Following a meeting with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi in Washington today, Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued...
View ArticleLagos to establish agency to manage health insurance scheme
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (right), presenting a State plaque to the Chairman of AXA Group, Mr. Denis Duverne during the AXA Group courtesy visit to the Governor at the Lagos House,...
View ArticleEcobank MD Lauds Financial Literacy Day Initiative
Charles Kie, Ecobank Nigeria, Managing Director The Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Charles Kie, has lauded the Financial Literacy Day initiative saying it would go a long way to...
View ArticleFirst Bank of Nigeria Limited: Building Sustainable Communities
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s Most Valuable Bank Brand, is known to be the leading financial services provider to stakeholders with varying social stratification and the Bank understands...
View ArticleWema Bank reopens Kaduna branch
Wema Bank Plc has reopened its Kaduna branch to provide banking services to individuals and firms with good growth opportunities. According to the Bank, the new branch will offer retail and SME...
View ArticleFEC approves $1.3bn loans for Development Bank of Nigeria
Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved $1.3 billion of loans from international lenders to fund the newly licensed Development Bank of Nigeria. The bank aims to support small businesses with...
View ArticleStaco Insurance announce delay in filing 2016 account to NSE
Staco InsurancebPlc has notified the Nigeriam Stock Exchange that it will be submiting its 2016 audited account late. The Underwrting firm said its unable to submit 2016 audited account to Nigerian...
View ArticleCBN Boosts BDCs; Makes $10,000 Midweek Intervention
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in its bid to sustain supply of liquidity to the foreign exchange market, has decided to make a special intervention in the Bureau de Change (BDC) segment of the...
View ArticleWFE releases third annual sustainability survey
The World Federation of Exchanges (“WFE”), which represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers including exchanges and CCPs, today released its annual global Environment, Social and...
View ArticleCourt Unfreezes Patience Jonathan’s Account
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has lifted the order freezing the account of a former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan. The account domiciled with Skye Bank Plc contains the sum of...
View ArticleCornerstone Insurance committed to insurance development, accessibility
L-R: Head, Technical & Risk Management Division, Cornerstone Insurance Plc, Martins Uwuilekhue, GMD/CEO, Mr Ganiyu Musa and Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications, Group Cordelia...
View ArticlePhoto.News: 2017 NSE Graduate Trainee Programme Closing Gong Ceremony
L – R: Mrs. Chinelo Chukwuma-Onwujei, Ag. Head, Human Resources, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Damilola Emiola, NSE Graduate Training (GT) Class of 2017; Adeolu Towolawi, GT, Class of 2017; Jenny...
View ArticleInflation Rate to Drop Further to 16.52% – FSDH
We expect the March 2017 inflation rate (year-on-year) to drop to 16.52% from 17.78% recorded in the month of February 2017. This is premised on the slower increases in the food and non-food divisions...
View ArticleAbuja Airport Runway Repair on Schedule, Says VP Osinbajo
Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria’s Vice President *“We expect no delays” During an inspection tour of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport earlier today, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN,...
View ArticleFOREX: CBN Offers $100m for Wholesale
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday, April 6, 2017, offered the sum of $100 million to authorized dealers at the forex auction in the interbank wholesale window. The Bank’s spokesman,...
View ArticleCBN Unveil Guidelines for Regulation, Supervision of Non-Interest Islamic...
Click here to view PDF Copy of Guidelines Further to its mandate of Dromoting a souna financial system in Nigeria, the Centro! Bank of Nigeria hereby issues the Guidelines on One Regulation and...
View ArticleGhana: MTN joins TECNO to unveil Camon CX Maxwel
Maxwell Techie (left), CEO, TECNO Mobile and Asher Khan (right), CMO, MTN unveiling Camon CX TECNO MOBILE Ghana has partnered telecommunications giant MTN to launch its latest smartphone dubbed, ‘Camon...
View ArticleFG Sets Up Committee To Reconcile, Clear Pension Arrears
Bbbb mes Emejo in Abuja The Minister of Budget and Planning , Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, thursday said the federal government would constitute a special committee to reconcile conflicting figures on...
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