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October 5, 2019 No Responses

Commonwealth Ministers Target $2tri Trade By 2030

Trade ministers and senior officials from 53 Commonwealth countries will gather in London on October 10, 2019 to explore modalities on how to achieve $2trillion trade by 2030. The Minister are also expected to put strategies in place for deepening...

October 4, 2019 No Responses

Fidelity Bank Unveils GAIM Season 4

Fidelity Bank Plc on Thursday announced the introduction of a new savings campaign in Lagos, as part of concerted efforts to promote the culture of savings amongst Nigerians. The Savings campaign which will ride primarily on digital technologies is one...

October 3, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria To Build Cash-Less Toll Plazas On Highways

The Nigerian Government on Wednesday disclosed plans to reintroduce toll plazas on its roads across the country. According to Works and Housing Minister Babatunde Fashola, cash transactions will be minimised at the toll plazas, which will be built on at....

October 3, 2019 No Responses

Buhari Arrives South Africa For Three-Day Visit

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday arrived at Waterloof Air Force Base, Pretoria, to begin a three-day official visit to South Africa. The President left the Presidential Villa, Abuja at about 1:30 p.m. for Pretoria via the Presidential wing of the...

October 3, 2019 No Responses

Senate To Security Agencies: Arrest, Prosecute Foreigners Engaged In Illegal Mining

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, has called on security agencies to arrest and prosecute foreigners and anyone engaged in the illegal mining of the country’s mineral resources. Lawan made the call on Wednesday in his remarks after...

October 3, 2019 No Responses

NPA Photo News

The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman (Middle), Commissioning the NPA Club House. To the left of the MD is the Executive Director, Engineering & Technical Services, Prof. Idris Abubakar, the Chairman of NIPOSA, General Ma...

October 2, 2019 No Responses

NPA Replies Bua, Alleges Blackmail

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has accused the management of Bua Ports and Terminal Limited of alleged blackmail.Reacting to newspaper advertisement published by Bua Ports in some National Newspaper on Monday, NPA alleged that it was designed to among othe...

October 2, 2019 No Responses

Bajaj Records 31 Per Cent Sales Drop In September

Bajaj Auto on Tuesday reported a decline of 31 per cent in its domestic sales to 2,15,501 units in September 2019.The sales stood at 3,11,503 units in September 2018, the company said in a statement.Motorcycle and commercial vehicle sales witnessed...

October 2, 2019 No Responses

Dickson, Others For GOCOP Annual Conference

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State will be the Chief Guest of Honour at the 3rd annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) holding at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos State on October 4, 2019.A statement on Tuesday...

October 2, 2019 No Responses

Buhari Faults Third Term Campaign

The Presidency wishes to correct internet-based gossip and un-informed media commentary regarding presidential term limits, given credence by so-called support groups, staging street demonstrations asking President Muhammadu Buhari to do a third term.There are...

October 2, 2019 No Responses

Growing New Zealand’s Capital Markets

By Hamish Macdonald The industry-led review named Capital Markets 2029, initiated by NZX and the Financial Markets Authority (FMA), was designed to deliver a 10-year vision and growth agenda for New Zealand’s capital markets.Foreign capital is important, wit...

October 1, 2019 No Responses

NSE Celebrates Akintola Williams At 100

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday organized a symbolic Closing Gong ceremony in celebration of the centenary birthday of one of its leaders, Pa. Akintola Williams.Pa. Akintola Williams, is the only surviving signatory to the original Memorandum and A...

October 1, 2019 No Responses

NSE Records Eight Per Cent Drop In Revenue

Citing uncertainties, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday reported eight per cent decline in revenue for the financial year ended December 31, 2018.The Chief Executive Officer of the NSE, Mr Oscar Onyema, made the disclosure on Monday at the...

October 1, 2019 No Responses

Photo News

L-R: Executive Director, Operations and Information, Fidelity Bank Plc, Gbolahan Joshua; Chief Executive Officer, Verve International, Mike Ogbalu III; Chief Operations Officer, Interswitch, Oremeyi Akah; Group Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, Inter...