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March 5, 2020 No Responses

Senate Approves FG’s $22.7b Loan Request

The Senate on Thursday, approved 22.7 billion dollars as external borrowing plan for Nigeria out of the 22.8 billion requested by President Muhammadu Buhari.This followed the adoption of the report of the Committee on Local and Foreign Debts on the...

March 5, 2020 No Responses

I’m Tired Of My Wife’s Lifestyle, Man Tells Court

An Ibadan-based businessman, Samuel Ademokoya, on Thursday urged a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve his 12-year-old marriage to his estranged wife, Victoria, because he was tired of her lifestyle.In his petition before Chief Ademola Odunade, the Pres...

March 5, 2020 No Responses

Kogi Secures National Assembly Approval For $100m Loan

The Kogi State government secured the approval of the National Assembly to obtain a foreign loan of $100 million (N36 billion).The state Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, confirmed this to Journalists in Lokoja on Thursday.Àcc...

March 5, 2020 No Responses

Four Corps Members Get Merit Award

Four members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Thursday received the Niger state government merit awards for outstanding performance in their places of primary assignments.News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the four other corps members were ...

March 5, 2020 No Responses

NPA To Coastal Communities: Stop Dumping Waste In Waterways

The Calabar Port Manager, Mrs Marie Asien, on Thursday called on communities along coastlines in the state to stop dumping waste into the waterways.Asien, who spoke at a sensitisation campaign on waste management and prevention of marine litters in Calabar,...

March 4, 2020 No Responses

Reps Approve N346.3b NDDC 2019 Budget

The House of Representatives has passed the 2019 Appropriation bill of N346.388 billion for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), for its 2019 operations.This was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a report on the bill by the NDDC Chairman,...

March 4, 2020 No Responses

Coronavirus: Lufthansa Cuts Capacity By 150 Planes

German airline Lufthansa, on Wednesday said it would be cutting its capacity by the equivalent of 150 passenger planes in the face of plummeting demand due to the coronavirus epidemic.Lufthansa’s Frankfurt Head Office said it would make the cuts to...

March 4, 2020 No Responses

South-West Development Commission Bill Scales Second Reading In Senate

A bill seeking to establish the South-West Development Commission on Wednesday scaled second reading in the Senate.The bill, which was sponsored by Senator Ibikunle Amosun (APC – Ogun Central), “is an attempt to address the dwindling fortunes of the South....

March 4, 2020 No Responses

Lawan: Agriculture, A Viable Means For Job Creation

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said agriculture remains a viable means for employment creation in Nigeria.According to him, substantial investment in the sector by the Federal Government would guarantee food security for the country.Lawan stated thi...

March 4, 2020 No Responses

Again, Zenith Bank Emerges Most Valuable Banking Brand In Nigeria

Foremost financial institution, Zenith Bank Plc has again emerged as the Most Valuable Banking Brand in Nigeria in the new Banker Magazine Top 500 Banking Brands 2020.For the third consecutive year, Zenith Bank has been ranked as the number one...

March 4, 2020 No Responses

SEC Nigeria Photo News

Left to Right: Chief Executive Officer Afex Commodities Exchange Limited Mr. Ayodeji Balogun, Acting DG Securities and Exchange Commission Ms. Mary Uduk, Chief Executive Officer Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange Mr. Les Male, Acting Executive Commissioner ...

March 3, 2020 No Responses

NSE Members Assent To Demutualisation Resolutions

Members of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) have passed requisite resolutions for the demutualisation of The Exchange .At a Court Ordered Meeting (COM) and an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) held on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at The Grand Banquet Hall,...

March 3, 2020 No Responses

First Bank Photo News

Rumen Radev, President of Bulgaria and Adesola Adeduntan, Chief Executive Officer, First Bank of Nigeria Limited during a courtesy visit by Dr. Adeduntan to the Bulgarian President at Sofia, Bulgaria.

March 3, 2020 No Responses

DPR Seals Seven Cooking Gas Plants

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Tuesday intensified efforts to curtail incidence of gas explosion in Lagos State with the closure of seven Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plants.The oil and gas industry regulator said the affected LPG (cooking gas...