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June 18, 2020 No Responses

Ecobank Supports Financial Inclusion Via Xpress Points

Ecobank Nigeria says its agency banking scheme, also known as Xpress Points, is building entrepreneurs and pushing financial inclusion to the large unbanked and under-banked population in Nigeria. In a statement, the lender explained that its Xpress Points enables eligible...

June 18, 2020 No Responses

African Association Of Cross Border Trade Seeks Collaboration With NSC

The African Association of Cross Border Trade has called for collaboration with the Nigerian Shippers’ Council in the area of trade facilitation amongst ECOWAS countries, expansion of and compilation of trade statistics on Cross Border Trade. ...

June 18, 2020 No Responses

New Honda City Debuts

Ahead of the official launch in July, 2020, Honda on Wednesday revealed the details of its upcoming fifth-generation City sedan. The midsize sedan competes with rivals like Maruti Suzuki CIaz, Hyundai Verna, Volkswagen Vento, Skoda Rapid...

June 18, 2020 No Responses

Nigerian Crowds Welcome Return Of English Football

The Manchester City-Arsenal game may have been played in an empty stadium in north-west England on Wednesday night because of the coronavirus pandemic but 6,500km (4,000 miles) away in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, there was little sign of any soc...

June 17, 2020 No Responses

Nestle, Cadbury, Flour Mills Top Gainers’ Table As Market Capitalisation Recovers N22billion

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) rebounded on Wednesday by 0.17 per cent amid renewed bargain hunting after two consecutive days of downward trend. Specifically, the All-Share Index increased by 42.01 points to close at 24,972.89 compared with 24,930.88 achie...

June 17, 2020 No Responses

‘Thunderous Lightning’ kills Three FRSC Officials In Ogun

Three officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) died mysteriously after a flash of thunder lightning occurred in their office at the early hours of Wednesday in Ilese area of Ijebu-Ode in Ogun State. The News Agency of Nigeria...

June 17, 2020 No Responses

NNPC’s Reserve To Hit 40b Barrels By 2023, Says Kyari

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Wednesday said its target is to grow the nation’s reserve to 40 billion barrels by the year 2023. Malam Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director, NNPC, disclosed this during the unveiling of 2D seismic...

June 17, 2020 No Responses

Shippers’ Council May Sanction Hanover Bonded Terminal Over Inadquate Services

Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), on Wednesday threatened to seal Hanover Bonded Termina over alleged poor services. NSC Deputy Director, Regulatory Services, Mrs Celine Ifeora, stated this while on tour of the bonded terminal to ascertain the type of operat...

June 17, 2020 No Responses

Jaguar Land Rover Records Surprise Sales Surge

Jaguar Land Rover said it’s seeing the beginnings of a demand rebound in China as the world’s second-largest economy opens up after months of inactivity following the coronavirus outbreak.While JLR lost 501 million pounds ($630 million) before tax in ...

June 17, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria To Unveil Single Window Project, Deploy Scanners At Seaports

As part of measures to curtail importation of fake and substandard products into the country in line with established protocols, plans are underway to operationalise the National Single Window project as well as deploy scanners at the nation’s seaports befor...

June 17, 2020 No Responses

Covid-19 Threatens 55 Million Domestic Jobs

Nearly three-quarters of domestic workers around the world – more than 55 million people – are at significant risk of losing their jobs and income due to lockdown and lack of effective social security coverage, a new estimates by the...

June 17, 2020 No Responses

Delta Seeks N8b Loan To Boost Agriculture

The Delta State Government has granted its approval for the state to access eight billion naira loan from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to develop agriculture in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, who made...

June 17, 2020 No Responses

Ondo Approves Recruitment Of 1000 Teachers, 432 Health Workers

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has approved the recruitment of 1000 teachers to fill vacant positions in the state’s primary education sector. The State Head of Service (HoS), Mr Dare Aragbaiye, disclosed this on Tuesday in Akure, during a...

June 17, 2020 No Responses

New Hyundai Creta Gets 30,000 Bookings

South Korean auto firm, Hyundai, on Tuesday disclosed that the new Creta has received not less than 30,000 bookings in the Indian Market . According to the auto firm, 55 percent of the total bookings are diesel powered Hyundai Creta.The new...