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October 9, 2020 No Responses

Experts Laud Early Submission of 2021 budget Proposal

Financial experts on Thursday commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the early submission of the 2021 budget proposal and called for prompt passage. The experts also called for strict implementation, after its passage. They spoke in separate interviews with the News...

October 7, 2020 No Responses

Permanent Secretary Lauds Shippers Council’s Several Initiatives

The newly-appointed Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, Dr. Magdalene Ajani has commended the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) for its promotion of the establishment of Vehicle Transit Areas (VTA) amongst other initiatives aimed at trade facilitati...

October 5, 2020 No Responses

IMO Re-Elects Bala Usman Facilitation Committee Vice Chair

Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has, for the second time, been elected Vice-Chair of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Facilitation (FAL) Committee. A statement issued on Sunday by Assistant General M...

October 1, 2020 No Responses

Shell To Sack 9,000 Workers

Royal Dutch Shell has concluded plans to cut 7,000 to 9,000 jobs as it responds to challenges including the slump in oil demand amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The oil giant said the cuts would be implemented by 2022 and included...

October 1, 2020 No Responses

Photo News

L-R: Executive Commissioner Corporate Services Securities and Exchange Commission Mr Ibrahim Boyi, President, FINTECH Institute Dr Segun Aina, Director General, SEC Mr Lamido Yuguda and Executive Commissioner Operations, SEC Mr Dayo Obisan du...

September 29, 2020 No Responses

Cassava Farmers Want Soft Loans To Boost Garri Production

Some Cassava farmers in Dangara community, Kwali Area Council, FCT, have called on the Federal Government, to provide soft loans for farmers to enable them boost garri production in the area. Cassava is a tap root with long tuberous edible...

September 27, 2020 No Responses

Students Honour FRSC Sector Commander

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Sector Commander in Oyo State, Mrs Uche Chukwurah, has been honoured as an Icon of Societal and Human Safety by the National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS), for her outstanding performance. Presenting the...

September 23, 2020 No Responses

Commonwealth Postpones Heads of Government Meeting To 2021

The President of Rwanda,Paul Kagame and Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland on Wednesday announced the new date for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) which was to have been held in Kigali in June 2020 but was postponed bec...

September 20, 2020 No Responses

Ecobank MD: Innovations, Disruptions Will Continue To Define Future Of Banking In Nigeria

The Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan has reiterated that the future of Nigerian banking would continue to be shaped by innovations and technology disruptions, stressing that only financial institutions that are amenable to such transforma...

September 20, 2020 No Responses

Polaris Bank Appoints Opeke Executive Director

The Board of Directors of Polaris Bank Ltd and Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria has appointed Mr Segun Opeke as an Executive Director. The bank’s Company Secretary, Mr Babatunde Osibodu, announced the appointment in a statement. Osibodu ex...

September 18, 2020 No Responses

Sokoto Unveils ‘One-Stop Shop’ For Ease Of Doing Business

The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Ease of Doing Business (EODB), Dr Jumoke Oduwole, has advised Sokoto state government to enhance modalities for information dissemination regarding business potentialities across the state. Oduwole, made the...

September 17, 2020 No Responses

Labour Issues 14-Day Ultimatum To FG Over Electricity Tariff, Fuel Price Hikes

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has given the Federal Government a 14-day ultimatum to reverse the recent hike in electricity tariff and fuel price or face a “total shutdown of the country’s economy”. Mr Ayuba Wabba, NLC President, while addressing...

September 15, 2020 No Responses

WFE Issues Guidance On Fair, Orderly Markets As New Wave Looms

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has issued a Guidance Note, aimed at policy questions arising from any resurgence of market volatility. In particular, the WFE’s Guidance focuses on how exchanges create fair and orderly markets; and why, when...

September 15, 2020 No Responses

Arik Air Resumes Operation, Apologises To Customers

The management of Arik Air has announced the resumption of normal flight operations after Monday’s disruption by some workers unions. In a statement, the Communications Manager of Arik Air, Mr Adebanji Ola, explained that all Arik Air’s early morning...