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January 7, 2019 No Responses

Air Peace Begins Direct Flights To Banjul

Air Peace will begin non-stop flights from Lagos to Banjul, The Gambia from Monday, January 7, 2019. In a statement issued on Sunday by Corporate Communications Manager, Chris Iwarah, the airline said it would no longer route its Lagos-Banjul flights...

January 7, 2019 No Responses

Jennifer Atiku: PDP ‘ll Ensure Uninterrupted Education Calendar

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will ensure an uninterrupted education calendar if elected in 2019, Mrs Jennifer Atiku, wife of the PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, has said. Speaking at the flag-off of the Edo Central S...

January 5, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria Injects $210m In First Forex Intervention In 2019

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday, January 4, 2019, made its first intervention in the inter-bank sector of the Foreign Exchange market for 2019 with a total sum of $210 million injected into the wholesale segment and other...

January 2, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria’s Oil Output Hits 2.09m Barrels

The Federal Republic of Nigeria has explained that the country’s crude oil daily production is up by 9 per cent to about 2.09 million barrels. According to Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Group Managing Director Dr. Maikanti Baru, ...

January 2, 2019 No Responses

Tony Elumelu Foundation Opens Applications for 5th Cycle of $100m Entrepreneurship Programme

The Tony Elumelu Foundation, the leading African-funded and founded philanthropy committed to empowering African entrepreneurs, is now accepting applications for the 2019 cohort of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. The Programme is a 10-year, $100...

January 2, 2019 No Responses

Photo News

Recipient of Baby of the Year award for 2019, at Nyanya General Hospital, Baby Dominion Ameh. Representative of Her Excellency, wife of the President, Dr. Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, Dr. Hajo Sani, cuddling Baby Dominion Ameh, flanked on the right ...

January 2, 2019 No Responses

Five Years of Spreading Luck – Everyone Needs a Little Help

In business the role luck plays in success and personal achievement is rarely discussed. If luck is mentioned, it is done with slight condescension, and usually dismissed as a product of hard work, not deserving significant attention. While hard work...

January 2, 2019 No Responses

WORLD DAY OF PEACE MESSAGE OF POPE FRANCIS

Good politics is at the service of peace 1. “Peace be to this house!” In sending his disciples forth on mission, Jesus told them: “Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house!’ And if a son of...

January 1, 2019 No Responses

Stock Markets Record Worst Year In Ten Years

Investors will be glad to see the back of 2018 after many global stock markets suffered their worst year in a decade. The FTSE 100’s traditional early New Year’s Eve close saw it end the year down 12% at 6,728.13...

January 1, 2019 No Responses

NSE Photo News

L-R: Nosirat Alade from GirlsCoding, Nwala Lady Joy from GirlsCoding, Bola Adeeko- Divisional Head, Shared Services, Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin Founder Pearls Africa, Mariam Matti from GirlsCoding, Odunayo Ajayi from GirlsCoding a...

December 31, 2018 No Responses

Photo News

L-R: Zonal Head, Zenith Bank Plc, Abiodun Oshode; Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; and Executive Director of the Bank, Dr Tope Fasoranti; during a courtesy visit by the bank’s management to the Governor in Ado-Ekiti

December 28, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria Lifts Forex Market With $210m

With the resumption of business after the Christmas and Boxing Day festivities, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday, December 27, 2018, intervened in the inter-bank sector of the Foreign Exchange market, injecting $210 million in the wholesale segmen...

December 28, 2018 No Responses

Jakande To Youths: Be Active In Politics

The first executive governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, has challenged Nigerian youths to be actively involved in politics in Nigeria. Jakande made this call to the youths on the occasion of the official visit of a group...

December 28, 2018 No Responses

NYK Secures Green Loan For Its 1st Methanol-Fueled Chemical Tanker

Japanese shipping giant NYK has secured a green loan to finance the construction of its first methanol-fueled chemical tanker set for delivery in 2019. The JPY 2 billion (USD 18.04 million) loan will be provided by Taiyo Life Insurance Company ...