Adesanmi, 156 others die in Ethiopian Airlines crash

Adesanmi, 156 others die in Ethiopian Airlines crash

Prominent Nigerian professor, Pius Adesanmi, and former United Nations and African Union Deputy Joint Special Representative in Darfur, Sudan, Ambassador Abiodun Bashua of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were among the 157 persons on board an Ethiopian Airlines plane which...
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Heritage Bank Photo News

Heritage Bank Photo News

L-R: Afolasade Alonge, Divisional Head, Corporate & Specialised Banking, Heritage Bank Plc; Osepiribo Ben-Willie, Head, South South & South East Directorate; Jude Monye, Executive Director and Oluwatomi Ojo, Company Secretary/Legal Adviser, during the ...
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TMG Blames Low Turnout Of Voters On ‘Militarisation’

TMG Blames Low Turnout Of Voters On ‘Militarisation’

The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) has blamed low turn of electorate during Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly polls across the country on “militarisation and over policing” of voting process. The National Chairperson of the group, Dr Abiol...
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Hyundai Acquires Daewoo Shipbuilding Firm

Hyundai Acquires Daewoo Shipbuilding Firm

South Korea’s shipbuilding group Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has signed a formal deal to proceed with the acquisition of its smaller rival Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME).  The deal was inked with Korean state lender Korea Development...
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Braithwaite, Emezi, Diana Make 2019 Women’s Prize For Literature List

Braithwaite, Emezi, Diana Make 2019 Women’s Prize For Literature List

Three Nigerian female authors, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Akwaeke Emezi and Diana Evans have been nominated for the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction. The Women’s Prize for Fiction, previously known as the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Baileys Women’s Prize Fo...
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Aisha Buhari To APC: Consider Card-Carrying Members For Appointments

Aisha Buhari To APC: Consider Card-Carrying Members For Appointments

Wife of the President, Dr. Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has advised the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) to consider only card-carrying members for political appointments. She made the call at a dinner to celebrate the victory of the...
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Seplat Declares $746m Revenue, Recommends $0.05 Dividend For 2018

Seplat Declares $746m Revenue, Recommends $0.05 Dividend For 2018

citybusinessnews@yahoo.com – For the year 2018, a leading Nigerian indigenous oil and gas company, Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc has declared $746million revenue and operating profit of $310million  Listed on both the Nigerian Stock Excha...
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MTN Nigeria To list Shares Before June, Explains $1b Divestment Agenda

MTN Nigeria To list Shares Before June, Explains $1b Divestment Agenda

MTN Group has concluded plans to list shares on the floor of Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) before the end of June, 2019.  In a statement on Thursday, the Group explained that  the year 2018 recorded revenue of  37.971billion South African...
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Nigeria Intensifies Rice Production Through Anchor Borrowers’ Scheme

Nigeria Intensifies Rice Production Through Anchor Borrowers’ Scheme

No doubt, the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) of the Nigerian Government has taken off successfully.  The scheme was introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and launched by President Muhammadu Buhari on November  17, 2015 in Birnin Kebbi, Ke...
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Nigeria Projects Microfinance Banks For 774 Councils

Nigeria Projects Microfinance Banks For 774 Councils

Nigeria is to establish Microfinance Bank (MfBs)  in all the 774 local government areas of the country. Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, disclosed the development on Wednesday in Abuja while on a facility tour...
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Capital Market Liquidity: Nigeria Seeks National Savings Committee

Capital Market Liquidity: Nigeria Seeks National Savings Committee

The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed has said that the Federal Government is willing to set up a National Savings Committee that will make recommendations to the government on the best ways to mobilise savings that would lead to...
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NAJA To Hold Capacity Building Workshop

NAJA To Hold Capacity Building Workshop

Nigerian Auto Journalists Association (NAJA) is to hold 2019 Capacity Building workshop before the second quarter of this year.  The annual training workshop which is designed to boost human capacity for journalists reporting the automotive sector in the ...
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Lee Engineering Seals Fabrication Deal With VDL KTI Of Belgium

Lee Engineering Seals Fabrication Deal With VDL KTI Of Belgium

Lee Engineering, on Monday, signed a major partnership deal with  VDL KTI of Belgium for oil and gas equipment fabrication. The Belgian company is a global leader in the fabrication and manufacturing of oil and gas equipment. The deal according...
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Firm Invites Bids For Design Of New LNG Bunkering Vessels

Firm Invites Bids For Design Of New LNG Bunkering Vessels

Greece-based company probunkers is taking one more step towards the implementation of its LNG bunkering project by inviting stakeholders’ proposals for the design of the company’s LNG bunkering vessels (LNGBVs). As part of its new project, probunkers&nbs...
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