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November 11, 2022 No Responses

Group Unveils Vote023 Campaign To Encourage Voting

A Venture Builder and Founder of Emergent Labs, Emeka Mba, supported by Angela Ochu-Baiye, a Social Entrepreneur and Chied Executive Officer of Inspired by Jela, has launched an initiative tagged ‘Vote023′, a non-partisan incentive-driven voice call campaign to drive Nigerians’ consciousness of civic...

November 11, 2022 No Responses

STOAN Chairman, Haastrup Mourns Kunle Folarin

The Chairman, Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN), Princess Vicky Haastrup has commiserated with the family of late Otunba Kunle Folarin who died in Lagos on Tuesday at the age of 82. Until his death, Otunba Folarin was the...

November 10, 2022 No Responses

Reps probe 115 MDAs Over Alleged N600b Extra-Budgetary Expenditures

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts (PAC) has commenced a probe of how 115 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of Government incurred over N600billion extra-budgetary expenditures on Salary and wages. The Chairman of the commi...

November 10, 2022 No Responses

Road Accidents Decline By 1.88 Per Cent In Q2

The number of road accidents in Q2 of 2022 reduced by 1.88 per cent when compared with Q1 of 2022, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has said. NBS in its Road Transport Data Q2 2022 Report released in Abuja...

November 10, 2022 No Responses

NPC Budgets N532.7b For 2023 Census

The National Population Commission (NPC) has budgeted N532.7billion for the conduct of the 2023 National Housing and Population Census in April 2023.Alhaji Nasir Kwarra, the Chairman, NPC, said this at the 2023 budget defence before the Senate Committee on Nat...

November 10, 2022 No Responses

Access Bank Budgets $1b To Boost SMEs In Africa

Access Bank Plc is investing a billion dollars to boost 10 million Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Africa over the next five years. Mr Seyi Kumapayi, the Executive Director in charge of African subsidiaries said this on the sidelines...

November 9, 2022 No Responses

Agusto Upgrades EDC Nigeria Money Market Fund Rating

Pan- African credit rating agency, Agusto & Co has upgraded the rating of EDC Nigeria Money Market Fund (‘EDC MMF’ or ‘the Fund’) to A(f). Funds rated ‘A(f)’ are deemed to have low to moderate exposure to downside risk, impairment...

November 9, 2022 No Responses

WMU Lauds NIMASA On Gender Inclusiveness, Capacity Development

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has been commended for its policies of gender equality which have manifested in both the number of women employed by the Agency as well as those sponsored for capacity development in country...

November 7, 2022 No Responses

Lagos Begins Impounding Of Unpainted Commercial Vehicles

The Lagos State Government has directed the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) to begin to arrest and impound unpainted commercial vehicles from Monday across the state. The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Bolaji Oreagba, said this in a stat...

November 6, 2022 No Responses

FIRS Boss: Dialogue Crucial In Strengthening Tax Administration

Tax dialogue is a tool for engendering tax compliance as well as means of strengthening tax systems, the Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami, has said. Nami said this at the 2022 Kaduna State Tax Dialogue, held...

November 6, 2022 No Responses

COVID-19: Akwa Ibom Disburses N31m Grant To 401 Beneficiaries

The Akwa Ibom Government on Saturday disbursed N31 million to 401 entrepreneurs in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), to support their businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the funds which wer...

November 6, 2022 No Responses

Adamawa Lawmaker Donates 10 Vehicles To Tinubu’s Campaign

A member of the House of Representative, Abdurazak Namdas (APC-Adamawa), on Saturday, donated 10 vehicles to the Bola Tinubu/Kashim Shetima presidential campaign team. Namdas who represents Jada/Ganye/Tongo/Mayo Belwa Federal Constituency is also the Sec...

November 5, 2022 No Responses

First Bank Reiterates Commitment To Funding Mining Sector

First Bank of Nigeria has reiterated its support to mining sector development and growth as part of efforts to diversify the nation’s economy. First Bank’s Group Head, Corporate Banking, Energy (Upstream and midstream), Temitayo Osundosumu, said this durin...

November 5, 2022 No Responses

Buhari Salutes Jim Ovia At 71

President Muhammadu Buhari has wished a Happy 71st birthday to Jim James Ovia, businessman and founder of Zenith Bank Plc. In a congratulatory message issued by his media aide, Mr Femi Adesina, on Friday, the president described Ovia as a symbol...