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October 7, 2021 No Responses

Buhari Presents N16.39tri 2022 Budget Proposal To Joint Session Of NASS

President Muhammadu Buhari has presented the 2022 Appropriation Bill for an aggregate expenditure of N16.39 trillion to the National Assembly. Addressing the joint session of the NASS on Thursday in Abuja, the president described the 2022 Appropriation as Budget of Economic...

September 15, 2021 No Responses

Dana Air Boss Reiterates Commitment To Nigeria’s Economic Growth

The Chief Executive Officer of Dana Air, Jacky Hathiramani has restated Dana Air’s commitment to Nigeria’s Economic growth. The Dana Air boss made this known at the 14th Annual Banking and Finance Conference of the Chartered Institute of Ba...

July 13, 2021 No Responses

Economist Lauds Danbatta On N150b Spectrum Fees In Five Months

An economist, Dr Matthew Otoide has commended the board, management and staff of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for exceeding its projected revenue from spectrum license fees for 2021 from N36 billion to N150bil...

July 2, 2021 No Responses

130 Countries Back Global Tax Overhaul

Officials from 130 countries have agreed to overhaul the global tax system to ensure big companies “pay a fair share” wherever they operate. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said on Thursday that negotiators had bac...

June 9, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria Seeks More Investment In Coconut Industry

November 20, 2020 No Responses

Unclaimed Dividend: ICSAN Urges Review Of Finance Bill

The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN) has called for review of Section 39 of the Finance Bill 2021 over its provision for take-over of unclaimed dividends of public listed companies. ICSAN President, Bode Ayeku made the.....

October 20, 2020 No Responses

Dana Air Partners Nigerian Economic Summit

Dana Air will be supporting the 26thNigerian Economic Summit (NES#26) scheduled to hold from the 26th to 27th of October 2020, at Transcorp Hilton Abuja and the Lagos Office of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group. Themed: ”Building Partnership...

September 2, 2020 No Responses

Australia Records First Recession In 30 Years

Australia’s economy has plunged into its first recession in nearly 30 years, as it suffers the economic fallout from the coronavirus. Gross domestic product (GDP) shrunk 7% in the April-to-June quarter compared to the previous three months. T...

September 1, 2020 No Responses

Heritage Bank To Stimulate Economic Growth With Youth Empowerment Schemes

As part of its further response to deal with the global economic challenge occasioned by COVID-19, Heritage Bank Plc has reiterated commitment to deepen its support to young entrepreneurs in Nigeria to grow their businesses either as start-ups or prospective.....

July 24, 2020 No Responses

Seplat, Bua Cement Top Losers’ Table As Market Capitalisation Drop By N45b

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday returned to the negative territory on with key market indices declining by 0.35 per cent. Specifically, the All-Share Index (ASI) dipped 85.04 points to close at 24,427.73 compared with 24,512.77 achieved on Thursday...

April 14, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: Seaports Seek Financial Support To Overcome Economic Woes

European ports have managed to remain open and maintain their activities during the coronavirus crisis ensuring the delivery of essential goods. However, they have not been spared from a huge economic impact amid the drop in cargo and passenger volumes...

February 3, 2020 No Responses

SEC Boss : Private Equity Firms Are Agents of Economic Growth

The Acting Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Ms Mary Uduk, has said that Private Equity (PE) firms are important agents of business and economic growth, as they bring capital to business. Uduk spoke at the Udo Udoma...

January 20, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Targets Economic Growth Through Maritime

Describing the maritime sector as economic anchor, the Federal Government is targeting placing Nigeria among the first 70 countries in the World Bank Ease of Doing Business index by 2023. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr....

October 8, 2019 No Responses

Buhari Tasks NESG On Economic Growth

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday challenged Nigerian economists to come up with innovative, productive and made-in-Nigeria ideas as part of measures to grow the economy. Speaking at the 25th editions of Nigerian Economic Summit (NES25) in Abuja...