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September 23, 2022 No Responses

FirstBank Partners Verve International, Rewards Customers In New Promo

First Bank of Nigeria in partnership with Verve International, has inaugurated the third National Consumer promo designed to reward users of FirstBank verve cards with gifts and cash prizes. Mr Chuma Ezirim, Group Executive, e-Business and Retail Products, FirstBank, said...

September 23, 2022 No Responses

Stock Market Drops Further by N124b

The stock market closed on Thursday on a negative note as market capitalisation decreased by N124 billion or 0.47 per cent to close at N26.533 trillion from N26.657 trillion on Wednesday. The All-Share Index (ASI) also dropped by 231.57 points...

September 22, 2022 No Responses

Kwara Disburses N600m Grants To 30,000 Traders

The Kwara Government on Wednesday commenced the disbursement of N600 million grant to empower 30,000 women and petty traders across the 16 local government areas of the state. The Acting General Manager, Kwara State Social Investment Programme (KWASSIP), Mr Ab...

September 22, 2022 No Responses

Stock Market Loses N13b In Bearish Trading

Trading on the nation’s bourse again ended negative on Wednesday as market capitalisation lost N13 billion or 0.05 per cent to close at N26.657 trillion against N26.670 trillion on Tuesday. Also, the All-Share Index lost 23.40 points or 0.05 per...

September 21, 2022 No Responses

Oyo Approves N12.5b For Ibadan-Odo Oba Road Construction

The Oyo State Government on Tuesday approved N12.5 billion for the construction of the Ibadan-Odo Oba road. The 35.6 kilometers road starts from Iwo Road interchange through Olodo to Lalupon and terminates at Odo Oba, the Oyo State boundary with Osun.&n...

September 21, 2022 No Responses

NCC Deploys 84 IT Projects To Support Persons With Disabilities,

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has deployed 84 assistive Information Technology projects at different locations in Nigeria to support people with special needs while supporting policies that enable disadvantaged members of the society to liv...

September 21, 2022 No Responses

Access Bank Rewards Customers With Cash Prizes In AccessMore Mega Reward

Access Bank Plc, has rewarded its customers with millions of naira, smartphones and other prizes in the first phase of the AccessMore Mega Reward Scheme. Head, Marketing and Communications, Access Bank, Mrs Chioma Afe, explained in a statement on T...

September 21, 2022 No Responses

2023: INEC Publishes Final List Of Candidates

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the final list of candidates for 2023 national elections. The general elections will be conducted for Presidential, National and State constituencies as well as the governorship, but the ...

September 20, 2022 No Responses

Fitch Upgrades FBN Holdings To ‘B’, Outlook stable

September 20, 2022 No Responses

NPA To Receive 30 Ships Laden With Frozen Fish, General Cargo, Others At Lagos Ports

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), on Monday, disclosed that 30 ships conveying assorted goods were expected at Lagos ports from Sept. 19 to Sept. 28., 2022. NPA listed the items expected at the ports as bulk sugar, bulk urea, butane gas...

September 19, 2022 No Responses

SEC, UBA, BoI, Others Elaborate On Non-Oil Export Opportunities

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reiterated its commitment to developing the commodities ecosystem in Nigeria to boost its non-oil sector. The Director-General of SEC, Lamido Yuguda, stated this at the 2022 annual conference of the Financ...

September 19, 2022 No Responses

Taiwo Afolabi Mourns Twin Brother

Dr. TaiwoAfolabi, Chairman, SIFAX Group, has described the death of his twin brother, Kehinde Afolabi, as a devastating and great loss. Mr. Kehinde Afolabi, Managing Director/CEO, Ken Dallas Hotel, died on Saturday in Lagos. According to the SIFAX Group bos...

September 19, 2022 No Responses

UBA DMD: Creative Industry Can Boost Nigeria’s Export Earnings

Mr Muyiwa Akinyemi, the Deputy Managing Director, United Bank for Africa Plc, has advised the Federal Government to take advantage of the opportunities in the creative industry for sustainable export earnings. Akinyemi gave the advice at the annual confe...

September 18, 2022 No Responses

Shippers’ Council, CBN, UBA, Fidelity Bank, Others Harp On Trade Facilitation

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — Trade facilitation took the centre stage, in Lagos, on Saturday as key stakeholders brainstorm on challenges, existing modalities and gains recorded so far. Speaking at the event, which forms part ...