FG pays N11b to you win awardees

FG pays N11b to you win awardees

The Federal Government has disbursed the total sum of N10, 995, 391, 260 billion to the beneficiaries of the third edition of the YouWiN! programme from 2015 to date, out of which N8, 396, 905,038 billion was disbursed by the...
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Edo to partner Sahara Energy on power, gas

Edo to partner Sahara Energy on power, gas

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has explained that the state was developing a new tripartite arrangement involving the oil companies, the state government and host communities to ensure that Corporate Social Responsibility programmes achieve the desire...
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NSE elevates Tinuade Awe as Executive Director for Regulation

NSE elevates Tinuade Awe as Executive Director for Regulation

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) announced on Monday the promotion of Ms Tinuade Awe to Executive Director, Regulation with effect from 1 January, 2018.    Already, her appointment has received regulatory approval. As Executive Director, Regulation in the N...
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CBN injects $210m into foriegn exchange market

CBN injects $210m into foriegn exchange market

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has injected another 210 million dollars into the inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market to meet customers’ requests in various segments.  Giving a breakdown of the intervention, the bank’s acting Director, Corporate Communic...
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Fayemi faults 10-year ban

Fayemi faults 10-year ban

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has challenged the 10-year ban slammed on him from holding political office by an Ekiti State Government White Paper. Fayemi, in a statement issued on his behalf by his Senior...
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Buhari meets Saraki, Dogara behind closed doors

Buhari meets Saraki, Dogara behind closed doors

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday met, behind closed doors, with the Senate President Bukola Saraki and the Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. This information is posted on twitter account of the Presidency N...
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Edo SUBEB partners Police to curb encroachment, theft

Edo SUBEB partners Police to curb encroachment, theft

The Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has concluded arrangement with the Edo State Command of the Nigeria Police, to curb vandalism, theft and encroachment on properties of schools under its jurisdiction across the state as the agency commences...
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Singapore seeks global maritime hub with $3.4b agenda

Singapore seeks global maritime hub with $3.4b agenda

Singapore has unveiled a new plan, the Sea Transport Industry Transformation Map (ITM), in an aim to grow the industry’s value-add by SGD 4.5 billion (USD 3.4 billion) by 2025. Specific initiatives have been laid out under the Sea Transport ITM,...
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Lagos bans cart pushers, wheelbarrow operators

Lagos bans cart pushers, wheelbarrow operators

The Lagos State Government on Saturday announced the ban on the operations of cart pushers and wheelbarrow operators, saying their activities are inimical to the environmental cleanliness of the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Mr Tunji Bello, mad...
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Mercedes-Benz Citan Debuts in Nigeria

Mercedes-Benz Citan Debuts in Nigeria

Mercedes-Benz Citan Tourer and Panel recently arrived in Nigeria courtesy Weststar Associates Limited.  The Citan, first addition to Mercedes-Benz Vans product portfolio for the Nigerian Market in the year 2018, “is an absolute all-rounder – powerful ...
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NSE trading index drops by 0.33 per cent

NSE trading index drops by 0.33 per cent

Activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange All-Share Index on Friday bowed to profit taking halting the six-day price rally with the All-Share Index dropping by 0.33 per cent. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the index lost 142.64...
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Audi reports 1.9m sales in 2017

Audi reports 1.9m sales in 2017

AUDI AG has increased its global sales for the eighth year in a row. Despite a turbulent first half of the year, the company achieved a new record-breaking figure: Around 1,878,100 deliveries represent an increase of 0.6 percent.   The...
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BPE: Comatose state of Nigerdock worrisome, negates essence of privatization

BPE: Comatose state of Nigerdock worrisome, negates essence of privatization

Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr. Alex A. Okoh has assured the Board and management of the Nigerdock Nigeria Plc that the Bureau is committed to the full realization of the potentials of the integrated engineering...
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7UP shareholders approve Affelka’s acquisition of 26.8 per cent stake

7UP shareholders approve Affelka’s acquisition of 26.8 per cent stake

Seven-Up Bottling Company Plc shareholders on Thursday approved the Scheme of Arrangement for the acquisition of 26.8 per cent shares by Affelka South Africa.  The shareholders gave the approval at the Court-Ordered meeting convened at the instance of the Fed...
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