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September 1, 2022 No Responses

Sambo: Regional Maritime Bank Takes Off In 90 Days

Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, has expressed optimism that within 90 days, the ministry will secure accommodation to enable the take-off of the Regional Maritime Development Bank(RMDB). Sambo said this in a statement issued by the ministry’s Director of Media...

September 1, 2022 No Responses

NIMASA Donates Medical Equipment To FCT Hospital

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) on Wednesday donated medical equipment to Asokoro District Hospital in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Presenting the items, the Director-General of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh, represente...

September 1, 2022 No Responses

Fidelity Bank Explains N21.6b Profit, 10k Interim Dividend In H1

Fidelity Bank Plc has released its H1 2022 results recording 21.6% growth in profit to N21.6bn as well as growth in most key ratios. According to the report released on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) on Tuesday, 30 August 2022, the...

August 31, 2022 No Responses

Oil Slides More Than $7 On Inflation, Iraq Exports

Oil prices fell more than $7 a barrel on Tuesday, the steepest decline in about a month, on fears that an inflation-induced weakening of global economies would soften fuel demand and as unrest in Iraq has failed to put a dent...

August 31, 2022 No Responses

NPA Receives 19 Ships Laden With Frozen Fish, Wheat, Others At Lagos Ports

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Tuesday, said 19 ships were expected to arrive at Lagos ports from August 30 to September 9, 2022. According to NPA, four of the ships were carrying frozen fish, while the remaining 15 ships were...

August 31, 2022 No Responses

Geely Secures $400m To Accelerate Green Transformation

Geely Automobile Holdings has become the first Chinese automaker to secure an overseas sustainable club loan. Information obtained by City Business News on Tuesday explained that the three-year $400 million facility will be used to support Geely Au...

August 31, 2022 No Responses

Buhari Congratulates Bishop Kukah At 70

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, as he turns 70, on August 31. In a congratulatory message by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, on Tuesday in Buhari...

August 31, 2022 No Responses

Fidelity Bank Rewards GAIM Season 5 Promo Winners With N27m

Fidelity Bank Plc on Tuesday splashed N27 million on 13 customers in the final draw of its Get Alert In Millions (GAIM) Season 5 savings promo. The cash prizes were in the categories of N10 million grand prize, N5 million,...

August 31, 2022 No Responses

GOCOP Annual Conference Holds October 6 In Lagos

The 2022 conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) will hold in Lagos on Thursday, October 6 at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja. The theme for the conference is “2023 Elections: Managing the Process for Credible Outcome” and it will...

August 30, 2022 No Responses

Sky Capital Appoints MD, Non-EDs For Skye Bank Sierra Leone

Sky Capital & Financial Allied Limited, the financial services subsidiary of SIFAX Group, has appointed a new Managing Director and three non-executive directors for one of its subsidiaries Skye Bank, Sierra Leone. After the approval by the Bank of S...

August 30, 2022 No Responses

NLNG Awards 10 Overseas Post-Graduate Scholarships

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) on Monday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State awarded post-graduate scholarships to ten (10) Nigerians to pursue Masters’s degrees at universities in the United Kingdom. A statement issued by Acting Manager, Corporate Comm...

August 30, 2022 No Responses

LAMATA Deploys CNG Buses

As part of measures to reduce emissions into the atmosphere by public transport buses, the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) on Monday commenced the pilot phase of the use of buses powered by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) for passenger...

August 30, 2022 No Responses

FG Plans To Spend N19.76tri In 2023

The Federal Government is proposing to spend N19.76 trillion in 2023. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr Zainab Ahmed, made the declaration in Abuja on Monday when she said the 2023 budget had a proposed deficit of N11.3...

August 30, 2022 No Responses

FG Releases N6.25b For Establishment Of Cattle Ranches In Katsina

Katsina State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Mannir Yakubu has disclosed that the Federal Government has released N6.25 billion for the establishment of cattle ranches in local government areas affected by banditry in the state. Yakubu, also Commissioner for Ag...