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October 15, 2019 No Responses

Firm Tackles CBN Over $285m Supreme Court Judgment

A communications firm, Interstella Communications Limited has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to obey a Supreme Court order by paying them $285 million judgment sum for alleged breach of contract. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...

October 15, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria Presents `Certificate Of Discharge’ To Transcorp

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, presented Certificate of Discharge to Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (Transcorp). A certificate of discharge is a written statement of satisfaction that a party has discharged its o...

October 15, 2019 No Responses

Court Freezes 45 Bank Accounts

A Federal High Court on Monday in Abuja ordered the temporary freezing of 45 bank accounts belonging to three companies allegedly involved in smuggling of rice into Nigeria. The companies whose accounts were domiciled with ten commercial banks in Nigeria...

October 14, 2019 No Responses

ExxonMobil, Firm Seal $406m LNG Deal

October 14, 2019 No Responses

SEC Nigeria Restates Commitment To Sustainable Financing

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) remains a strong advocate for the promotion of infrastructural development through sustainable financing, Acting Director General,, Ms. Mary Uduk has said Speaking at the formal launch of the Financial Center ...

October 13, 2019 No Responses

Jude Idada Wins $100,000 NLNG Literature Prize

The Advisory Board for The Nigeria Prize for Literature, sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited, on Saturday announced Boom Boom, authored by Jude Idada as the winner of the $100,000 prize for the 2019 cycle on Children’s Literature. The book edged...

October 13, 2019 No Responses

Kaduna Proposes N245.4b Budget For 2020

The Kaduna State Government, on Saturday, at a town hall meeting, said it had prepared a budget of N245.4 billion for the 2020 fiscal year. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the town hall meeting was held at Gen....

October 12, 2019 No Responses

NNPC, NLNG Sign $2.5b Gas Supply Contract

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Friday signed a $2.5 billion pre-payment agreement with the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) for upstream gas development projects to supply gas to Trains 1 to 6 of the plant. Speaking at the...

October 12, 2019 No Responses

First Bank Boss At Edinburgh Conference, Reiterates Commitment to Financial Inclusion In Nigeria

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com — As part of the Bank’s financial inclusion and global thought leadership drive, the Chief Executive Officer, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan participated in the 2019 Global Leaders Interactive pa...

October 12, 2019 No Responses

Fidelity Bank Canvasses Better Data Sharing In Retail Growth

The Executive Director, Operations and Information, Fidelity Bank Plc, Gbolahan Joshua has advised data validation agencies and organisations to adopt appropriate policies that provide financial institutions with the required flexibility to utilise available c...

October 12, 2019 No Responses

Photo News

SIFAX Group staff led by Mr. Abayomi Obadare, General Manager, Billing and shipping agents at the 2019 International Customer Service Week celebration which was organized by Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited.

October 10, 2019 No Responses

NPA: Concerned Pensioners Not Known To Any Nigerian Law

The management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Wednesday rejected what it described as “blackmail of a section of its former workers who have assembled under the name; Nigerian Ports Authority Concerned Pensioners (NPACP), a group that is not known...

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...

October 8, 2019 No Responses

Lawan Harps On Collaboration In Governance

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said a partnership between State Governors and the National Assembly would redefine good governance in the interest of Nigerians. Lawan stated this when members of the Progressive Governor’s Forum comprisin...