CBN Approves Three New Payment Service Banks

CBN Approves Three New Payment Service Banks

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Wednesday granted approvals-in-principle (AIP) to three new Payment Service Banks (PSBs) in the country. The CBN spokesperson, Isaac Okorafor, said the new institutions, issued approvals in principle to operate as Payment Service Banks, are...
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Nigeria Imposes Additional Charges On Bank Accounts

Nigeria Imposes Additional Charges On Bank Accounts

With effect from Wednesday, September 18, 2019, cash deposits and withdrawals from individual bank accounts are to attract addition charges, the Central Bank of Nigeria said on Tuesday.  In a circular to all deposit money bank (DMBs), the Director, Paymen...
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Strike Looms In Nigeria Over Minimum Wage

Strike Looms In Nigeria Over Minimum Wage

Organised Labour under the auspices of the Trade Union Side (TUS) of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) on Tuesday threatened to embark on strike nationwide over the non- implementation of the minimum wage.  The union explained...
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EcobankPay Platform Records N2b  Transactions

EcobankPay Platform Records N2b Transactions

Ecobank Nigeria says over 100,000 merchants have been onboarded on the EcobankPay platform with transaction value reaching N2billion.  According to the Bank, the platform offers customers a multi-channel payment experience that includes Mobile QR Payment ...
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At TAAM Conference, Experts Chart Course For Maritime Sector’s Growth

At TAAM Conference, Experts Chart Course For Maritime Sector’s Growth

To achieve a greater level of growth in the country’s maritime sector, there is a need to devise a strategic framework that guarantees innovations and sustainable solutions that could address the problems in the industry. This was the submission of...
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Buhari Receives South African President’s Special Envoy

Buhari Receives South African President’s Special Envoy

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with the South African President’s Special Envoy, Jeff Radebe, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria reports the Special Envoy, who was accompanied by South African High Comm...
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UBA, LCCI Seal Partnership On 2019 Lagos International Trade Fair

UBA, LCCI Seal Partnership On 2019 Lagos International Trade Fair

This year, UBA is partnering with the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry to host the Lagos International Trade Fair, one of Africa’s largest trade exhibitions.The Fair, which will hold at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) Lagos between November 1st...
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NSE Celebrates Akintola Williams At 100

NSE Celebrates Akintola Williams At 100

The Council and Management of Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE), on Monday, September 16, 2019 will celebrate one of its founding fathers, Chief Akintola Williams with a symbolic Closing Gong Ceremony. Born August 9, 1919 (age 100), Chief Akintola Williams was...
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Dana Air Photo News

Dana Air Photo News

L-R: Chiogo Okani, Dana Air cabin crew, Obi Mbanuzuo, Chief Operating Officer, Kingsley Ezenwa Communications Manager, Aniete Ibok, and Emem Ettete, Head of Ground Operations, at the reception of Dana Air’s recently acquired Boeing 737 aircraft in Lagos
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Maritime Security: IMO, International Oil Players, Pledge Support For NIMASA

Maritime Security: IMO, International Oil Players, Pledge Support For NIMASA

The initiatives of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) aimed at ensuring security in the Gulf of Guinea have received a major boost from the international business community. Key players in the global oil and gas as well...
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Fidelity Bank Donates Laboratory To Correctional Home

Fidelity Bank Donates Laboratory To Correctional Home

Fidelity Bank Plc has handed over a well-equipped, state-of-the-art Kitchen/Catering Laboratory for the use of students at the Girls Correctional Home, Idi-Araba, Lagos.  The project, according to the bank, is a clear demonstration of its unwavering suppo...
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Kukah To Speak On Security, Economy At GOCOP Annual Conference

Kukah To Speak On Security, Economy At GOCOP Annual Conference

The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has announced Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Most Rev Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, as the keynote speaker at its third annual conference holding on Friday, October 4, 2019 at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos State....
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Photo News

Photo News

L-R – Patrick Mgbenwelu, Non-Executive Director, FBNQuest Trustees; Adekunle Awojobi, MD, FBNQuest Trustees; Dr. Oba Otudeko, Group Chairman, FBN Holdings Plc., Dr. Omobola Johnson, Senior Partner, TLcom Capital LLP; Kayode Akinkugbe, MD/CEO, FBNQuest Mercha...
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Buhari Mourns Chukuka Okonjo

Buhari Mourns Chukuka Okonjo

President Muhammadu Buhari condoles with the family of former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, over the passing to glory of the patriarch of the family, Obi Chukuka Okonjo, 91, who was a professor of mathematics, university administrator, internati...
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