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August 23, 2019 No Responses

SIFAX Group Sponsors Next Titan For The 6th Year

SIFAX Group, the longest-running sponsor of The Next Titan, Nigeria’s foremost entrepreneurial reality TV show, has renewed its annual sponsorship for the 6th edition of the show. SIFAX Group has been a sponsor of the TV show since its inception....

August 23, 2019 No Responses

SEC Nigeria Photo News

L-R: President, Fintech Association of Nigeria, Dr Segun Aina, Acting Director General Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Ms. Mary Uduk and Executive Director Access Bank and chairman Fintech Roadmap Committee, Mr. Ade Bajomo at the Second Qu...

August 22, 2019 No Responses

Timipre Sylva Assumes Duty As Minister of State For Petroleum

The newly appointed Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has assumed duties with a pledge to reposition and chart a way forward for the Nigerian petroleum sector. A press release Wednesday by the NNPC Group General Manager,...

August 22, 2019 No Responses

Makinde Pledges To Transform Agriculture

Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, has pledged the commitment of his administration to give agriculture the necessary ‘political will’ to play its role and transform the economic fortunes of the state. Speaking at a retreat in Cotonou, Republic of...

August 22, 2019 No Responses

Nigerian Shippers’ Council Hosts Sub-Regional Summit

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) under the auspices of the Union of African Shippers’ Council (UASC) will be hosting a Sub-Regional Summit on ‘’ High Shipping Surcharges and Charges’’, Sub-Regional Workshop on Status of Convention on Facilitati...

August 22, 2019 No Responses

Think Beyond The Present Empowers Youths With Vocational Skills

Poised by a need to give back to the society, a non-governmental organisation, Think Beyond The Present, recently embarked on series of empowerment programmes for Nigerian Youths. The NGO said the decision for the programme was informed by the need ...

August 21, 2019 No Responses

NCC Gets 271, 112 Complaints In Four Years

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it recorded 271,112 complaints from January 2015 till July 2019 from which 95 per cent has been successfully resolved. The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Commission, Umar Danbatta, revealed this on Tuesda...

August 21, 2019 No Responses

INEC Begins Distribution Of 219,935 Uncollected PVCs In Bayelsa, Kogi September

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will begin the distribution of 219,935 uncollected Personal Voter Cards (PVCs) in Bayelsaand Kogi on September 2 preparatory to governorship elections in the states The commission announced this in a...

August 21, 2019 No Responses

Embassy Seeks Trial Of Ekweremadu’s Attackers

The Nigerian Embassy in Germany has called on German authorities to unmask the identity of and try the August 17 attackers of Sen. Ike Eweremadu in Nuremberg, Germany. In a statement in Berlin, the embassy also demanded that the attackers...

August 20, 2019 No Responses

Zenith Bank Explains N9.4b Interim Dividend

For the six-months ended June 30, 2019, the board of Zenith Bank Plc has approved N9.4billion interim dividend for shareholders, amounting to 30kobo per share. Zenith Bank Plc explained on Monday that shareholders on the register of the bank as...

August 20, 2019 No Responses

“Tough Time Awaits Pipeline Vandals”

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have pledged to work together to run pipeline vandals and oil thieves out of business in the country. A press release Monday by the Corporation’s...

August 20, 2019 No Responses

NSE Lists Greenwich Trust ETF

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has listed Greenwich Alpha ETF on its Daily Official List. The Greenwich Alpha ETF units were listed at N100 each following an Initial Public Offer (IPO) on Monday, August 19, 2019. Greenwich Alpha is an...

August 19, 2019 No Responses

NNPC Picks BP Oil, Sahara, MRS, Duke, Others To Lift Crude

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced winners of its 2019/2020 Direct Sale of Crude Oil and Direct Purchase of Petroleum Products (DSDP) arrangement. In a statement in Abuja on Sunday, the Corporation’s Group General Manager,...

August 18, 2019 No Responses

FAAN To Close Enugu Airport Runway

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has notified airlines and passengers that the runway at Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu will be closed on August 24 for major repairs. FAAN’s General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Henrietta Yakubu, made...