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August 27, 2019 No Responses

CBN To Nigerians: Beware Of Fraudulent Loan Offers

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned Nigerians to beware of Fraudulent loans being offered to the unsuspecting public by fraudsters on social media. In a statement, on Monday, the apex bank said such loans are fake and not...

August 27, 2019 No Responses

SEC To Engage Stakeholders On Master Plan Implementation

The Securities and Exchange Commission,(SEC )is to engage relevant stakeholders on the implementation of some initiatives of its 10 year Capital Market Master Plan Specifically, the engagements would be on E-Dividend registration and Multiple Accounts re...

August 27, 2019 No Responses

Tony Elumelu In Japan, To Address Conference On African Development

Tony O. Elumelu, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation and the Chairman of the United Bank for Africa (UBA), will speak at the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), taking place in Yokohama, Japan from August 28– 30,...

August 27, 2019 No Responses

NYSC Arrests Ten Fake Corps Members

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says it has uncovered ten persons who attempted to enrol with fake certificates during registration in some of its orientation camps. NYSC spokesperson, Adenike Adeyemi, said in a statement, three of the culprits who...

August 27, 2019 No Responses

With Love From Yokohama, By Femi Adesina

Love in Tokyo is the title of a 1966 film that became a hit at the box office. Since then, when men and women, boys and girls show affection to one another publicly, you often hear “love in Tokyo.” But...

August 26, 2019 No Responses

NNPC Records 77 Per Cent Increase In Pipeline Vandalism

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has recorded 77 per cent rise in cases of oil pipeline vandalism in its network of pipeline infrastructure across the country in June 2019. The corporation’s Monthly Financial and Operations Report (MFOR) fo...

August 26, 2019 No Responses

Regional Integration Tops Agenda As Nigeria Host Global Maritime Security Conference

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — The 2019 Global Maritime Security Conference (GMSC) is to hold October 7th—9th, at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, Nigeria. Put together by Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety ...

August 25, 2019 No Responses

APC: We Have No Budget For Thugs

National headquarters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday dissociated itself from the N13 million allegedly given to the suspected kidnap kingpin, Alhaji Hamisu Balla, a.k.a Wadume for the Presidential election. In his confessional statement, Wa...

August 23, 2019 No Responses

ExxonMobil Attributes Business Success To NNPC’s Transparent Leadership

A major player in the oil and gas industry, Exxon Mobil, has attributed its landmark achievements in the Nigerian oil and gas sector to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), noting that the result-oriented leadership provided by the corporation h...

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...