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March 20, 2019 No Responses

NIMASA, Stakeholders Seal Service Level Agreement

The Federal Government has restated its commitment to prompt an effective service delivery, especially in its Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), saying it is an essential condition for economic development. President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on the Ease of Doing...

March 20, 2019 No Responses

SEC Nigeria Photo News

Left to Right: Prof. Olu Ajakaiye of Africa Centre for Shared Capacity Development Building, Acting Director General Securities and Exchange Commission, Ms Mary Uduk, Chairman House Committee on Capital Market, Hon. Tajudeen Yusuf and Johnson Chukwu of Cowry A...

March 19, 2019 No Responses

CBN Targets $10b Foreign Exchange From Palm Oil

As part of measures to consolidate revenue base, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has unveiled fresh agenda to position Nigeria as the world’s third largest palm oil producer. Under the agenda, Nigeria is expected to overtake Thailand and Columbia...

March 19, 2019 No Responses

Tony Elumelu Foundation To Announce Selected Entrepreneurs For 2019 Programme March 22

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) will announce the selected applicants for the 2019 cohort of the Foundation’s flagship Entrepreneurship Programme on March 22, 2019. The event, which marks the 5th round of the Foundation’s Entrepreneurship Programme, will...

March 18, 2019 No Responses

Ecobank Group Faults Forfeiture Claim on Airtel Shares

There is no forfeiture order of the Federal High Court of Nigeria in its proceedings that is directed against Ecobank Transnational Incorporate (ETI) or Ecobank Nigeria Limited, O&O Networks Limited, Special purpose vehicle owned by the Ecobank Group, expl...

March 18, 2019 No Responses

SEC Nigeria Holds Q1 2019 CMC Meeting

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that the First Capital Market Committee (CMC) meeting in 2019 has been scheduled to hold from Thursday March 21, to Friday March 22, 2019 at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos....

March 17, 2019 No Responses

Buhari Condemns Kaduna Violence

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the actors in the communal and persistent violence in Kaduna State to come to terms with the fact that mutual violence has no winners, but losers on both sides of the conflict. Reacting to the...

March 17, 2019 No Responses

Anchor Borrowers’ Programme As Bragging Right

Johnson Momodu: —- Amid intense electioneering, ahead of the just-concluded general election, the All Progressives Congress (APC)-controlled Federal Government legitimately marketed its achievements to persuade a mandate renewal. The Anchor Borrowers’ ...

March 16, 2019 No Responses

Access Bank Reports N95b Profit For 2018

For the financial year ended December 31, 2018, Access Bank Plc has declared a profit after tax of N95 billion According to the foremost financial institution, the profit after tax grew by 58 per cent compared with N60.07 billion recorded...

March 15, 2019 No Responses

Senators-Elect, House Members Get Certificates Of Return

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday in Abuja handed over certificates to Senators-Elect and House of Representatives Elect. Speaking at the ceremony, INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu called for the reveiw of the electoral law ahe...

March 15, 2019 No Responses

Dana Air Increases Frequency To Abuja

Dana Air has introduced more flights options from Lagos to Abuja and Abuja to Lagos with low fares. According to a statement by the airline’s Media and Communications Manager, Kingsley Ezenwa, starting 18th March 2019, the airline will operate additiona...

March 14, 2019 No Responses

Lagos Building Disaster Claims 10 Lives

At least 10 people have died and many more are feared trapped after a building containing a school collapsed in the Nigerian city of Lagos. The school, which was on the top floor of the four-storey building in Ita Faji...

March 13, 2019 No Responses

INEC Fixes March 23 For Supplementary Polls In Six States

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed March 23 for supplementary elections in Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Kano, Plateau and Sokoto where Saturday’s governorship poll was declared inconclusive. The commission announced the development in ...

March 11, 2019 No Responses

INEC Suspends Election In Rivers

The Independent National Electoral Commission has suspended the governorship and House of Assembly elections elections in Rivers State till further notice. The commission premised its action on some factors, including the widespread disruption of elections and...