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April 5, 2017 No Responses

Buhari: State Govts critical to economic success

President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged State Governments across the country to draw inspiration and strategic direction from Federal Government Plan to articulate their economic programmes, particularly in the development of the real sector. Speaking on Wednesday in Abuja at the...

April 5, 2017 No Responses

Wema Bank reopens Kaduna branch

Wema Bank Plc has reopened its Kaduna branch to provide banking services to individuals and firms with good growth opportunities. According to the Bank, the new branch will offer retail and SME banking, corporate banking, treasury, trade services and financial...

April 5, 2017 No Responses

Recover $22b, N316b from NNPC, NEITI tells FG

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has urged the Federal Government to recover $22b, N316b from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Presenting it report to Journalists on Tuesday in Abuja, Executive Secretary of N...

April 5, 2017 No Responses

FG to boost agriculture with $4.5b Chinese loan

Inline with the resolve of the Federal Government to diversify the economy especially through agriculture, President Muhammadu Buhari has authorised the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to work out technic...

April 5, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki restates commitment to improve education

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has reiterated his administration’s commitment to improving the standard of education in the state. Obaseki stated this when he received executive members of the Idia College Old Girls Association (ICOGA) at the Edo State...

April 5, 2017 No Responses

NSE Photo News

L – R: Dr. Demola Sogunle, Chief Executive, Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC; Mr. Oscar N. Onyema, OON, Chief Executive Officer, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Mrs. Sola David-Borha, Chief Executive (Africa Regions), Standard Bank Group; Mr. Yinka Sanni, Chief Exec...

April 4, 2017 No Responses

CBN sets aside $90m for BTA, Medicals

As part of efforts to stabilize the naira, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Monday, released the sum of $90 million to meet requests for invisibles such as BTA/PTA, medical and school fees. Also, the Bank offered a total of $150 million...

April 4, 2017 No Responses

Shell to fuel world’s 1st LNG-Powered Aframax Tankers

Russia’s SCF Group (Sovcomflot) has signed an agreement with Shell Western LNG B.V. (Shell) for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to fuel the first Aframax crude oil tankers in the world to be powered by LNG. Under the...

April 4, 2017 No Responses

African envoys: India attacks on Nigerians ‘racial’

(BBC)—Envoys from African nations in the Indian capital, Delhi, have condemned the handling of recent attacks on Nigerian students in the city. In a statement, the African Heads of Mission said the attacks were “xenophobic and racial”. Indian...

April 4, 2017 No Responses

Photo News

Chief Leemon Ikpea, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer Lee Engineering and Construction Company, on Thursday, April 30, 2017, graduated from Harvard Business School Owner President Management (OPM) 49 programme, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Pictur...

April 3, 2017 No Responses

Labour berates NHIS boss over alleged Interferance in union affairs

Orgnaised Labour under the umbrella of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has berated the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Professor Usman Yusuf, for allegedly “going underground to sponsor faceless ind...

April 3, 2017 No Responses

BPE decries inadequate dredging of Calabar Seaport Channel

Worried by the inadequate dredging of the Calabar Seaport Channel several years after its terminal was handed over to concessionares, the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) has pledged to “step in” and briefed the Federal Government adequately. According to...

April 3, 2017 No Responses

Deposits in SunTrust Bank hits N4.2b in 2016

For the year 2016, deposit in Sun Trust Bank increased by 432 per cent, making it possible for the bank to declare profit before tax of N343 million, an increase of 160.3 per cent over the N131.9million reported in 2015. Meanwhile its Income tax...

April 3, 2017 No Responses

AXA Mansard Photo News

L – R Oscar N. Onyema, OON, Chief Executive Officer, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Tosin Runsewe, Chief Client Officer, AXA Mansard Plc; Wilm Langenbach, Chief Executive Officer AXA EMEALATAM; Sola Adeeyo, Chairman AXA Mansard Plc Board of Directors a...