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November 18, 2015 No Responses

Buhari faults N1tr food import

President Muhammadu Buhari has described unsustainable the huge amount of resources spent annually on food imports. According to Buhari, who spoke at Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State during the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Anchor Borrowers’ Programme and the take-off of...

November 18, 2015 No Responses

NSE attributes corporate failures to weak governance

THE Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has identified weak corporate governance as the major factor responsible for many corporate failures in Africa. Speaking at the 19th yearly ASEA conference in Johannesburg Chief Executive Officer of NSE, Oscar Onyema Onyema ...

November 18, 2015 No Responses

World Exchanges unveils financial education, literacy initiative

THE World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) which represents public markets around the world, will start a new global industry initiative to promote financial education and entrepreneurial skills among school children and university students, following an overwhel...

November 17, 2015 No Responses

Dangote Cement reward customers with N300m

AS part of measures to compensate and enrich its teeming customers across the country, Dangote Cement has commenced its biggest promo that will benefit 3, 783 customers. The promo, which, began recently will be activated across the country and will...

November 17, 2015 No Responses

MTN gets Friday deadline to pay $5.2b fine

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has extended to Friday the deadline given to MTN to pay a $5.2billion fine. According to the commission, it sanctioned the telecommunications giant based on security reasons following its failure to deactivate 5.2m...

November 17, 2015 No Responses

UBA unveils contactless payment cards

FOREMOST financial services institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has unveiled contactless payment cards. The contactless payment cards offer UBA customers an easier and more convenient hassle-free way to pay for goods and services. A statement issued ...

November 16, 2015 No Responses

Nigeria v Swaziland: Oliseh backs Super Eagles to soar after dour first leg

Nigeria were held to a dispiriting 0-0 draw by Swaziland on Friday but Sunday Oliseh remains confident of World Cup qualification progress. Sunday Oliseh believes his Nigeria players are ready to put a lacklustre outing in Swaziland behind them as...

November 16, 2015 No Responses

What happened to U-23 team in Ghana, the story by NFF, Arik Air

The managements of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF and that of ARIK Air have come out to clear the air about what happened with players and officials of Nigeria’s U-23 Eagles, the Dream Team, when they escaped an air mishap in...