IPOB Killings: Nnewi traders desert market
AMAECHI PERCY ONYEJEKWE, Awka Traders in Nkwo Nnewi main market have deserted the place following the killing of some police officers by members of the IPOB who staged a protest March against the 2019...
View ArticleUnity Bank, Jigawa State partner FG on Trader ‘Moni’
COMFORT EKELEME, Asst. Business Editor The Federal Government has flagged off social welfare initiatives code-named ‘Trader Moni’ in partnership with Jigawa State government and Unity Bank Plc with the...
View ArticleNPA, Total, others lead campaign AIDS control
UGO AMADI In a bid to stem the tide of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria and to commemorate 2018 World Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Day, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Nigerian National Petroleum...
View ArticleNNPC commends Glo for support on project linking 139 locations
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Tuesday commended the leading telecommunications company, Globacom, for successfully delivering its Intelligent Wide Area Network (iWAN) to support its...
View ArticleBello canvasses moratorium on strikes by unions, professional associations
FAVOUR SHUAIB, Abuja The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has pleaded with all Unions and professional associations to place a five-Year moratorium on strikes and...
View ArticleEase of doing business: AMEN calls for effective policies
COMFORT EKELEME As the 2018 financial year is gradually coming to an end, Association of Micro Entrepreneurs of Nigeria (AMEN) has stressed the need for government policies that will support the growth...
View ArticleEkiti lifts embargo on Ecobank, GTbank, Zenith Bank…MDAs, workers now free to...
JOHNSON OJO, Ado Ekiti Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has lifted the embargo placed on some banks by the immediate past administration. The Fayose-led administration had in May 2016 placed a...
View ArticleFidelity Bank reward customers with N34m
In a bid to put smiles on the faces of its numerous customers, Fidelity Bank Plc has so far given out a total of N34million under the Get Alert In Millions (GAIM) Savings promo season 3. The promo,...
View Article2019: FG allays investors’ fears
***As FEC okays $2.9m for maritime security contract SUNDAY ODE, ABUJA Following the disclosure by the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its Capital Importation report for Q3’18 that foreign...
View ArticleReps to BPE: Don’t sale Afam Power Plant as crap
Jonas Ezieke, Abuja The House of Representatives yesterday urged the National Council on Privatization NPC and the Bureau of Public Enterprises BPE to immediately suspend its ongoing sale of Afam Power...
View ArticleHeirs Holdings signs $600m facility deal with Afrexim Bank…To scale energy...
As a further demonstration of the African Export-Import Bank’s (“Afrexim”) mandate to facilitate the growth of intra-Africa trade and support the development of African businesses, Afrexim today,...
View ArticleDiamond Bank confirms merger with Access Bank, gives reasons
Diamond bank has confirmed its merger with Access Bank Plc, stating that the development is in the best interest of all stakeholders including, employees, customers, depositors and shareholders. In a...
View ArticleBingo9ja deploys technology to revolutionalise lottery in Nigeria
A new gaming company in Nigeria, Bingo9ja, is looking to change how people view lottery gaming in Nigeria by using a cutting-edge technology to make the games available to all gamers across board. The...
View ArticleInfrastructure: Buhari creating wealth, building foundation for employment,...
Minister inspects the Loko – Oweto Bridge, connecting Road The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, has described infrastructure as the foundation for national prosperity...
View ArticleSEC awaiting Diamond, Access Bank merger application
COMFORT EKELEME The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it is awaiting the Access Bank Plc, Diamond Bank Plc merger application.This even as the Commission affirmed that it has been notified...
View ArticleAccess, Diamond Bank proposed merger to create Africa’s largest retail bank
COMFORT EKELEME, Asst Business Editor The Boards of Access Bank Plc and Diamond Bank Plc have said that the merger between the two banks will form a leading Tier 1 Nigerian bank and the largest bank in...
View ArticleFG ,States, LGs share N812.762b November 2018 revenue
PAULETTE ORJIME-Abuja THE Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of N812.762 billion November 2018 revenues to the Federal Government, the 36 States and the Local Government...
View ArticleFG, States, LGs share N812.762b November 2018 revenue
PAULETTE ORJIME, Abuja THE Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of N812.762 billion November 2018 revenues to the Federal Government, the 36 States and the Local...
View ArticleOnly Buhari’s administration will end youth unemployment- Ngige
Pamela Eboh, Awka The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige has said that under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration unemployment will soon be a thing of the past. He made the...
View ArticleFinancial system stability: CBN unveils new consumer complaints management...
COMFORT EKELEME As part of efforts to promote a stable financial system, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has launched a Consumer Complaints Management System (CCMS). The CCMS is an automated system...
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