The Federal Government is set to release N4bn to kick-start the payment of full salaries as minimum pensions for some categories of retirees under the…
View More FG to release N4bn as pension for professors, perm secsCategory: Business
Swiss close to revealing Nigerian beneficiaries of $1.1b Malabu oil bribes
Materials in a suitcase seized nearly three years ago by Swiss authorities may unlock the identities of the Nigerian recipients of the $1.1billion in corrupt…
View More Swiss close to revealing Nigerian beneficiaries of $1.1b Malabu oil bribesFinancial flow from oil, gas sector drops to $17.05 in 2016 – NEITI
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) says that total financial flows from Nigeria’s oil and gas sector reduced to 17.05 billion dollars in 2016,…
View More Financial flow from oil, gas sector drops to $17.05 in 2016 – NEITISouth Korea supports 125,000 Boko Haram victims with N180m
The Government of Republic of Korea has provided food items for 125,000 victims of Boko Haram insurgency in the North-east to last them at least…
View More South Korea supports 125,000 Boko Haram victims with N180mNew trade zones will attract $15b FDIs – NEPZA
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) says the four trade zones recently established in the country will attract 15 billion dollars worth of Foreign…
View More New trade zones will attract $15b FDIs – NEPZABauchi Govt. presents N196.72bn budget for 2019
Gov. Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi State on Thursday presented N196.72 billion budget for the 2019 fiscal year to the state’s House of Assembly. Abubakar, while…
View More Bauchi Govt. presents N196.72bn budget for 2019Buhari unveils N8.8trn budget
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday unveiled a federal budget of N8.83 trillion for the 2019 fiscal year with N300 billion lower that the current budget.…
View More Buhari unveils N8.8trn budgetFG, states, LGs share N812.762 billion
A total of N812.762 billion has been shared among the federal, states and local councils as revenue that accrued to the Federation Account for November…
View More FG, states, LGs share N812.762 billionExxonMobil, QIPP to invest $1.6B on power, gas in Akwa Ibom
Oil giants ExxonMobil and power firm QIPP have initiated plans to invest a combined $1.6 billion in the development of gas and power projects in…
View More ExxonMobil, QIPP to invest $1.6B on power, gas in Akwa IbomIndia overtakes UK economy, will be world’s fifth in 2019
Britain risks slipping from being the world’s fifth-biggest economy to its seventh-largest next year, when it is due to leave the European Union, with France…
View More India overtakes UK economy, will be world’s fifth in 2019Lack of planning, research hinder MSMEs growth – Don
Prof. Beloved Onoh, Director, Entrepreneurship Development Centre, Eungu State University of Technology, says the problem of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria is…
View More Lack of planning, research hinder MSMEs growth – Don$4.73bn investment identified in agric, transport focus labs — Udoma
The Federal Government, has disclosed that through the Economic Recovery Growth Plan (ERGP) initiated about one and half year ago, about 4.7 billion dollars investment…
View More $4.73bn investment identified in agric, transport focus labs — UdomaMerger: Diamond Bank’s managers to go
Diamond Bank Plc’s acquisition by Access Bank Plc is now official. Chief Executive Officer of Diamond Bank Uzoma Dozie announced that the bank’s board had selected…
View More Merger: Diamond Bank’s managers to goInstitute urges House of Reps to pass CIFIAN Bill
The Chartered Institute of Forensic and Investigative Auditors of Nigeria (CIFIAN), has appealed to the House of Representatives to pass the CIFIAN Bill following its…
View More Institute urges House of Reps to pass CIFIAN BillAccess Bank Ghana appoints Olumide Olatunji as CEO
Management of Access Bank (Ghana) Plc has announced the appointment of Mr. Olumide Olatunji as its new Managing Director, effective December 5, 2018. He replaces…
View More Access Bank Ghana appoints Olumide Olatunji as CEOBuhari Admit failure, Says Our Economy is in bad shape
Abdulaziz Yari, chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), has quoted President Muhammadu Buhari as saying the Nigerian economy is in a bad shape. Yari, who…
View More Buhari Admit failure, Says Our Economy is in bad shapeEuro falls as ‘gilets jaunes’ protests hit French economy
The euro has fallen against the dollar after disappointing French and German economic surveys dismayed the market In France, private sector business activity contracted for…
View More Euro falls as ‘gilets jaunes’ protests hit French economyAnxiety as Reps set to boycott 2019 budget presentation
2019 may face hardtack as Nigeria House of Representatives members are set to boycott the presentation of budget proposal by President Muhammadu Buhari over an…
View More Anxiety as Reps set to boycott 2019 budget presentationEnterpreneurship: Diamond bank partners Facebook
Diamond bank Plc in collaboration with Facebook and Affrinolly is set to project Nigeria’s young entrepreneurs to the digital world. Addressing journalists, Area Manager, Ikeja…
View More Enterpreneurship: Diamond bank partners FacebookFG, Abia enter partnership to build Enyimba economic city project
The federal government and Abia state have entered a partnership to build the new Enyimba economic city project. At the signing ceremony of the definitive…
View More FG, Abia enter partnership to build Enyimba economic city projectBuhari approves new appointments in Central Bank, NNPC, NPA, others
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the posting of Treasury officers to key Revenue generating Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of Government, where they will function…
View More Buhari approves new appointments in Central Bank, NNPC, NPA, othersU.S. Mercy Corps set to launch Islamic microfinance in Ethiopia
U.S.-based aid agency Mercy Corps has appointed consultancy IFAAS to help launch an Islamic microfinance business in Ethiopia, aiming to offer interest-free products to local…
View More U.S. Mercy Corps set to launch Islamic microfinance in EthiopiaGlobal Market Centre inaugurate trustees in Abia
Global Market Centre MSMEs Forum a subsidiary of Global Research and Development Co. Limited has inaugurated its 30 Man Trustees in Abia State with a…
View More Global Market Centre inaugurate trustees in AbiaBolloré Africa Emerges Preferred Bidder for the Ibom Deep Sea Port
A renowned and prominent Maritime and International Cargo Operator, “Bolloré-PowerChina Consortium” has emerged as the preferred bidder for realisation of the Ibom Deep Seaport Project…
View More Bolloré Africa Emerges Preferred Bidder for the Ibom Deep Sea Port