FG Commissions 7 Digital Economy Projects
The Federal Government through the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy at the weekend commissioned batch nine of seven digital Economy Projects. The seven Digital Economy Projects commissioned by the minister include the Community ICT Centre,...
N60bn Printing: PDP Asks Buhari To Sack Finance Minister
The Peoples Democratic Party has asked the President, Muhammadu Buhari, to sack Nigeria’s finance minister, Zainab Ahmed, over the alleged printing of N60 billion by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The party in a statement...
Ganduje, Others Reconcile Dangote, BUA Over Sugar Plant`
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state has waded into the dispute between Dangote and BUA companies owned by two business moguls from the state. This is in order to resolve the lingering conflict among the...
NNPC Reiterates Commitment To Renewable Energy Project
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has reiterated commitment to its partnership with the Government of Kebbi on renewable energy projects. The NNPC Group Managing Director, Mele Kyari, disclosed this in a statement by the...
Gateway Trade Fair: Dangote Ready To Boost Agric Activities Through Strategic Investments
…Hits Ogun Trade Fair for business partnerships The Pan-African Conglomerate, Dangote Industries Limited has reiterated its commitment towards partnering various tiers of governments in the country, in building sustainable and inclusive economy for the...
CBN Suspends Anchor Borrowers Scheme, Others In Agric Loans Agency
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has suspended all loans to the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) amidst widespread allegations of bad loans and mismanagement of the apex bank’s loan...
D’banj Advocates Use Of Intellectual Property As Collateral For Bank Loans
One of Nigeria’s popular musicians, Oladapo Oyebanjo, popularly known as D’banj has advocated the use of intellectual property as collateral for obtaining bank loans. A statement issued on Friday, by Damian Okoroafor, D’banj’s Manager, quoted...
NSE Key Indices Drop Further 0.57%
Key market indicators dropped further by 0.57 per cent at the nation’s bourse on Wednesday, on increased profit taking in banking and industrial sectors. The downturn was supported by investors’ portfolio readjustment ahead of first...
PMS: NNPC Says It Can’t Bear N120bn Monthly Subsidy
The Group Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation NNPC, Mele Kyari, says the corporation can no longer bear the over N120 billion monthly subsidy for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). Kyari stated this during the...
WTO, NEPC To Tackle Export Bottlenecks, Bureaucracies – Okonjo-Iweala
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General, World Trade Organisation (WTO), says the organisation will work with the Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) directly to tackle rigid export bureaucracies and other obstacles to scale up production. Okonjo-Iweala gave this...
Burna Boy, Wizkid Grammy Awards, Example Of Services To export – Okonjo-Iweala
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO), has applauded Nigeria’s Afrobeats stars, Burna Boy and Wizkid, for wining awards at the 2021 Grammy, saying such services should be encouraged for export in...
Customers To pay N6.98 For USSD Transaction- CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) have introduced new charges for customers for the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) services, effective March 16. This is contained in a joint...
AfDB To Support Quality Healthcare Infrastructure, Pharmaceutical Capacity Across Africa
Projects Growth At 3.4% Says 39 million Africans might Fall Into Extreme Poverty in 2021-03-14 The African Development Bank (AfDB) is to support African countries to have quality healthcare infrastructure and ensure the continent develops its...
