Banking Olam, Massachusetts Institute collaborate on food workshop Feb 14, 2020 0 Global agribusiness firm, Olam International, has announced a collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of…
Africa AfDB’s faults World Bank on Nigeria, Africa’s debt profiles Feb 14, 2020 0 The African Development Bank has said that the upward debt trend of some African countries did not portend systemic…
Local Indiscriminate tax waivers affected FIRS revenue target — FIRS boss Feb 14, 2020 0 The Executive Chairman Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr Muhammad Nami, has blamed non-discretionary tax…
Local Forex: CBN introduces longest Naira-settled Forwards contract Feb 14, 2020 0 In a bid to reduce demand pressure in the foreign exchange market, and enhance dollar inflow into the economy, the…
Local Agriculture: CBN’s revised policy on the dairy industry Feb 14, 2020 0 In a recent circular signed by the Director, Trade and Exchange, Dr Ozoemena Nnnaji, the CBN restricted the number…
Local SEC may announce new recapitalisation programme for capital market operators Feb 14, 2020 0 Capital market operators should be bracing up for recapitalisation programme as indications emerged on Thursday…
Banking Diaspora remittance: Reps, NIDCOM reject CBN’s currency conversion policy Feb 13, 2020 0 The House of Representatives and the Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission have criticised the Central Bank of…
Local Tin Can Command targets N540 billion revenue for FG in 2020 Feb 13, 2020 0 The Tin Can Island Command (TCIC) of the Nigerian Customs Service has disclosed plans to achieve its N540 billion…
Banking CBN’s N154.38 billion T-bills auction over subscribed by 46% as rates fall… Feb 13, 2020 0 The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) second Treasury Bills Auction of the year worth N154.38 was oversubscribed by…
Local NLNG signs supply agreement with Galp Trading SA Feb 13, 2020 0 Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) has signed an agreement with Galp Trading SA to supply one million tonnes of…
Business Uber, Bolt riders lament over high charges, as Okada ban persists in Lagos Feb 13, 2020 0 The effect of the ban of commercial motorcycles in some key areas in Lagos is gradually creating holes in the…
Local Customs seizes bags of contraband rice disguised as beans Feb 13, 2020 0 Adamawa/Taraba State Customs Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has impounded trailer load of 330…
Local NSE to complete demutualisation process, April 24 Feb 13, 2020 0 All is now set for the final conversion of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, to a public liability company as the…
Business Harmattan grounds foreign, domestic flights in Nigeria Feb 13, 2020 0 Harmattan hays have caused flight cancellation and delay in the Nigerian Aviation sector grounding foreign airlines…
Local Access Bank N15bn Green Bond sets for cross listing Feb 13, 2020 0 The Access Bank’s proposed listing of its N15 billion Green Bond on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) has…
Business BPE to raise N267bn from privatization of 20 coys Feb 13, 2020 0 The Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, Mr Alex Okoh, has advised against re-nationalisation…
World Stocks gain as data shows lower new coronavirus cases Feb 13, 2020 0 Stock markets around the world scaled fresh records after China reported the lowest number of new coronavirus cases…
Banking Production, employment’s growth slow in January – CBN Feb 13, 2020 0 Production level, new orders, supplier delivery time, employment level and raw materials inventories grew at a…
Business NLNG achieves 83 percent of its Nigerianisation target Feb 12, 2020 0 THE Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Company, NLNG has said that it has completed about 83 percent of its…
World Brexit may present Nigeria mixed trade opportunities Feb 12, 2020 0 The recently concluded deal on Britain’s exit of the European Union, popularly called Brexit, may present Nigeria…
Local Dangote remains Africa’s wealthiest person for 9th consecutive year Feb 12, 2020 0 For the ninth year in a row, Aliko Dangote of Nigeria has been declared as the wealthiest person in Africa, with an…
Local Hike in CRR may impair credit allocation to real sector — Rewane Feb 12, 2020 0 The recent increase in banks’ Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to 27.5 percent may…
Investing ‘Infrastructure development in Lagos will boost diaspora investment’ Feb 12, 2020 0 Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said the ongoing infrastructural development programme of the Lagos State…
Technology Google launches $1 million fund for online safety Feb 12, 2020 0 In a bid to support innovative ideas around privacy, safety and security in Sub-saharan Africa, Google has launched…
World AfDB, Asian Bank, others worsen poor nations’ debt problem – World Bank Feb 12, 2020 0 World Bank has alleged that African Development Bank (AfDB), Asian Development Bank, and the European Bank for…
Local NNPC, U.S. seal $1.1 million pact for 1,350MW Abuja power plant Feb 12, 2020 0 A $1.1 million pact, expected to generate 1,350 megawatts (MW) Independent Power Plant was yesterday, in Abuja,…
World Trade challenges ahead for the shipping industry Feb 12, 2020 0 BREXIT, IMO 2020 and the Coronavirus are plaguing the shipping industry of late and ECSA (European Community…
Business Cargo diversion: Maersk, Safmarine deny dumping Lagos ports Feb 12, 2020 0 CONTRARY to media reports, the world’s largest container carrier, Maersk and its sister company Safmarine have…
Local FG fails to meet revenue projection for 2019, as revenue hits decline mode Feb 11, 2020 0 The Federal Government made N1.1 trillion from Value Added Tax (VAT) in twelve months, with the Federal Inland…
World Canada invites fresh 3,500 candidates to apply for Permanent Residence Feb 11, 2020 0 The Canadian Government has issued fresh 3,500 invitations to Express Entry candidates to apply for permanent…