Fintech firm to launch financial services marketplace
PayPassage is a digital transaction solutions provider set to launch its financial services platform in Nigeria. The financial services platform…
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World Bank economist warns countries against excessive borrowing
Delays in dealing with the growing debt burden in poor countries seem unlikely to be resolved by the G20, a…
Buhari appoints Bello-Koko substantive NPA’s managing director
President Buhari has approved the appointment of Mohammed Bello Koko as the substantive managing director for the Nigerian Ports Authority.…
EU Pledges €44 Million To FG’s Jubilee Fellows Scheme For Young Graduates
The European Union has announced a pledge of €44 million for Nigeria’s Jubilee Fellows Programme (NJFP). A youth empowerment partnership…
COREN moves to reposition engineering education
The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria said it is adopting an Outcome-Based Education (OBE) system in the…
Bankers In Nigeria May Declare Assets As Senate Moves To Amend 35-Year-Old BEDA Act
The senate on Tuesday considered a bill seeking to amend the 35-year-old Bank Employees Declaration of Assets (BEDA) Act 1986.…
NRC, firm unveil railway advertising platform
The Nigeria Railway Corporation, in collaboration with B2YB, an advisory and consultancy firm, has launched its advertising platform to promote…
FG, Ogun distribute free CAC certificates to MSMEs
Federal Government in partnership with Ogun State Government commenced the distribution of free Corporate Affairs Commission certificates. The distribution was…
BOI Raises €700m Eurobond To Help Businesses With Financial Supports
The Bank of Industry (BOI) has raised a €700 million eurobond to provide funding for the growth of businesses in…
Reps approve Customs’ N369bn budget, raises revenue target by N965bn
The House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise has approved a budget with estimates totalling N369.14bn for the Nigeria…
N’Assembly– FCT loses N800bn annually to fraudulent estate developers
The House of Representatives ad hoc committee has condemned the illegal activities of real estate developers in Abuja, Part of…
FG plans more gas exports to Europe, EU supports Nigeria with N385bn
The European Union under its Gateway Initiative has said that it will invest about 820m euros in the Nigerian digital…
LCCI: CBN’s RT200 FX scheme commendable but needs right mechanisms to thrive
Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry says the newly introduced forex repatriation scheme needs adequate mechanisms to achieve desired results.…
NBS: Telcos lost 12.3m internet subscribers in 2021
Nigeria’s internet users dipped by 7.99% to 141.9 million as telecoms operators lost 12.3 million data subscribers in 2021. The…
Power transmission to increase by 1,487MW as TCN gets 15 new transformers
The Transmission Company of Nigeria says it has taken delivery of 15 brand new power transformers. The transformers would increase…
African Union to receive $11.48 million grant from the African Development Fund
The African Union Commission set to receive a grant to the tune of $11.48 million from the African Development Fund.…
Nigeria’s Inflation Rate Drops To 15.60% In January
The consumer price index, which measures inflation increased to 15.60 percent year-on-year in January 2022. This is 0.87 percent points…
IMF Tells Nigerians— ENaira Better Than Bitcoin, Ethereum, Others
The International Monetary Fund has declared central bank digital currencies like eNaira are a better bet than cryptocurrencies. IMF managing…
100WF wants more women in Nigeria’s finance industry
A global organisation, 100 Women in Finance, has called for greater participation of women in the Nigerian financial industry. The…
CBN seeks to increase credit to agricultural sector
CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele has hinted at plans to increase credit to the agricultural sector. He disclosed this at a…
UK’s Minister For Africa, Vicky Ford To Visit Nigeria
The UK’s Minister for Africa, Vicky Ford will visit Nigeria next week in what will be her first visit to…
Insurance Firms Earned N630.36bn, Paid N238.05bn Claims – NAICOM
Insurance companies in the country earned N630.36bn premium in 2021 and paid N238.05bn as claims, the National Insurance Commission said…
Lonestar Cell MTN, Liberian firm, sues telecoms operator over ‘cyber attack’
Liberia lonestar Cell MTN, a mobile operator in Liberia, has sued Orange telecom company over the latter’s alleged involvement in…
DMO: We’ll auction N150bn FG bonds to investors on Feb 16
The Debt Management Office says it will auction N150 billion federal government bonds to investors on February 16 2022. This…
NUPENG set for strike, insists ministry diverting N621bn road fund
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers declared its support for the imminent industrial action by the Petroleum…
Banks’ forex ban: Dollar scarcity, inflation, firms’ closure imminent, experts warn
Financial analysts and economic experts have expressed worry over the plan by the Central Bank of Nigeria to stop the…
Fuel sells for N400/litre in Abuja, others, scarcity persists in Lagos
Residents of Abuja and neighbouring states of Niger and Nasarawa are still facing tough times sourcing for petrol with the…
Saudi Arabia Gives $80B Of Aramco Stocks To Sovereign Public Investment Fund
Saudi Arabia said it will transfer 4% of the stock in the state-run oil giant Aramco to its sovereign Public…
FG disburses N50bn to boost non-oil exports
The Executive Director of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Dr Ezra Yakusak, has said the Federal Government has disbursed N50bn…
NNDC reports N335.42m pretax profit for 2021
The New Nigeria Development Company has reported a profit before tax of N335.42m for the year ended March 31, 2021,…