Senate has approved the sum of N74,773,601,916 billion as 2021 budget for the Nigeria Police Trust Fund. The approval was sequel to the consideration of a...
Senate has summoned the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mele Kyari to appear before it tomorrow to brief the lawmakers on...
Ecobank Group, has won the African Banker’s 2021 African SME Bank of the Year. Ecobank beat a host of other banks in the African Banker Awards...
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Tuesday said that his administration would partner the Federal Government toward domesticating the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement....
French President Emmanuel Macron has inaugurated the France-Nigeria Business Council – a private sector initiative to enhance business relations between the two countries with Abdul Samad...
Oil prices rose on Tuesday as broad hopes for a demand recovery persisted, fuelled by comments from OPEC’s secretary general, over shadowed travel curbs due to...
The Senate will on Thursday debate the report of its joint committees on Petroleum (Upstream, Downstream and Gas) on the Petroleum Industry Bill. Senate President Ahmad...
The Nigerian Communications Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) Ltd, has been re-positioned to boost telecommunications industry with the clearance and use of its C-Band for the deployment of 5G...
The World Economic Forum announced today that it is launching a Global Coalition for Digital Safety which will accelerate public-private cooperation to tackle harmful content online....
Senate has confirmed the nomination of Mr. Kolawole Oladipupo (South West Zone) as Executive Commissioner of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC). The confirmation of...
Today, the domestic equities market’s performance was positive due to buying interest in DANGSUGAR (+4.2%), UBN (+3.7%), and FCMB (+8.1%) as the All-Share Index rose by 15bps to 37,640.75 points. Consequently, YTD loss improved...
The Banker in its 2021 Top 1000 World Bank ratings has said that Nigerian banks experienced difficulties on a number of fronts in 2020. The impact...
Today, sell pressure on AIRTELAF (-1.5%), ZENITH (-0.6%), and FBNH (-0.7%) contributed largely to the negative performance at the equities market as the All-Share Index fell by 19bps to 37,585.25 points. Consequently, YTD...
By Kristalina Georgieva and Abebe Aemro Selassie Sub-Saharan Africa is in the grips of a third wave of COVID-19 infections that threatens to be even more...
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has said that it is ready to begin payment of liquidation dividends to uninsured depositors, creditors and shareholders of additional...