The Board of International Monetary Fund (IMF) has selected Kristalina Georgieva to succeed Christine Lagarde. She will Preside over the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington...
SAP and UNICEF have disclosed a new global partnership to provide quality education, life skills and job skills training to young people in disadvantaged communities, preparing...
Gains in NESTLE (+10.0%), SEPLAT (+10.0%) and ACCESS (+6.9%), drove the benchmark index into the positive territory. The All Share Index surged 109bps to settle at...
The two administrators of the Boeing Financial Assistance Fund, Kenneth R. Feinberg and Camille S. Biros, have said that the fund – designed to provide $50...
The domestic bourse sustained yesterday’s bearish outing as sell-offs in STANBIC (-8.3%), GUARANTY (-2.4%) and MTNN (-0.7%) drove the All Share Index southwards by 108bps to...
The Federal Government’s policies and programmes aimed at promoting financial inclusion remain key to the actualisation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s promise of lifting millions of Nigerians...
United Nations rapporteur has said that Nigeria is gripped by a crisis that has left Africa’s most populous country ill-equipped to properly house its inhabitants. He...
Nigeria’s federal government will do “whatever it takes” to protect its economy from a more than $9 billion arbitration claim over a failed gas project, policy...
The World Bank Group and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), have promised to continue to support Nigeria in bridging its infrastructure gap. Both organisations said this...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the transaction charges on deposit and withdrawal in furtherance of implementation of its cashless policy are not new charges...
The Schwab Foundation, a sister organisation of the World Economic Forum (WEF), has endorsed Nigeria’s National Social Investment Programmes(N-SIPs) developed by the federal government and implemented...
British tour operator Thomas Cook has collapsed leaving an estimated 600,000 passengers stranded and putting 21,000 jobs at risk. The 178-year-old company said in a statement ...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has signed a 875.75 million dollar funding and technical services agreement and alternative financing deal for the Nigerian Petroleum Development...
Access Bank Plc., has launched the Global Principles for Responsible Banking as one of the Founding Signatories alongside other global banks. This is a further commitment...
Nigeria lost $1.35 billion to oil theft in the first six months of this year and needs a legal task force with special courts to tackle...