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Polaris Bank partners Digivate 360 to build capacity of SMEs
Polaris Bank as part of its strategy to provide empowerment opportunities for prospective and existing Small and Medium Scale Enterprise customers, has partnered Digivate 360, a local partner of Facebook,...
Read more2020 budget scales second reading as Senate adjourns plenary
The 2020 Appropriation Bill submitted to the National Assembly last week by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday scaled second reading on the floor of the Senate.
Read moreEquities market halt previous growth with 0.16% decline
Specifically, the All-Share Index on Tuesday dipped 43.79 points, representing 0.16 per cent to close at 26,513.65 compared with 26,557.44 achieved on Monday.
Read moreShell remits N720b to NDDC in 16 years – GM
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria and partners have remitted about two billion U.S. Dollars (about N720 billion) to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in 16 years, an official...
Read moreBudget defence: Senate adjourns plenary
The Senate on Tuesday adjourned plenary for two weeks to engage Ministries, Departments and Agencies in defence of their 2020 budget.
Read moreLagos will pay above N30,000 minimum wage — Sanwo-Olu
Sanwo-Olu made the promise on Tuesday when the state leadership of the Trade Union Congress, the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council paid him a courtesy...
Read moreNigeria scores 96.4% in aviation security as Minister briefs Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja, received briefings from the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, as Nigeria scored 96.4 percent in improved security in civil aviation.
Read moreNigerians are reluctant to buy local rice, sellers in Ilorin lament
Some rice sellers who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday said consumers preferred to pay more for foreign imported rice than the cheaper locally produced one.
Read moreAccess Bank hits over N1b in digital lending daily
This was disclosed by Victor Etuokwu, Executive Director, Retail Banking, Access Bank Plc.
Read moreIMF downgrades world economic growth outlook in 2019 to 3%
The forecast is also 0.3 per cent points below the fund’s April world growth estimate for the year.
Read moreStanbic IBTC shines at all Africa Employee Engagement Awards
he All-African Employee Engagement Awards rewards individuals and businesses for contributions to the development of employee engagement and the future of work on the African continent.
Read moreHow Nigeria can overcome its economic challenges — IMF + video
The advice was given on Tuesday at the presentation of the World Economic Outlook by the IMF at the ongoing IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings 2019 in Washington DC, United States...
Read moreMining: FG will no longer tolerate royalty payment evasion by states — Minister
He said this on Tuesday in Abuja while declaring open the 2019 Nigeria Mining Week organised by the Miners’ Association of Nigeria.
Read moreCrude oil: FG to achieve national target of 3m bpd before 2023 — Kyari
Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, said this while addressing the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Upstream chaired by Rep. Musa Adar (Sokoto-APC) on Monday.
Read moreBoko Haram: Gov. Buni reopens international market, relaxes curfew
The weekly market had been shut for about a year following Boko Haram attacks on the commercial hub.
Read moreSanwo-Olu okays alliance with Ijegun tank farm operators to rebuild community
On Monday, the Lagos State Government and Ijegun-Egba Tank Farm Owners and Operators Association agreed to work together in the regeneration of infrastructure in the area.
Read moreFuel subsidy to gulp N450b in 2020 — Finance Minister
She said this on Monday in Abuja, at the public presentation of the 2020 budget proposals.
Read moreMinimum Wage: Labour, FG in final push to avert crippling strike
The Federal Government and labour unions are engaged in a last minute dialogue, to avert a nationwide strike by workers, slated for October 16.
Read moreWe will not reach 80% revenue performance for 2019 — Minister
Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, says the nation will not be able to reach 80 per cent revenue performance for 2019.
Read moreFG lists N15b green bond on NSE
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the seven-year bond issued at coupon rate of 14.50 per cent on June 13, 2019 would mature on June 13, 2026.
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