The first forum took place in Onitsha, Anambra State, with an overwhelming attendance record and active participation
Some of the questions asked at the town-hall meeting centered on the new banking policies by the CBN and how it will affect local traders, as most of their businesses were being transacted in rural areas
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Nokia, which will continue as a maker of networking equipment and holder of patents, was once the world’s dominant handset manufacturer, but was long since overtaken by Apple and Samsung
“These groups and individuals deliberately and mindlessly, target our infrastructure for their own economic, political, or sadistic gains
He said: “I have always considered vandalism of national assets and infrastructure as a moral equivalent of war
The JTF impounded the two vessels in Kasabobo Creek, during an anti-oil theft patrol in the creeks and water ways of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State
Both appointments have been approved by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Ikpobe, who was until recently an Executive Director at Zenith Bank, a position he held for seven years, brings over 21 years of experience of the Nigerian banking sector
Othman gave the advice in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the command, Ernest Olottah, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Badagry, Lagos State
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga, said this during a meeting with the Plantation Owners Forum of Nigeria, the National Palm Produce Association of Nigeria, and the Vegetable and Edible Oil Processors Association of Nigeria, in Abuja
Unilever led the price losers by N4.30 to close at N57.70 per share
Nigerian Breweries led the gainers’ chart with N5.99 to close at N167.99 per share
Inaugurating the steering committee in Ado Ekiti, Governor Fayemi explained that the Knowledge Zone was created because the state needed “to step out of the shadows, let go of yesterday’s strategies and leap into the future with new processes, new approaches to solving our problem
He said in sourcing the balance of the fund, $7.95 million would be provided by the three tiers of government, while the balance of $42.05 million would be provided in kind by the benefitting communities
According to the apex bank’s Website, out of the sum, $45.67 billion was in liquid form, while $1.22 billion was “blocked”
The market capitalisation closed lower at N11.51 trillion from the N11.56 trillion achieved on Tuesday
The bank’s subsidiaries include Union Homes Savings and Loans and Plc, Union Assurance Nigeria Limited, Union Registrars Nigeria Limited and Union Trustees Nigeria Limited among others
He further said that the issue of associations allegedly submitting names of ‘ghost; farmers was totally unacceptable and that was one of the reasons the data bank needed to be revalidated
Also, FBN Holdings recorded net interest income of N112.7 billion, up by 3.6 per cent as against the N108.9 billion it made in the comparable period of 2012
Otunla disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja when he received a delegation from the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Bukar Aji
The minister, represented at the occasion by the Federal Director of Fisheries, Foluke Areola, stressed that Nigeria had no business importing fish given its huge natural and renewable resources
The House also approved N7.5 billion to the existing internal loans of N44.5 billion, making it N51.9billion, and also reduced the recurrent expenditure from N229.7 billion to N214.7 billion