By Titus Atondu, Makurdi A bill for a law to establish the Benue civil protection guard has been read for the second time on the floor of the Benue state House of Assembly. In a leading debate on the bill,…
The Minimum Wage Act of 2019 signed by former President Muhammadu Buhari set the amount at N30,000. Five years later, not all governors are paying the current wage award which expired in April. The Act is to be reviewed every…
Investors gained N61.65bn on Tuesday trading as the NGX All-Share Index (NGXASI) advanced by 0.11% to 98,285.33 points. The total volume traded declined by 45.05 percent to close at N222.90m, valued at N5.15bn and traded in 7,228 deals. GTCO was…
The earnings of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), a pan-African banking conglomerate rose by 249 percent in the first three months of 2024, according to its latest financial statement on Tuesday. The group reported an after-tax profit of N140.8 billion from…
The Executive Director of Finance and Risk Management for United Bank for Africa, Ugochukwu Nwaghodoh, has said that the banking group would meet the new capital requirement before the March 2026 deadline given by the Central Bank of Nigeria. He…
By Titus Atondu, Makurdi Benue State command of the Nigeria Police under the able watch of the new commissioner of Police CP. Hassan Steve Yabanet FCID ps has arrested and paraded kidnappers. CP Yabanet performed the parading ceremony at the…
The Debt Management Office (DMO) has, again, sought the support of primary dealer market makers (PDMM) to raise more financing for Nigeria’s domestic debt plan. The DMO has an outstanding N1.5 trillion to raise from the Federal Government’s proposed N6…
Catherine Uju Ifejika is the first woman to become Chair and CEO of an upstream E&P company in Nigeria. Born in Opobo, Rivers State, on October 28, 1959, Catherine Uju Ifejika attended University Primary School in Nsukka for her primary…
By Rauf Oyewole, Bauchi The North East Governors Forum has said that the Federal Government is not considering the region in the national infrastructure plan despite its consistent appeal to develop the region for economic viability. The governors expressed concern…
Jaiz Bank Plc grew its profit before tax by 67 percent to N11.1bn in 2023. The bank disclosed this in a statement on Monday as it filed its 2023 audited results on the Nigeria Exchange Limited portal. Jaiz Bank is…
