The Federal Government has declared Tuesday July 20 and Wednesday July 21, 2021, as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulates…
The Senate on Thursday approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for ongoing external loans to the tune of $8,325,526,537 and €490,000,000 (Euros) under the 2018-2020 External Borrowing (Rolling) Plan. The approval followed the consideration of a report on the 2018-2020 External…
…charges them to imbibe values of National Ethics, Integrity Policy The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, SAN has charged Professional Associations (PAs) and Business Membership Organisations (BMOs) to imbibe the…
Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Cement, Mr Michel Puchercos said the company had adopted the eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) format. Puchercos said, in a statement signed by him on Thursday in Lagos, that with the format, the company would…
By FEMI ADESINA There he goes again. Troublemaker. He wants to abuse our prophets, the vessels of God Almighty. Not so. Let me state from the beginning that I believe in prophecies and prophets. Good, sincere, genuine ones. “Believe in…
By Kayode Tokede Naira at Investors & Exporters Foreign Exchange (I & EFX) window on Thursday traded flat at N411.20 against the Dollar. At the same window, the Naira lost by 0.04percent and 0.06 per cent against the Euro and…
By Kayode Tokede United Kingdom’s Development Finance Institution CDC Group and impact investor, has announced a $50 million trade finance facility for Ecobank International (EBI SA), the Paris based member of the Ecobank Group. This marks CDC’s first partnership with…
By Kayode Tokede Barely a year after the launch of its Agent Credit scheme, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s leading financial inclusion services provider, has announced that it has economically empowered its Firstmonie Agents with the sum of N100…
By Kayode Tokede Treasury bill (TBill) sees an upward repricing in average yield as liquidity pressures eased on Thursday following successful completion of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) primary market auction on Wednesday. The fixed income market witnessed a…
The Federal Government has called for the exemption of small scale and artisanal fishers from the scope of fisheries subsidies discipline under negotiation at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by member nations. Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, Minister of Industry, Trade and…
