By Asishana John The management of Mutual Benefits Assurance Plc, has reiterated its commitment to further deepening retail insurance business in the country having occupied the lead position over the years. Femi Asenuga, Femi Asenuga, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer…
The State of Osun has been naturally blessed with a progressively inclined philanthropist. The dust of last week Ileya is yet to settle as the “MKO” of Osun, Raji Kehinde, CEO, Aaraj Construction Company doled out a huge sum of…
By Asishana John To further deepen insurance penetration in the country, AXA Mansard Insurance Plc., has announced the launch of its empowerment program that enables participants be their own boss. This empowerment program entails partnering with highly motivated individuals who…
The Federal Government has paid a total of $3.22billion as cash call arrears to international oil companies (IOC), with a balance of $1.46billion as outstanding. This is contained in a document on Joint Venture repayment agreement status presented by the…
A United Kingdom citizen who had worked as a trader at Glencore Plc pleaded guilty in the U.S. to participating in an international scheme to bribe officials in Nigeria to win favourable treatment from the state-owned oil company. Anthony Stimler…
The Nigerian Association for Energy Economics (NAEE) has called for more clarification on the 30% NNPC Limited transfer of oil and gas profit to frontier exploration in the just-passed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). This was charge was made known by…
By Uthman Salami The international Energy Agency (IEA) has revealed that over seven hundred seventy million Africans have no access to electricity. In this population of Africans without access to electricity, Nigeria accounts for about 10 per cent. According to…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected a 48.5 per cent public debt-to-Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio for Nigeria in 2021. It also retained Nigeria’s 2.5 per cent economic growth forecast for 2021. The institution said this in its World…
Oil and gas logistics company, INTELS Nigeria Limited, has graduated 34 women from its Women Empowerment Programme Scheme Synergy (WEPSS). The WEPSS is a corporate social responsibility programme of INTELS, which was established in 2013 with the vision of empowering…
…to boost data domestication, sovereignty in Nigeria By Ogaga Ariemu, Abuja Galaxy Backbone Limited, Zadara have collaborated to provide seamless cloud edge services to Nigerians. Nigerian NewsDirect learnt this during a webinar session titled, ‘Cloud Service and the journey towards…
