The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday said it is developing a Tertiary Institutions’ Entrepreneurship Scheme (TIES) to re-orientate, train and finance entrepreneurship ideas by Nigerian graduates. The CBN Governor, Dr Godwin Emefiele, stated this in a goodwill message…
To support the long-term, inclusive growth of Nigeria’s private sector, International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced the appointment of Kalim Shah as its Senior Country Manager for Nigeria. In his new role, Shah will lead IFC’s efforts to help strengthen…
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has called for synergy among agencies to complement efforts in boosting the efficiency of the oil and gas sector. The Vice President made this known at the 4th Edition of the Value Chain Magazine annual…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria TCN, through a World Bank Programme, has commenced an intensive training for 708 engineers, according to the company’s Acting Managing Director, Mr Sule Abdulaziz. The participants in the training were drawn from the Electrical, Maintenance, …
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed N10 million registration fee for issuing houses, underwriters and fund managers from the current fee of N500,000. The commission stated this in a document titled, “Exposure of proposed new rule and sundry…
Trading activities on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) equities market resumed for the week on a negative note with a decline of 0.36 percent, taking the negative sentiments to three consecutive trading sessions. Market analysts noted that “The performance was…
The Board of Seplat Energy Plc. has announced the resignation of Mr. Damian Dodo, SAN and Lord Mark Malloch-Brown from its Company as Independent Non-Executive Directors, after seven years of meritorious services. In addition, the Board also disclosed that Prof.…
A Non-Executive Director of United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), Caroline Anyanwu has increased her stakes in the leading Pan-African Bank with the purchase of 500,000 additional shares of the bank. This is according to a Notification of Share Dealing…
The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) equities market ended the first half of the year bearish, due to large sell-offs in the local bourse as investors move their monies into fixed income and less volatile investments. Meanwhile, the top stockbroking firms…
Tokyo Olympics bound sprinter, Enoch Adekoge, on Monday, received a cash donation of $10,000 (about N5 million) from the Edo Government, to boost his preparations for the games. Adekoge is Edo State’s sports ambassador. In a webinar meeting, Gov. Godwin…
