Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has shed light on why the state joined other states in the fray to collect the Value Added Tax (VAT). According to Abiodun, his administration decided to take advantage of the VAT controversy with the…
Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the President, African Development Bank (AfDB), has pledged the Bank’s support for the recharging of water to the Lake Chad Basin. Adesina made the pledge during his discussion with President Muhammadu Buhari on the sideline of the…
GREE Electric Appliances has unveiled a strategic partnership with the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) to boost Nigeria’s industrialisation capacity. GREE Electric Appliances is a subsidiary of Choice International Group (CIG). Chief Diana Chen, Chairman, Choice International Group…
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara on Wednesday flagged off the disbursement of non-interest loans to another set of 30,000 beneficiaries of the Social Investment Programme. The latest beneficiaries bring the tally to 60,000 since the scheme kicked off in 2020.…
The Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) on Tuesday trained about 100 women entrepreneurs in the South-East on strategies for international trade. The Executive Director of the council, Mr Olusegun Awolowo, said that the training was necessitated by the high performance…
Some financial analysts have urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to ensure enhanced enlightenment campaign for the masses to embrace the eNaira digital currency to boost financial inclusion. They said this in separate interviews in Lagos on Tuesday. President…
First Bank of Nigeria Ltd. has unveiled its first fully automated branch, called FirstBank Digital Experience Centre for customers. The Chief Executive Officer of FirstBank, Dr Adesola Adeduntan, in a statement said the digital experience centre would afford customers the…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disclosed that credit to the government increased by 2.9per cent in its Month-on-month (m/m) and 34.6per cent year-on-year (y/y) to N13trillion in September from N12.7trillion in August 2021 and N9.7trillion in September 2020.…
Fostering a healthy work-life balance is one of the many concerns of young professionals across the world, especially as the COVID-19 pandemic persists. Recently, a diverse group of Nigerian professionals – Gbemi O, media personality; Claire and Akah Nnani, YouTube…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said the country’s foreign reserves appreciated by $636.61million in its week-on-week (WoW) performance to close at $41.75billion. Analysts have said the accretion in the foreign exchange buffer continued week following the inflows from…
