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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The federal government has suspended the Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Mounir Gwarzo, from office, to allow for an unhindered investigation of several allegations of financial impropriety leveled against him. Patricia Deworitshe, Deputy Director, Ministry of Finance in a […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Following the presentation of the N8.6 trillion 2018 Budget to the the National Assembly two weeks ago, the Federal Government on Monday announced that it has priced its offering of US$3 billion aggregate principal amount of dual series notes under its US$4.5 billion […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Federal Government has given reasons for the delay in fulfilling its obligation to the Whistleblower, who provided the tips that led to the recovery of funds stashed away in a property in Ikoyi, Lagos earlier this year. Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow As part of efforts to unlock socio-economic development, facilitate investment and achieve inclusive economic growth, the Federal Executive Council on Thursday approved a tax relief scheme to attract private sector investors in the provision of federal road infrastructure across the country. This follows […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, TEF, and chairman of United Bank for Africa, UBA, Tony Elumelu has declared that the most sustainable investment anyone can make in Africa today is investment in its people. At the 2017, TEF, African Journalism Fellowship, a […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The federal government of Nigeria has opened bilateral discussions with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for power and infrastructure development as well as some pipeline projects. Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun led the Nigerian delegation to the talks while the Senior Vice President of […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Nigeria’s finance minister, Kemi Adeosun, has called on the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to scale up the provision of and access to renewable energy in order to deliver infrastructure development and meet global climate goals. Adeosun presented the […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Nigeria has for the second successive year, been declared winner of the Ideas for Action initiative, a youth competition on financing for development, which is yearly organised by the World Bank Group in collaboration with the Zicklin Center for Business Ethics […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Federal Government has released the proceeds of the N100 billion Sukuk bond to 25 key economic road projects of the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing across the country. Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, on Thursday, handed over the N100 billion proceeds […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow After what appears to be a slow start, occasioned by downturn in the Nigerian economy, and its fallouts, the board of ntel, Nigeria’s first 4G/LTE-Advanced network, has announced the appointment of Ernest Akinlola, as new Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer. “I am […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Alzheimer’s Disease International, ADI, has alerted the international community that Dementia will affect 3.4 million people in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030. It estimates that countries in the region have the fastest growing older population in the world but striking lack of awareness and […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The long arm of the law appears to have caught up with four staff of United Bank for Africa, UBA, following a robbery attack on a bullion van in which about N25 million belonging to the bank was carted away with ease by […] More
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