archiveSeptember 2016

  Sterling Bank Plc will on Wednesday September 21 hosts the second phase of its Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) workshop in Ibadan. It would be recalled that the bank had organized similar workshops in Lagos, Port Harcourt, Kaduna and Onitsha with over 300 MSME members trained. Similar workshop...

  FirstBank has denied violating the Federal Government’s directive on the Treasury Single Account (TSA) in respect of a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) dollar account. According to a statement on Saturday by First Banks Head of Media and External Relations, Mr. Babatunde Lasaki, said the Central Bank of Nigeria...

  I arrived in the forest. I met the forest lord He offers me bush meat I am not here to hunt for bush meat I journey deep down the ocean I met the queen of the coast She offers me fish to eat I am not here to fish...

  The global luxury brand in hotel management, Marriot will make its debut in Sub-Saharan Africa next month with the grand opening of Renaissance Hotel located in the Ikeja GRA, Lagos state. The hotel, which is the first Marriot Hotel in Sub-Africa, according to a statement by its Director of...

Former Nigeria Ambassador to the United Kingdom (UK), Dr. Christopher Kolade (CON) has urged the new awardees of the Nigeria Academy of Pharmacy (NAP) and other key players in the industry to imbibe the practice of professionalism and good leadership when caring out duties and services. Kolade who stated this...

The NSE All-Share Index and Market Capitalization appreciated by 1.02 per cent to close the week at 27,858.48 and N9.570 trillion respectively. It was a three-day trading week as the Federal Government of Nigeria declared Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th of September, 2016 as Public Holiday in commemoration of the...

The President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has said that a wave of asset selling by the government could be the best way to tackle the problem of economic recession ravaging the economy. Speaking at CNBC programme on Friday, Dangote said:  “I think the real challenge for us is...

A group, the Bayelsa Youth Professional Forum, has claimed that core loyalists of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the last governorship election in the state,Timipre Sylva, were already in celebration mood following the decision of the Appeal Court to reserve ruling on his petition challenging the election of...

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday leave Abuja for New York, United States, to participate in the five-day 71st session United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) beginning on Monday. According to a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by the president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina,  the...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) equities market closed the day on a positive note as the NSE All-Share Index (NSE ASI) also appreciated by 0.48 per cent to settle at 27,858.48 basis points, driving Investors gain of N45.7 billion as market capitalization closed at N9.569 trillion. Market activity as measured...