archiveJuly 2019

  *Osinbajo advocates inclusion as a panacea to perils of diversity “I was at an event in Lagos where some old boys of Kings College, a Federal Government college were gathered. So, there was in their midst, Adebayo Ogunlesi, Christian Yoruba gentleman, who founded one of the most successful private...

Unity Bank recorded a growth in profitability by over 96 per cent  as its profit before tax stood at N1.052 billion in first quarter of 2019 as against N536 million in the same  period of 2018. A review of the Bank's performance also shows significant improvements across key financial metrics...

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, AT A MEETING WITH SOUTH WEST OBAS, WEDNESDAY 31ST JULY 2019 KABIYESIS I am delighted to welcome Your Highnesses to State House. I thank you for honoring the invitation to attend this important consultation that concerns the...

A Don, Dr Austine Nwaeze, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to assign previous portfolios re-appointed cabinet ministers for them to complete their ongoing projects. Nwaeze, who lectures Economics at the Pan Atlantic University, Lekki, Lagos, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos...

  Some Federal Government contributors to the Contributory Pension Scheme, have decried the long process involved in the ongoing Nationwide Data  Recapture for registered workers. The pension contributors, who made the complaint in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja, described the process as...

Fidelity Bank on Wednesday said it had rewarded 7,109 customers with N2.9 billion since 2015. The bank’s Regional Head, Mrs Vanessa Mordi said this in Abuja during the bank’s Savings Loyalty Scheme Campaign. She said that the bank was rewarding customers under the Fidelity Personal Savings Scheme and Children Savings...

The Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), says it has collated 15.15 billion dollars investments in the country for the first half of 2019. Ms Yewande Sadiku, NIPC Executive Secretary made this known on Wednesday in Abuja at a news conference. Presenting its first half of 2019 Investment Reports, Sadiku said...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the country’s Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) stood at 57.6 index points as at July. It said this indicated expansion in the manufacturing sector in 28 consecutive months. The apex bank reported the July PMI on its website. The CBN said the...

  The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday delisted the entire issued share capital of First Aluminium Nigeria from its Daily Official List following the company’s request for voluntary delisting. Mr Godstime Iwenekhai, NSE Head of Listings Regulation Department, said that the entire issued share capital of the company was...

The Nigerian equities market sustained bearish mood on Wednesday to end the last trading day in July with a loss of 0.37 per cent. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that sell pressures in blue chips persisted, forcing the market to close the month in red. Specifically, the All-Share...