archiveOctober 7, 2021

HP Inc. has announced the appointment Emmanuel Asika as the new Country Head for HP Inc, Nigeria, effective 1 August 2021. Supporting customers and partners across the West African Market, his responsibilities span country leadership and the profitable growth of HP’s Printing, Personal Systems and Services businesses. Having completed a...

The Bank of Industry (BoI) has become a signatory to the United Nations (UN) Principles for Responsible Banking. Mr Olukayode Pitan, Managing Director of BoI, has said. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the UN principles for responsible banking is a single framework for a sustainable banking industry....

  President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday at noon present the 2022 budget to the National Assembly. The presentation will be made during a joint session of both chambers. President Buhari made this known in a letter dated October 5, 2021, and read during plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad...

Rite Foods Limited has restated its commitment to the production of quality products that appeals to consumers' tastes, preferences and utmost satisfaction, as it marks this year's customer service week (CSW) with the theme "Consumers First." Celebrated annually by corporate organizations, CSW is a global initiative that starts from Monday...

    The Senate has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s revised submission of the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework.   The revised submission was received and referred to the Committee on Finance on Tuesday for expeditious consideration ahead of Thursday’s budget presentation to the National Assembly by President Buhari.   Consequently,...

The   Healing Heart Foundation, an NGO, has advised older people to pay attention to their health by adopting healthy lifestyles and diets to reduce risks of ailments associated with aging. The Founder of Healing Heart Foundation, Mrs Sophy Mbanisi, gave the advice in Lagos on Tuesday during a programme organised...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the National Assembly would mount more pressure on revenue generating agencies to ensure that they remit N1 trillion naira in revenues annually to enable the federal government fund its budget. Lawan stated this in his remarks after the chamber approved President...

Over 500 Nigerians have lost their jobs and stranded four months after the United Arab Emirates stopped granting or renewing Direct Employment Visa for Nigerians in the Western Asian country. It was gathered that while many of the affected persons had returned to Nigeria, hundreds of them are still in...

  The House of Representatives has summoned the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, over alleged award of a coastal shipping contract to a foreign company. Rep. Legor Idagbor, the Chairman, House Committee on Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring, issued the summons on Wednesday,...

The World Bank says Nigeria’s economy is expected to grow by 2.4 per cent in 2021 owing to support by the service sector. The Bretton Woods Institution said this on Wednesday in its October edition of Africa’s Pulse, the bank’s twice-yearly economic update for the region. It is titled: “Climate...