archiveDecember 23, 2021

promises 70-75 per cent budget performance Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, signed the 2022 budget of N294.7billion and the Bill on Financial Autonomy for the House of Assembly into law, stating that the budget represents the wishes of the people of the state. He maintained that the government...

  The Federal Executive Council (FEC), on Thursday, during an extraordinary meeting, approved 16 electricity projects at a cost N65,387,644,709, even as the Council used the event to attribute the prevalent unstable power supply in the country to the long years of neglect of infrastructure development in the sector. Minister...

The Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan has stated the readiness of the bank to partner with the Institute of Credit Administration (ICA) to create a reliable and enhance credit practice in the country. Speaking during an official visit of ICA Management team to the Ecobank Pan African Centre (EPAC)...

Spokesperson for Ooni of Ife, Moses Olafare, has said the Palace will consult Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi before speaking on the divorce claim by Naomi Silekunola, who announced on Thursday that her marriage to monarch has ended. Olafare spoke in a phone interview with The PUNCH on Thursday. He said he...

  As part of its continued supports to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria’s most innovative Banking Service provider has again empowered an entrepreneur winner of The Next Titan Season-8 with sum of N15million. Adausu Emuobo Taiwo, an expert in elderly care and the brain behind...

Director-General, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Malam Shehu Ilelah, has said that the commission will establish Institute for Broadcast Policy and Regulations in 2022. Ilelah, who made the disclosure at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja, said that the establishment of the institute would enhance professionalism in broadcast industry. He...

The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has approved a budget of $29.75 million for the financing of a study project for the second phase of the technical preliminary design of the Morocco-Nigeria gas pipeline. The project will enable some West African states to replace costly oil-fired power generation with renewable power...

    Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) Plc on Thursday announced a proposed divestment of majority shareholding interest in the bank to Titan Trust Bank Ltd. The UBN Company Secretary, Somuyiwa Sonubi, said this a statement posted on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd (NGX) website tilted: “Proposed Divestment of Majority Shareholding...