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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...

adjourns plenary till January 18, 2022   The Senate on Wednesday passed an aggregate expenditure of N17,126,873,917,692 trillion naira as budget for the 2022 fiscal year.   The passage followed the consideration of a report by the Appropriations Committee on the 2022 Appropriations Bill.   Chairman of the Committee, Senator...

L – R: Prof Mohammad Sani Bello of Economics Department, Kaduna State University; NDIC MD/CE, Bello Hassan; Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli; Deputy Director, MD’s  Office, NDIC and deceased son, Ilyasu Sani; and Marafan Kuda, Mal Sanusi Mohammed during NDIC Management's condolence visit on the passing of Ilyasu's...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday said that the Senate would consult with the House of Representatives on how to respond to President Muhammadu Buhari’s letter on the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill.   Lawan made this known after the upper chamber rose from a closed session to deliberate...

In recognition of Unity Bank Plc’s contribution to the growth of entrepreneurship among Nigerian youths, the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC has named the lender “Icon of Youth Empowerment” in an award presented to the Bank during the Skills Acquisition & Entrepreneurship Department, SAED Festival held in Abuja recently. The...