archiveFebruary 2022

The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization appreciated by 2.33 per cent to close last week at 47,279.92 and N25.477 trillion respectively. Similarly, all other indices finished higher with the exception of NGX Insurance and NGX Consumer Goods indices, which depreciated by 1.93 per cent and 0.81 per cent while...

As part of its yearly Business Partner Awards, Mouka has rewarded its Business Partners with over N111,000,000 worth of scholarships, high-end laptops and educational materials for their children. In addition, 15 junior staff of Mouka went home with scholarships to the tune of N5,000,000 as an act of goodwill from...

Ecobank Nigeria says its vision to use its agency banking scheme to drive financial inclusion is fast yielding fruits as it now has over 50,000 agent locations across the country. According to the bank apart from helping to drive its financial inclusion strategy in Nigeria, the agents are empowered to...

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Saturday said the National Assembly will make a case for official roles for the traditional rulers in the ongoing review of the Nigerian constitution. Lawan spoke at the Palace of Emir of Ilorin, HRH Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari while on courtesy visit. The...

  "He was the face of Nigerian free enterprise" Former Head of the Interim National Government, the late Chief Ernest Shonekan, was a man of destiny who was chosen for his time. In deed the former Head of State proved by his life that destiny for one or for a...

The commercial director of Biogenerics Limited, Osamede Uwubanmwen, has been elected as the new President of the Advertisers Association of Nigeria, (ADVAN)at the sectoral group’s 19th Annual General Meeting held at Marriot Hotel, Ikeja GRA Lagos. It would be recalled that Bunmi Adeniba formerly of Unilever Nigeria and recently appointed...

The proposed ICAN amendment bill, ‘a bill for an Act to amend the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria Act 1965, CAP. I11, LFN, 2004, sponsored by Hon. Abubakar Yunusa Ahmad, to address emerging trends in the Nigerian economic environment and for related matters (HB 1178)’ aimed at empowering the...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, said he would remain committed to protecting and lifting the poor and vulnerable from poverty cycle till the end of his tenure in 2023. The President gave the assurance while speaking at the virtual official presentation of the Country Review Report...

Managing Director, Cowry Asset Management Limited, Mr. Johnson Chukwu, has noted that if Nigeria is determined to attract Foreign Direct Investments, it must start with creating the right environment as well as appropriate fiscal incentives to out-compete current preferred destinations of foreign capital such as China, India, Vietnam, among others....

  BudgIT, a foremost civic-tech organisation leading the advocacy for transparency and accountability in Nigeria, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ondo State Government to improve and support fiscal transparency and responsibility in the state. BudgIT did this under its subnational transparency and institutional partnership project across...