archiveSeptember 2022

  The introduction of the “Race to $200 billion in FX Repatriation” (RT200 FX) by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has spurred significant improvement in the country’s export remittances, the apex bank has revealed. The   Principal Manager, Trade and Exchange Department, CBN, Mrs Anne Nnenna Ezekhennagha, disclosed this at...

  Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa, will on Friday,  September 23, 2022 address world leaders on issues of food security response, illicit financial flows and asset returns,  at the ongoing 77th United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, holding in New York,  United States of America....

  warns that crude oil theft may drive economy into coma   President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, expressed the willingness of the National Assembly to ensure transparent and credible elections next year at the polls. Lawan made this known in his speech to welcome lawmakers back from...

Experts who gathered at the public presentation of Business Journal Newspaper over the weekend in Lagos have identified the important role of the media in national development, urging media practitioners to adopt Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance their capacity for sustainable growth and profitability. The Keynote Speaker, Prof. Umar Danbatta,...

On Saturday, September 10, 2022, BudgIT, a foremost civic-tech organisation leading the advocacy for accountability, transparency and effective service delivery in Nigeria and four other African countries, officially announced and celebrated the winners of the maiden edition of the Active Citizens’ Award. The award celebrated phenomenal individuals and organisations that...

Representatives from over 120 countries are in Abu Dhabi this week to discuss how standardization can be leveraged to lower international trade barriers and support climate action. From 19-23 September, more than 5,000 delegates are convening, physically and virtually, for the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Annual Meeting 2022, which...

Dr. Jimoh Ibrahim, CFR has been officially invited by World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) to attend and participate in their ancillary meeting in Washington, United States in October. The invitation personally addressed to the billionaire business mogul was jointly signed by the two international monetary bodies: World Bank...

Heritage Bank Plc has upped the ante of its support in the corporate social responsibility space by joining forces with Gail Sickle Initiative to rescue people living with sickle cell anaemia. The partnership with Gail Sickle Initiative, a non-profit organisation, according to the Executive Director, Heritage Bank, Osepiribo Ben-Willie with...

  domestic debt servicing increased by over N247bn in 2017   The new data released by the Debt Management Office (DMO) has shown that Nigeria’s total public debt rose by 2.98 percent in the second quarter of this year to N42.84 trillion ($103.31 billion). The total public debt stock represents...

  A Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo, Taraba State has sacked Emmanuel Bwacha as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for the 2023 polls. The court’s decision comes after David Sabo Kente, one of the aspirants, filed a suit against his candidature. In his judgment on Tuesday, Simon...