archiveSeptember 10, 2024

The president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has revealed details of his arrest and questioning following his release by the Department of State Services (DSS) after a 15-hour detention. It could be recalled that Ajaero was arrested on Monday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja...

The Federal Government’s campaign to make local value addition the development model in the solid minerals sector is yielding more fruit with a $1 billion (N1.6 trillion) new iron ore-to-steel project planned for Kogi State following a breakthrough made by the Solid Minerals Development Minister Oladele Alake in talks with...

The Kano Zonal Director of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC ) Commander of the EFCC,  CE Ibrahim Shazali has called for stronger cooperation and synergy between federal and state law enforcement agencies to strengthen the fight against corruption. He made the call recently in Kano  while on a...

Nigeria’s top financial organization with the largest customer base in Nigeria and footprints across the globe, Access Bank, is set to host ‘Corporate Customer Forum 2024’, on September 19, 2024 at the Eko Hotels, Victoria, Island, Lagos, under the theme "Nigeria’s Economic rebirth: Hopes and implications”. This crucial event is...

    FCMB Group Plc has extended its appreciation to key financial regulators and Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group) following the successful completion of the initial phase of its transformational capitalisation programme. In a statement released by the Group Chief Executive Officer of FCMB Group Plc, Mr. Ladi Barogun, the...

    Fidelity Bank Plc, a leading financial institution, has donated maternity kits to pregnant women in Aiyetoro, Yaba Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State. This donation is part of the bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts under the Fidelity Helping Hands Program (FHHP). The initiative, spearheaded by...

‘The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Bank of Industry (BoI), the United Bank for Africa, Access Holdings plc and a host of other banking and financial institutions have thrown their weight behind the 2024 conference of the Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria (FICAN)...

  ...leads the way for African Banking Nigeria’s leading commercial bank and Africa’s most agile company, Sterling Bank Limited, has made history by migrating to what is believed to be the continent’s first ever indigenous core banking solution called SeaBaaS. The implementation of SeaBaaS, developed by Peerless, marks the completion...

Unity Bank Plc has projected gross earnings of N27 billion and a Profit After Tax of N4 billion in Q4, 2024, in its latest earnings forecast released to the Nigerian Exchange Group. Although the projected gross earnings represent a marginal increase from the N26 billion projected for Q3 2024, the...

  as partners eye JV’s 165,000 bopd oil production target by Dec 2024   In line with the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021 provisions of transiting assets from the Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT) into PIA terms, the NNPC Ltd and its Joint Venture (JV) partner, Chevron Nigeria Ltd (CNL), have...