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Two years after the Pension Reforms Act (PRA) 2014, was passed into law, lack of implementation of the certain provisions, especially the increment in monthly pension contribution from 15 per cent to 18 per cent, by either States or Federal Government is affecting the rate of growth of the pension...

Kasimu Garba Kurfi, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of APT Securities and Funds Limited, is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA) and a Fellow of Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (FCS). He is also an authorised Dealing Clerk of the Nigerian Stock Exchange. He has close...

Reacting to a recent story by Bloomberg that South African has overtaken Nigeria as the largest economy in Africa in dollar terms, President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote said Nigeria economy remains number one in Africa. Many have therefore being reacting to these. Business 247 News Online captures what...

Full speech of President Mohammadu Buhari at the opening of the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Association of African Central Banks in Abula today. It is my great pleasure to welcome you all to our capital city of Abuja, on the occasion of the 2016 Governors Symposium and the 39th...

Guaranty Trust Bank plc has released its audited financial results for the half year ended June 30, 2016 with profit before tax gaining 45 per cent from N63.11 billion in H1 2015 to N91.4 billion in half year under review. The management of GTBank has proposed interim dividend of N0.25k...

Honourable Odeneye Kehinde (Ok is Okay) is a member of the  All Progressives Congress (APC) and House of Representatives member, representing Ijebu Central Federal Constituency which comprises of Ijebu Ode, Odogbolu & Ijebu North  East. In this interview with OLAJIDE FABAMISE, he speaks  on the corruption allegations against the National...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) vision is to achieve a stronger payment system by 2020, a revolutionized banking system needed to position Nigeria among 20 strongest economy in the world. The main reason CBN introduced electronic-banking in Nigeria is to reduce the number of customers that enter banking hall...

The Payments System Vision 2020 (PSV2020) initiative of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been described as a catalyst in the revolutionized payment system landscape of the country. Niyi Olaoye therefore looks at the apex bank’s implementation plan and the possibility of the vision. The Payments System Vision 2020...

  Recession, rising inflation, review of new forex regime may top agenda Wole Tokede. As the 251st edition of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) meeting begins today, Monday, July 25, 2016, rising inflation, how to tackle the threat of recession and the review...

As the nation’s capital market closed on Friay, four financial institutions out of 15 listed on The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) are top performing shares in 30-week of 2016. These four financial institutions include United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank), Zenith Bank Plc and Access...