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Access Bank, Nigeria’s largest bank by customer base with a global footprint beyond Africa has launched a “YouThrive” initiative which targets to empower 700,000 MSMEs in the country through a 50bn loan. Victor Etuokwu, Deputy Managing Director, Access Bank announced this during a press briefing held recently at the bank’s...

Sterling Bank Ltd., Nigeria's leading commercial bank, has proudly announced a strategic partnership with Export And Sell Nigeria Limited (EAS), a leading international trade consultancy, to organize the "Export to Wealth" conference. This ground-breaking initiative which is being held between 6th – 7th of March 2024, aims to empower at...

  President Bola Tinubu officially commissioned the Lagos Red Line rail project on Thursday. According to  Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State ,the Lagos Red Line Mass Transit rail system, is covering a 27-kilometre stretch from Agbado to Oyingbo with eight stations, is expected to transport over 500,000 passengers daily...

    Yemi Kale, Nigeria’s former Statistician General of the Federation has assumed a new job as the Group Chief Economist and Managing Director, Research & International Cooperation at the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). In this new role of his, he would support the bank’s mission of stimulating African trade...

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has restated its directive for telecom operators to disconnect telephone subscribers who have not linked their National Identification Numbers (NIN) to their SIM cards by February 28, 2024. Dr. Aminu Maida, the Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, emphasized this during the NCC’s Special...

  In a poignant display of reverence and admiration, prominent figures from the Nigerian business landscape came together to pay tribute to the late Bamofin Abimbola Ogunbanjo during an Afternoon of Tributes and Closing Gong Ceremony, organized by the Nigerian Exchange Group in collaboration with Coronation Group. The event, held...

  The Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of the Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC)  Dr. Aminu Maida, has called for effective risk management in the telecommunication industry. According to him, the industry is currently at the crossroads of tradition and transformation. He noted that the emerging technologies and trends present...

The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), Mr. Mele Kyari, says no public wealth creation endeavour can achieve any meaningful success without energy security. The GCEO stated this in a presentation at the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) Public Wealth Management Conference which...

By Amos Oladele BUA Foods Plc, a leading food business in the fast moving consumer goods, FMCG sector of the Nigerian economy has given a very detailed insight into how the high performing company is keeping very tenaciously to its brand promise of enhancing and advancing food security in Nigeria...

The Lagos State Government has warned that it would start penalizing house owners found guilty of renting out their apartments at exorbitant fees. This is according a statement issued by the Lagos State Commissioner for Housing, Moruf Akinderu-Fatai, who stated that the government would wield a big stick on allottees...