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No fewer than 4,000 farmers have been selected to benefit from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) agricultural loan in Edo State. The National Secretary of Federated Fadama,Henry Ebole, disclosed this  on Sunday in Benin City. He noted that the CBN initiative was part of the Federal Government’s effort to...

By ABDUL-KHALIQ OLALEKAN The National Pension Commission (PenCom) is partnering  with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Bureau for Public Procurement (BPP)Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)  National Bureau for Statistics (NBS), among others to ensure pension laws are obeyed and enforced. It was learnt, over the weekend, that the commission...

By ABDUL-KHALIQ OLALEKAN An Enugu-based Microfinance bank, Umuchinemere Pro-credit MfB (UPMfB) has disbursed N600.86 million as loans to 1,890 active poor in Enugu State as part of its objectives to alleviate poverty in the society through economic evangelization. The funds, which were disbursed in the first half of 2016, were...

The Nigerian print media attracted N23.7 billion revenue from advertising in 2015 representing a drop of N2.1 billion as against N25.8 billion it recorded in 2014. This information is contained in the just-released 2015 Mediafacts, a key media resource for marketing professionals in West and Central Africa produced annually by...

Ghanaian President, John Mahama has blamed the power interruptions being experienced by the country on sabotage  from Nigeria. Speaking during eid-el-fitr speech at a ceremony in Accra, Mahama said the sabotage of oil terminals in Nigeria occasioned the delay in the supply of crude oil, which Ghana ordered last month....

Oil prices retreated in Asia on Tuesday, with Brent easing below $50 on news of increased production from Nigeria following the repair of infrastructure damaged in militant attacks. Nigeria, Africa’s biggest producer, pumped an average 1.53 million barrels a day last month, up around 990,000 a day from May, according...

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and  Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), have signified their plans to embark on strike and shutdown of the operations and activities in the oil and gas industry. In a press statement signed by...

ABDUL-KHALIQ OLALEKAN The Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC)  has paid N896 million as pension entitlement for the month of June, 2016 to 256 retirees of the state civil service. The money which was paid through Retirement Benefit Bond Certificates, to benefiting retirees from the Mainstream...

Lekki Gardens Limited, Nigeria’s leading private real estate development company has empowered the survivors of the unfortunate March 8, 2016 building collapse with the presentation of tricycles and cash support for the 11 survivors. Lekki Gardens Limited presented the new tricycle worth over half a million naira and fifty thousand...

Following a directive of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to telecommunications service providers NCC on Friday activated the ‘Do not disturb’ facility, which gives subscribers the freedom to choose what messages to receive r reject from the various networks. The NCC said on Sunday that it had mandated the operators to...