Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Monday in Abuja solicited the support of Nigerians for the sustenance of Abuja carnival in the promotion of national peace. Ekweremadu made the call while declaring open the boat regatta of the 8th edition of...
Ogun Government on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with four construction firms to construct eight roads across the state, valued at 90.3 billion. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the companies are China Civil Engineering Const...
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE), in Jigawa has begun a three-month training for 50 persons with disabilities under its ''Special Needs'' scheme. Muhammad Sambo, State Coordinator told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Mo...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the new banking model is taking root in the country as it has issued merchant banking licence to two institutions one of which is poised to bring in N16 billion into the Nigerian economy. Speaking at a workshop or...
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it has considered the IMF’s Work Programme for the next twelve months, with focus on key policies that, building on the latest reforms, will secure recovery and lay the found...
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has said the framework that would define the mode of operation for Agency Banking will be out by the middle of December this year. Sanusi while speaking at the Enhancing Financia...
Fifteen customers of Enterprise Bank have emerged winners in the just concluded MoneyGram International 2012 Back-To-School promotion, which was tagged ‘MoneyGram Gear Off To School.’ In a statement, the bank said the promo, which ran for s...
The year 2012 can best be described as one that came with worst flooding in the history of the country causing untold suffering, loses and starvation to the affected communities and by implication the entire country. The government is putting several m...
The New owners of the Eko and Ikeja Distribution Companies (DISCOs) are to benefit from the over 1,214 installed Low Voltage Distribution Transformers (LVDT) being installed by the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) in Lagos and its environs. Ac...
UBA Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of UBA in support of the golden jubilee celebration of The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) on Thursday, donated two incubator machines to the children ward in the hospital. The inc...
Mr. John Obaro, 1st Vice President, Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (Ispon) and Managing Director, Systemspecs Limited, Africa’s biggest software company, in this interview with CHIMA AKWAJA looks at the state of e-payment sy...
Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, the Minister of Petroleum Resources, has tasked the Hydro-carbon Pollution Restoration Programme (HYPREP) to fast track the cleanup of oil spills in the Niger Delta. The minister gave the charge on Thursday in Abuja at a mee...
The Zone B Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has generated more than N752 million revenue in October. The Assistant Comptroller-General of the zone, Mr Eno Ofem, stated this on Wednesday in Kaduna during a meeting with Controllers of State Command...
Gov. Theodore Orji of Abia on Tuesday presented the 2013 budget of N134.14 billion to the state House of Assembly for approval. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the budget has an increase of N4.188 billion representing 3.2 per cent over th...
Mr Olusegun Aganga, the Minister of Trade and Investment, said in Abuja on Tuesday that Nigeria was set to remove tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade to enhance intra-African trade and regional integration. Aganga announced this at the commemoratio...