Alibaba Founder and Executive Chairman Jack Ma has announced the creation of a $10 million African Young Entrepreneurs Fund. “The money is set. This is my money, so I don’t have to get anybody’s approval,” Ma said during the Youth…
Guinness Nigeria Plc yesterday presented a detailed breakdown of its plans to raise N39,700,688,598 by way of rights issue to its existing shareholders. The company shared details of its rights issue programme at a presentation which was held at the…
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has called for the transfer of all the country’s oil revenue savings into the custody of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA). In an Occasional paper ‘‘the case for a robust oil savings…
The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, will today inaugurate the two ministers-designate that were screened by the Senate in May. The PUNCH learnt on Tuesday that arrangements were at an advanced stage to inaugurate the two ministers, Stephen Ocheni (Kogi) and Suleiman…
‘Transportation is critical to achieving SDGs for Nigeria’ Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, Executive Director of Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Center (CISLAC) in an interview with Sylvester Enoghase after a one-day retreat for National Assembly members in Abuja, speaks on the effect…
Background The Monetary Policy Committee met on the 24th and 25th of July 2017, against the backdrop of a relatively improving global economy. However, protectionism in trade and immigration; fragilities in the financial markets, remain the key risks to global economic stability.…
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday confirmed 27 cases of diarrhoea outbreak in the state, out of which two people have died so far. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris at a joint news conference in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest…
Stakeholders at a one-day roundtable talk on digital rights and engagement have called on government agencies to fully embrace digital tools in their engagement with the public. The roundtable, themed “Improving Government’s Approach to Digital Engagement & Rights”, held on…
In accordance with Federal Government’s monetary broadening strategy, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has indicated plans to speculate over ₦382billion to revive dying enterprises in Kano. The CBN mediation would not just breathe life into the past magnificence of…
The Financial Action Task Force and relevant provisions of the laws and regulations on money laundering and countering terrorism financing were designed to help identify the source, volume and movement of currency and other monetary instruments transported or transmitted into…
