The Presidency on Friday said the discussion between President Muhammadu Buhari and the World Bank Group President, Jim Yong Kim, was deliberately twisted. PUNCH had it that Kim disclosed in Washington DC, United States of America, that Buhari had requested…
The World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim revealed Thursday in an interview with Punch Newspaper reporter that President Muhammadu Buhari gave the bank definite instruction to focus on the north of Nigeria in his economic policy, As a result, Jim…
The District Manager, Nigeria Postal Service, Ilorin, Mr Godwill Magulike, said on Friday that the agency would soon introduce agency banking services in its operation. Magulike said in Ilorin that the agency’s banking services would enable Nigerians to send money…
Ecobank Nigeria has announced the appointment Mr. Akin Dada, who now heads the bank’s Corporate Banking business and Mrs. Carol Oyedeji for Consumer Banking. The bank explained that the new Executive Directors – were in line with its “Roadmap to…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has indefinitely shut down two of the nation’s three refineries due to increase in their operation costs and several maintenance interventions. DailyTrust quoted a government official saying that the two refineries had been down…
Nigerian Breweries plc has honoured six journalists at the ninth edition of its Golden Pen Award which held yesterday at Eko Hotels & Suite in Victoria Island, Lagos The award ceremony was graced by dignitaries from the nation’s media, political…
Arsenal forward Alex Iwobi scored the goal which took Nigeria to the World Cup finals as they beat Zambia 1-0. Iwobi struck with 17 minutes remaining of the match at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo as Nigeria reached…
I sold my land, gold to start amala business –Iyabo Ojo Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo, recently ventured into the hospitality business and became a food vendor with her amala joint which she called Abula Spot. But even as she opened…
The European Union’s three-year ban on the importation of dry beans from Nigeria has pushed the Federal Government to commence an advocacy on agricultural quality control and standardisation across the six geo-political zones of the country. The Minister of Agriculture…
Over 200,000 small holding farmers in 29 states of the country, cultivating eight different commodities have gotten N43 billion so far disbursed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under its Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) which was launched in November…
