Hadi Sirika, the minister of aviation, says the new national carrier will commence operation in the first quarter of 2022. Sirika disclosed this while addressing state house correspondents after the weekly federal executive council meeting in Abuja on Wednesday. In…
VP calls on EU, UK, Denmark, Swedfund, CDC, European Investment Bank, Investment Fund for Developing Countries, others to reconsider ban on fossil investments *Adds: Sub-Sahara Africa will require an annual investment of $40b to implement robust energy transition plans While…
The United Bank for Africa Plc emerged as the biggest bank by customer deposits as total customer deposits in nine Nigerian banks increased to N30.81tn at the end of the first quarter of 2021 from N29.73tn in December 2020, their unaudited financial statements show.…
The shareholders of Fidelity Bank Plc have unanimously endorsed the payment of a cash dividend of 22 kobo per share to all Shareholders whose names appear in the Register of Members at the close of business on April 16, 2021.…
The Government of Nigeria has unveiled plans to implement some technology backed initiatives it intends to deploy for improved governance with the support of Microsoft Corporation in the coming months. The initiatives, as announced by Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi…
In a move to spur the entertainment, creative, and technology sectors in the country, the Buhari administration has commenced a process that will provide the sectors with about N240 billion in financing and investment set to take off by the…
By Martins Oloja Permit me to step aside this week from contextual reporting of the terrorism of the bandits and the hypocrisy of the crisis entrepreneurs in the land. Reason for the cross-over: It is expedient for us to study the…
The demand for good quality parboiled rice is high in parts of Africa, from east to west, north to south. As at 2015, rice consumption in countries was estimated to be approximately 26 million (MT) of which 13 million MT…
In response to the rising cases of gender-based violence in Nigeria and across the world, Access Bank’s ‘W’ Initiative in partnership with the Nigerian Governors Wives against Gender-Based Violence (NGWA-GBV), recently organised a virtual webinar themed ‘Tackling the menace of…
Africa’s largest economy has slumped into a recession in the third quarter as oil production dropped to a four-year low. Nigeria’s economy has slumped into recession as the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted by -3.63 per cent in the…
