Archives for September 7, 2019
Forex Intervention: CBN injects $321.11m, CNY 33.3m into Retail SMIS
By Ngozi Onyeakusi -- The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has made another intervention in the Retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS) to the tune of $321,…
Xenophobia: FG Insists On Compensation For Victims
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, says that the Federal Government will demand that victims of the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa be compensated…
PDP Decries Invasion Of Umahi’s Residence
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to immediately apprehend those behind the invasion of the Abuja residence of Ebonyi Gov.…
Mugabe, Indomitable Fighter For Liberation Of Zimbabwe – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the late former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, as an indomitable fighter, who contributed to the liberation of his country from apartheid…
Access Bank’s Post-Merger H1 PBT Hits N74.1bn, Declares 25k Interim Dividend
By Ngozi Onyeakusi -- Access Bank Group’s audited H1 results released to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on showed Gross Earnings of billion, up 28% from billion…
EFCC’s Kano office arrests Ponzi scheme operators, recovers firearms
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested the duo of Garba Iliyasu and Umar Iliyasu, who are alleged to be running a Ponzi Scheme in…
AfDB Seals $54 Million Deal With AFAP To Boost Fertilizer In Nigeria, Tanzania
By Ngozi Onyeakusi -- The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) have signed two grant agreements to implement trade credit guarantees…