Archives for September, 2019 - Page 13
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…
Jim Ovia Withdraws From World Economic Forum
By Ngozi Onyeakusi -- Following the hypersensitivity of the issues surrounding the lives and well-being of Nigerian citizens living in South Africa and to contribute his voice against…
Africa Re wins 2018 NAIPCO Insurance Development Promoter Award
Ken Aghoghovbia, deputy managing director/COO, African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) (middle) receiving award of the 2018 NAIPCO Insurance Development Promoter Award from Mohammad Ahmad, chairman of the NAIPCO 2019…
Photo: NAIPCO Holds 4th Annual Confab
L-R: Mr. Bode Opadogun, Managing Director, FBN General Insurance/representative of Chairman, NIA; Mr. Babatunde Phillips, Head, Benefits, National Pension Commission (PenCom); Mrs Ronke Adedeji, President, Association of Pension…
Airtel Felicitates with Outstanding, Young Entrepreneurs at 2019’s 25Under25Awards
By Ngozi Onyeakusi -- Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has joined the organizers of the 25Under25 Awards to honour this year’s recipients of the coveted…
Monarch Decries Border Closure As Fuel Price Hits N350
The partial closure of the border between Nigeria and Republic of Benin has led to an increase in the cost of petrol from the official price of…
Court remands applicant for allegedly raping 20-year-old woman
An Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, on Tuesday ordered that a 50-year-old applicant, Adesegun Lawal, who allegedly raped a 20-year-old woman, be remanded in prison, pending legal…
China Files Formal Complaint Agains US At WTO
Following Washington imposition of new tariffs on billions of dollars of Chinese imports in an escalating trade war between the two world powers, China says it has filed…
Nigeria Risks $2.3bn Fine Over Mambila Project Contract Breach
Nigeria has incurred yet another $ billion fine in arbitration in France over an alleged breach of Mambilla Hydro power project contract. This is coming even as…
Buhari To Visit South Africa Next Month Over Xenophobic Attacks
Plans have commenced for President Muhammadu Buhari to travel to South Africa next month. The trip is tied to the raging attacks on Nigerians and other Africans…