Archives for December, 2020 - Page 8
Debt capital panacea for Nigeria’s infrastructure deficit- Olabinjo
Budgetary allocations will not solve Nigeria's infrastructure needs- Olabinjo The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, Skystone Capital & Investment Ltd., Mr Ola Olabinjo, has identified debt capital financing as the…
Crude Oil price soars to $50 per barrel
Oil price Thursday soared higher with the global Brent crude benchmark above $50 for the first time in nine months, on progress toward a COVID-19 vaccine that may enable a…
Ecobank MD, Others highlight opportunities in Digital Financial Inclusion
By Ngozi Onyeakusi---- Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan has said the biggest growth opportunities in digital financial inclusion lies in the ability to combine the mobile phone, cards…
AIICO Insurance Gets Shareholders’ Nod To Increase authorized share capital To N20bn
From left to right:Mr. Ademola Adebise (Non-Executive Director)Mr. Babatunde Fajemirokun (MD/CEO)Mr. Donald Kanu (Company Secretary)Mr. Adewale KadriMr. Ademola Adebise (Non-Executive Director)Mr. Babatunde Fajemirokun (MD/CEO)Mr. Donald Kanu (Company Secretary)Mr. Adewale Kadri…
AFRICA FINTECH FOUNDRY, ACCESS BANK HOST VIRTUAL FINTECH ROUNDTABLE
Africa’s leading digital innovation hub, Africa Fintech Foundry (AFF), is set to host the first virtual edition of its FinTech innovation Roundtable on December 11, 2020. Themed ‘Let’s Talk Tech…
Buhari reappoints AMCON chief, names new MD for NDIC
President Muhammadu Buhari has renominated Mr Ahmed Kuru as Managing Director and Mr Eberechukwu Uneze and Mr Aminu Ismail as Executive Directors of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria for…
Hopes Of Reviving Refineries Fade As FG Begins Fuel Import From China
Contrary to claims by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) that fuel imports will end by early 2021, the country has resumed importation of petrol from China, the world’s top…
Two foreigners arrested for attempting to write NIS, NSCDC recruitment exam
Two foreigners, a Camerounian and a Beninese, were arrested on Monday during the recruitment examination into the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).…
Yuletide: Peace assures customers of smooth operations
By Ngozi Onyeakusi---- Air Peace has assured customers that it has made adequate preparations to effectively service all its routes, especially south east and south-south destinations, during the Christmas season.…
Nigeria’s external trade soars to N8.4 trn in Q3 2020, import grew by 38%—NBS
By Ngozi Onyeakusi ---- National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that the Nigeria’s total foreign trade for the third quarter of 2020 grew by to stand at trillion compared…