Archives for April, 2022 - Page 6
Assault on Journalists: IPI Nigeria opens ‘Black Book’ for perpetrators
Photo caption: Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed (Middle); President, IPI Nigeria, Musikilu Mojeed (3rd right); Secretary, IPI Nigeria, Ahmed I. Shekarau (2nd left); Treasurer, IPI Nigeria, Rafatu…
Anchor Insurance sponsors Babakekere, Ogiame Erejuwa II stage plays
Anchor Insurance Company Limited, one of the fastest growing insurance companies in Nigeria and the Daily Independent’s Insurance Company of the Year Award winner 2020, following its professed love for…
World Bank Group, IMF, WFP, WTO call for urgent coordinated action on Food Security
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala By Ngozi Onyeakusi---The Heads of the World Bank Group (WBG), International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations World Food Program (WFP), and World Trade Organisation (WTO) have called…
STATISTICIAN GENERAL OF FEDERATION, SIMON HARRY, DIES EIGHT MONTHS AFTER APPOINTMENT
The Board, management and staff of National Bureau of Statistics(NBS), has announced the passing on of the Statistician General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer of NBS, Dr.…
Stanbic IBTC Charts Course for Real Estate Development
By Ngozi Onyeakusi---Stanbic IBTC Asset Management, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, has charted a new course for real estate investment in Nigeria. The financial institution was appointed…
Anchor Insurance Gets NAICOM’s Approval To sell Local Passengers’ Flight Welfare Scheme
Anchor Insurance MD By Ngozi Onyeakusi---The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has approved Local Passengers’ Flight Welfare Scheme for Anchor Insurance Company Limited for deployment into the market in…
FG, World Bank inaugurate project to tackle environmental challenges
The Federal Government, in collaboration with World Bank, has launched the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) Project, to address environmental challenges in Nigeria’s North. Alhaji Mohammed Abdullahi, Minister of…
E-payments rise by 45%, N55tn transferred in two months
About was processed through Nigeria’s electronic channels in the first two months of 2022, according to data from the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System portal. This is a per cent…
CBN warns against illegal financial institutions
By Ngozi Onyeakusi---The Central Bank of Nigeria has warned individuals to desist from dealing in illegal financial schemes or with illegal financial institutions that are not licensed or recognised by…
Statistician General, Simon Harry Indispose, Not Dead
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has called on the general public to disregard the news about the death of the Statistician of the Federation, Dr. Simon Harry, which was…