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IMF upgrades Nigeria’s economic growth forecast to 3.4%
The increase in global oil prices has caused the International Monetary Fund to review IMF logo Nigeria’s economic growth potential to per cent in 2022. The IMF disclosed this…
Gunmen Abduct Five Wedding Guests In Anambra
No fewer than five persons returning from a Wedding on Easter Monday in Anambra State were kidnapped by unknown gunmen. Daily Independent learned that the five persons had attended the…
Access Bank Introduces Online Account Opening Platform
By Ngozi Onyeakusi ---Nigeria’s largest lender in the SME space Access Bank plc has unveiled an online account opening platform for unregistered businesses. The online account opening platform…
Edo based Lawyer institutes annual award to immortalize late singer, Osinachi
An Edo State based lawyer and Public Notary, Olayiwola Afolabi has instituted an annual award for young gospel singers in honour of late song writer and gospel artiste, Osinachi…
NCC Urges Consumers To Protect Telecom Infrastructure, Others
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has emphasised that telecommunications consumers in Nigeria have a major role to play in complementing efforts being put in place to ensure effective protection of…
NCDMB unveils support for LPG small-scale entrepreneurs
Engineer Simbi Simbi Kesiye Wabote The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board has unveiled a new window of opportunity for small-scale entrepreneurs in the gas value chain that will also…
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…
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…
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…
NLNG Completes Training For People Living with Disabilities In Rivers
Twenty People Living with Disabilities (PLWD) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, have graduated from an empowerment and skills acquisition programme fully sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited, as part of…