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MSME Day: ACCI, Stakeholders Seek Legislation, Executive Order on Streamlining Taxation of SMEs
Trade experts and operators of SMEs in Nigeria have called for a legislation and presidential Executive Order to streamline taxation of small businesses to expand their survival rate and capacity…
Herbert Wigwe Bags African Banker of the Year for the second time
Herbert Wigwe, Access Bank MD By Ngozi Onyeakusi--- The Group Managing Director/CEO of Access Bank PLC Herbert Wigwe has been recognised as the African Banker of the Year at the…
Buhari Travels Back To London For Treatment
By Ngozi Onyeakusi---- President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday travel to London, the United Kingdom, for a “scheduled medical follow-up”. Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and…
Sterling Bank partners StearsData to publish Agric Industry Report 2021
By Ngozi Onyeakusi--- Sterling Bank Plc, in partnership with StearsData, has released an in-depth report for the agriculture sector in Nigeria. The report titled Agriculture Industry Report 2021 provides the…
FG yet to comply with workers 18% pension contribution
Seven years after the Federal Government amended the Pension Reform Act, which stipulated that employers should remit 18 per cent of workers’ monthly emoluments into their RSAs, the government is…
Inflation to “sharply increase” hurricane claims costs, warns Swiss Re
By Steve Evans ----- Inflation is driving prices higher and while the insurance and reinsurance industry may have been hoping that claims inflation from litigious claims could be close to…
Pension industry raises concerns around withdrawal behaviour
Withdrawal behaviours are among the top concerns of a third of pension providers in the UK, with two-thirds fearing this concern will grow as more people rely solely on a…
AfCFTA to Buoy Investment Opportunities Abound in Nigeria, Africa Post-Pandemic-Ikeazor
Philip Ikeazor – Director, Greenwich Merchant Bank, Former MD/CEO, Keystone Bank Limited. Image Credit: Tideway Advisory Limited By Obiora Peter----The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA ) will buoy investment…
NCWS Canvasses For Women Incusion In AfCFTA trade Services Negotiation
Participants at the African Regional Council of Women conference have called for the integration of gender in Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) negotiation in trade services. The participants made…
Spectrum Auction For 5G Deployment: NCC Inaugurates Committee
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has taken a major proactive regulatory step by inaugurating a committee to develop the Information Memorandum (IM) for the auction of gigahertz (GHz) spectrum band…
