• Capital Market Instrumental In Taking Nigeria Out Of Recession – Zainab Ahmed

    As the 22nd African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) Annual General Meeting and Conference kicks off in Lagos, the Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, Monday, said the strong capital market activities was instrumental in taking Nigeria out of recession and back to the path of positive growth. This was ...

  • Nigeria: Nigeria Requires $3.5bn Investment to End Gas Flaring By 2020

    [This Day] Abuja -Nigeria would need at least $3.5 billion investments to activate the new market-based initiative it had set up to end the practice of gas flaring at oil fields in the Niger Delta by 2020, the Programme Manager of the Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialisation Programme (NGFCP), Mr. Justice ...

  • LSETF Has Fulfilled Objectives Of Growing Lagos Economy, Creating Jobs – Ambode

    Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday presented cheques to another batch of over 2,000 beneficiaries of the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) loan programme, saying the initiative has fulfilled the objectives of creating jobs and contributing to the growth of the economy. The presentation of cheques to ...

  • KEDCO Holds 3rd Marketing Conference, Sets To Reward Staff

    Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) says the company is set to hold its 3rd marketing conference as well as award staff to boost performance. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of KEDCO, Dr Jamilu Isyaku Gwamna (Sardaunan Gombe) told newsmen that the conference was an avenue for performance review. ...

  • Kaduna Has Benefited Over N13.5bn From FG’s Social Investment Programme – Finance Minister

    The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, has disclosed that Kaduna State since inception of the Federal Government’s National Social Investment Programme (NSIP), has benefited over ₦13.5 billion, adding that President Muhammadu Buhari is leading the revolutionary process of unprecedented infrastructural development and the largest social investment programme in ...

  • Investors Pass Vote Of Confidence On Cooperative Managers

    Investors and members of the Nigeria Farmers Group and Cooperative Society (NFGCS) have expressed optimism on the management of the cooperative, saying handlers of their investment have met more than expectations, igniting their confidence to increase their stakes in agro business under the platform. The shareholders who made this known ...

  • NNL Congress Wants Gombe, Kogi Utd, Others Promoted To NPFL

    The Annual General Assembly meeting, (AGM) of the Nigerian National League, (NNL), has proposed a direct promotion for all eight qualified teams from its four groups to the elite league, Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL). Rising from their Annual General Meeting (AGM) held during the weekend in Abuja, the NNL ...

  • Kaduna Has Benefited Over N13.5bn From FG’s Social Investment Programme – Finance Minister

    The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, has disclosed that Kaduna State since inception of the Federal Government’s National Social Investment Programme (NSIP), has benefited over N13.5 billion, adding that President Muhammadu Buhari is leading the revolutionary process of unprecedented infrastructural development and the largest social investment programme in ...

  • Ábalos reclama un gran pacto para acometer inversiones en infraestructuras en Cataluña

    El ministro de Fomento, José Luis Ábalos, ha reclamado "un gran pacto" para acometer inversiones en infraestructuras en Cataluña, después de inaugurar la puesta en servicio de un tramo de la A-2 en Girona y anunciar futuras obras en esta vía y en otras de la provincia.

  • I Abandoned My Successful Tyre Business – Libya returnee

    One of the latest Nigerian returnees from Libya has said he abandoned his successful tire business in Nigeria because someone promised him that something good was awaiting him in Europe. The returnee, Chukwudi Onyemechie, 30 years old from Anambra State, said he was a successful auto tyres dealer at Ladipo ...

  • 2019 Presidential Election Debates Will Be Issue-based – John Momoh

    The chairman, Channels Television, John Momoh has said that 2019 Presidential election debates would be majorly issue based, to showcase the potentials of aspirants. Speaking during a press conference in Abuja yesterday, Momoh said the debates will focus on the issue that matter most to Nigerians including, the working families, ...

  • PMB Reads Riot Act, Says Corrupt Leaders Will Go To Jail

    President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja said leaders who undermine the economy by denying workers their benefits, while stuffing personal accounts with public funds will not escape the current anti-corruption dragnet. Receiving All Progressives Congress (APC) delegation from Benue State, led by Sen. George Akume, President Buhari said the Federal ...

  • Mikel Obi’s Russian Partner, Olga, Praises Nigerian Women

    Mikel Obi’s partner and mother of his twin girls, Olga Diyanchenko has commended Nigerian women for their poise and charisma. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Olga, who is visiting Nigeria for the first time, recently met Mikel’s family and is taking time to explore the country. In a ...

  • Caixa anuncia nova etapa de plano de demissão voluntária

    A Caixa Econômica Federal anunciou hoje (23) nova etapa do Programa de Desligamento de Empregado (PDE), com período de adesão de 26 a 30 de novembro. O programa está aberto aos empregados com mais de 15 anos na instituição, aposentados ou aptos a se aposentar até o fim deste ano, ...

  • Guinness, FRSC Kick Off 2018 Ember Months Safety Campaign In Benin

    Guinness Nigeria Plc. in partnership with the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Tuesday, flagged off the “Ember months” Responsible Drinking Awareness Campaign; a special road safety programme to curb recklessness on the roads during the last quarter of the year through to the Christmas-New year festive season. Both organisations ...

  • The Dis-Ease Of Doing Business In Nigeria

    NOTICE is hereby given that Miss MASELLINA ODOKO resident of Jikwoyi, Abuja is no longer in the employment of our companies, Purple Lace Fragrances/41 Luxe with immediate effect. She is not authorised to represent the companies in any matters whatsoever. Any person dealing with her does so at his/her own ...

  • Fighting Blindness: 1,000 Students, Elders Get Succour In Lagos

    After giving out 2,000 eyeglasses to residents of Lagos few months ago, First Bank continues to strengthen initiatives that promote good sight thereby helping to reduce avoidable blindness among Nigerians. With its strategic international partner, Vision Spring, it recently feted 1,000 aged persons and students with another free vision screening ...

  • Port: Again, Customs Intercepts 40 Containers Of Tramadol Worth N7.3bn, 2 Aircraft

    The Nigeria Customs Service yesterday displayed 40 containers loaded with Tramadol and other pharmaceutical products worth N7.3 billion imported from India. The NCS also said it seized two aircraft, a helicopter with registration number SN-BLI which was intended for export but was falsely declared as 388 bags of cashew nuts. ...

  • Korea, Nigeria Trade Volume Decreases

    The Consul-General of the Republic of Korea in Lagos, Mr In-Taek Kim, on Thursday announced a  sharp decrease in the volume of trade between Nigeria and Korea in 2018. In-Taek told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that trade between both countries that was N954.68billion last year had dropped ...

  • Reviving Nigeria’s Coal Industry

    A major incentive for colonial rule in Nigeria back then were the natural resources, especially the large deposits of solid minerals around the country. Coal was one of the most popular minerals that helped boomed the economy even up to the early 1960s before its fortunes began to dwindle gradually ...

  • Trabalhadores que usarão 13º para presentes de Natal chegam a 23%

    Estudo da Confederação Nacional de Dirigentes Lojistas (CNDL) e do Serviço de Proteção ao Crédito (SPC Brasil) indica que dois a cada dez trabalhadores, 23%, que receberão o 13º salário neste final de ano usarão parte do dinheiro para comprar presentes de Natal. Outros 27% dos trabalhadores pretendem poupar ou ...