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Mariam Gendemeh from Sierra Leone Emerges Star Prize Winner Future Africa Leaders Awards Winner 2023
Business Jan 11, 2024
Mariam Gendemeh from Sierra Leone Emerges Star Prize Winner Future Africa Leaders Awards Winner 2023

The Future Africa Leaders Awards (FALA) 2023 Grand Finale which held in Lagos, Nigeria, saw the emergence of 23-year-old Mariam Gendemeh f...

BREAKING: CBN sacks Union Bank Board of Directors; also disbands those of Keystone, Polaris and Titan banks
business Jan 10, 2024
BREAKING: CBN sacks Union Bank Board of Directors; also disbands those of Keystone, Polaris and Titan banks

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has sacked the boards of Union Bank, Polaris Bank, Keystone Bank and Titan Trust Bank. The boards o...

Tinubu bent on eliminating bottlenecks affecting the MSME space, Says VP Shettima
business Jan 9, 2024
Tinubu bent on eliminating bottlenecks affecting the MSME space, Says VP Shettima

The federal government has announced plans to formalize one million businesses across Nigeria at a discounted rate. Vice President Ka...

Betta Edu:Tinubu reportedly summons Interior Minister, Tunji-Ojo
Business Jan 9, 2024
Betta Edu:Tinubu reportedly summons Interior Minister, Tunji-Ojo

President Bola Tinubu has summoned Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Minister of Interior, to the Presidential Villa. The is as a result of a controv...

JUST IN: NCC APPROVES PARTIAL DISCONNECTION OF GLOBACOM BY MTN OVER INTERCONNECT DEBT
business Jan 8, 2024
JUST IN: NCC APPROVES PARTIAL DISCONNECTION OF GLOBACOM BY MTN OVER INTERCONNECT DEBT

Due to Globacom’s failure to pay its interconnect debt, MTN has been granted permission to partially disconnect Globacom by the Nigerian...

EFCC replies Dangote, defends search of Head Office
Business Jan 7, 2024
EFCC replies Dangote, defends search of Head Office

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday said it visited Dangote Group Headquarters with a search warrant for som...

FG extends free train rides till January 7
Business Jan 4, 2024
FG extends free train rides till January 7

The Federal Government has extended the free rides for commuters on all train services to Sunday, January 7, 2024. The Nigerian Railway C...

Forex allocations: EFCC raids Dangote head office in Lagos
business Jan 4, 2024
Forex allocations: EFCC raids Dangote head office in Lagos

EFCC operatives Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are reportedly conducting a search on forex alloc...

Maritime workers union threatens to shut seaports January 9 
business Jan 4, 2024
Maritime workers union threatens to shut seaports January 9 

The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has threatened to shut the nation’s seaports from Tuesday, January 9, over the alleged co...

NPA appoints new Port Manager for Tin Can Island Port 
business Jan 4, 2024
NPA appoints new Port Manager for Tin Can Island Port 

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has appointed Sylvester Othuke Egede as the substantive Port Manager of the Tin Can Island Port Compl...

Naira falls to N1,035/$ in official market; ‘black market’ N1,235
business Jan 3, 2024
Naira falls to N1,035/$ in official market; ‘black market’ N1,235

The Naira, today, depreciated to N1,035.12 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM. Data from FMDQ showed that the...

BREAKING: President Tinubu Suspends NSIPA Boss, Halima Shehu
Business Jan 2, 2024
BREAKING: President Tinubu Suspends NSIPA Boss, Halima Shehu

President Bola Tinubu has suspended the National Coordinator of the National Social Investment Programme Agency, Halima Shehu, with im...