President Muhammadu Buhari has sent the name of Dr Kingsley Isitua Obiora to the Senate for confirmation as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. In a letter to President of the Senate, Ahmad…
KPMG SME report: First Bank named biggest mover…
COLLINS NWEZE writes on the emergence of First Bank as the biggest mover in 2019 Capital is crucial in driving sustainable Small and Medium Enterprises’(SMEs’) growth and uplifting the economy. First Bank of Nigeria Limited,…
Adeduntan’s award, vote of confidence on Nigerian professionals…
The award given to Director/Chief Executive Officer, First Bank, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, as Distinguished Alumnus of the Year by Cranfield School of Management, United Kingdom, is a vote of confidence on Nigerian professionals, many of…
Polaris Bank bags CBN’s consumer protection award
Polaris Bank has won the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Best Deposit Money Bank, DMB, in Consumer Protection in Nigeria’s banking industry. The Award was presented to the Bank at the Jos Bankers forum. The Annual…
Akwa Ibom govt acquires two new aircraft for…
The Akwa Ibom State Government has acquired two new aircraft for Ibom Airlines to make a total of five aircraft owned by the state. Chairman of Ibom Air, Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga (rtd), said during…
FAAN re-opens Port Harcourt International Airport
Normal flight activities have started at the Port Harcourt International Airport on Sunday as it was declared re-opened. Recall that the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, was declared the airport temporarily closed on Saturday…
Electricity tariff: Govt approves up to 75% hike…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has approved increase in electricity tariff by the 11 Electricity Distribution Companies, DisCos, in the country. News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports the directive of the new electricity tariff…
No cause for alarm over Nigeria’s debt profile…
The Federal Government has assured Nigerians that there is no cause for alarm over the country’s debt profile both domestic and external as being speculated by those it describes as scaremongers. The Minister of Information…
FIRS announces new TCC regime, offers more time…
Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Muhammad Nami, has offered a 30-day window to enable taxpayers obtain Tax Clearance Certificate, TCC. Nami personally signed the public notice which is daid to have been designed to…