Samsung Heavy Industries Nigeria (SHIN) has declared that the killing of a Korean and a Nigerian by an unknown gunman at LADOL Free Zone was deliberate and not accidental discharge, as managers of the zone claimed. Its Managing Director, Jejin ...
Read More »ECOWAS, UNHCR move to protect refugees, asylum seekers, others in West Africa
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) have expressed the need to foster mixed population flows in West Africa to ensure the protection of refugees, asylum seekers and other persons ...
Read More »FMBN disburses N58 billion housing loans to 23,600 Nigerians
The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) has granted N58 billion loans to 23,600 beneficiaries to address the housing deficits in the country. The facilities cover April 2017 to March 2019. A breakdown shows that National Housing Fund (NHF) mortgage ...
Read More »ICPC indicts financial institutions over opening accounts for criminals
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) yesterday insisted that some financial institutions were engaging in unethical conducts by opening accounts for ‘criminals.’ Its chairman, Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, said the banks also employ innuendos that lure criminal ...
Read More »Revenue workers caution banks against dealing with consultants on remittances
Protesting workers in the employ of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) have warned commercial banks to desist from dealing with consultants on issues concerning revenue collections and remittances by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Under the ...
Read More »EcobankPay promotes African culture through theater, partners Terrakulture
EcobankPay, the digital payment and collections service of Ecobank Nigeria has entered into a partnership with TerraKulture, Nigeria’s foremost stage play and cultural show promoters with Bolanle-Austen Peters as lead. Through this partnership, Ecobank intends to support the promotion of ...
Read More »Nigeria may be certified polio-free in December, Africa records 714% increase in measles outbreaks
If feelers from the World Health Organisation (WHO) are anything to go by, Nigeria may be certified polio-free this December when it would have accomplished interruption of Wild Polio Virus (WPV) transmission for over three years. By July and August, ...
Read More »AGF releases N55b for payment of promotion arrears, saves N37b from MDAs
Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris, yesterday disclosed that he has released N55b to pay arrears of entitlements to promoted Federal Government employees. He said of the amount, N42b has been paid to the affected civil servants, while ...
Read More »Jaiz Bank secures N3 billion MSMEs facility from Bank of Industry
Jaiz Bank PLC has secured a N3 billion facility from the Bank of Industry (BOI) to boost, develop and expand Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country. The funds would be lend to small business operators to grow ...
Read More »University teachers undermined 2019 elections, says former INEC Chair Jega
Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Muhammadu Jega, yesterday critisised university lecturers for allegedly conniving with politicians to undermine the integrity and outcome of the 2019 general elections. He regretted that the dons facilitated the faulty recruitment ...
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