Ecobank, Citibank, others support UK exporters with £3bn
United Kingdom Export Finance (UKEF), an arm of the UK Government that works as an export credit agency, has named Ecobank Nigeria as one of its partnering financial institutions to help deliver £3 billion Direct Lending Facility (DLF) support to UK exporters. Under the DLF, UKEF will provide loans to overseas buyers in order to finance the purchase of goods and services from UK exporters.
Amosun’s convoy in auto crash, two aides, others injured
The convoy of Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, was Sunday involved in an accident, leaving his aides with injuries.
Family members, associates remember Agbeyegbe 10yrs after
Ten years after Capt. Jerry Agbeyegbe was felled by bullets from yet-to-be-identified assassins in Lagos, family members, aviation industry players and associates yesterday held a remembrance in his honour.
Nigeria creates 1.7m jobs, private sector major employer – CBN
THE Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has told the international financial community that the Nigerian economy created in 2013, a total of 1.2 million jobs.
2015: Ogoni dedicate governorship project to God
Determined to ensure that an Ogoni occupies the Rivers State Government House in 2015, the people of the ethnic nationality have dedicated their Governorship bid, tagged “Ogoni project 2015” to God.
Bayelsa confab delegates task N’Assembly, govs on implementation of recommendations
Bayelsa State delegates to the just concluded National Conference, weekend, called on the governors, members of the National Assembly and other interest groups across the six geo-political zones to ensure the implementation of recommendations of the conference, including the 18 per cent derivation fund, insisting that oil producing states would not go for anything less.
