States airports: The fair, bad and ugly
By Dele Sobowale “Every country has the government it deserves.” — Joseph De Maistre, 1753-1821, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, p 80 In Nigeria, every state also gets the Governor it deserves. Nigerian leaders are extremely fortunate. The people don’t write their own history; they read neither their own or foreign history; they are too happy to […]
ACCESSPRENUER CHALLENGE: Access Bank rewards NYSC members with N15m
By Nkiruka Nnorom Access Bank Plc has rewarded serving members of the Nigeria Youth Service Corps (NYSC) with over N15 million in its third edition of Access Bank Plc’s youth business challenge competition, Accessprenuer, which was held across five states of Nigeria recently. The event, which held across five states, produced five top winners that won […]
How to invest in capital market, by First Bank Holdings’ CFO
By Peter Egwuatu The financial lead at First Bank Holdings Plc, FBNH, has advised that investors should invest in companies that have good financial fundamentals and can withstand the test of time, adding that investment in capital market should not be a gamble. The Company’s Chief Finanicial Officer, CFO, Oyewale Ariyibi, who gave this advise, noted […]
Attracting foreign investors key to building external reserves – Commercio Partners
By Babajide Komolafe Commercio Partners have called for measures to attract foreign investors into the country saying this is critical to building the external reserves, achieving low yields in fixed income and making the equities market attractive. Meanwhile the company has indicated its intention to obtain a regional banking license as part of measures to fulfil […]
CBN to sell N722bn treasury bills in Q3’21
By Elizabeth Adegbesan The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, said it will sell N722 billion worth of Treasury Bills (TBs) in the third quarter of 2021 (Q3’21). The apex bank disclosed this in its Nigeria Treasury Bills Issue Programme for Q3’21 released weekend. TBs are short term debt instruments used by CBN to borrow money from […]
Afolabi Salami is empowering excluded, underserved entrepreneurs in North-East Nigeria
The general economic situation and the prevailing social realities triggered by insurgency’s impact have significantly disrupted the normal livelihood processes in several states in Northeastern Nigeria.
COVID-19: NCDC reports zero cases June 20
The spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria continues to record significant decrease as the latest statistics by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reveal Nigeria now has 167,206 confirmed cases. The NCDC, said on its verified website on Monday, that the case count has continued to creep down in the country. It revealed that no […]
Troops eliminate 20 Boko Haram terrorists in Borno forest
By Kingsley Omonobi The Nigerian Army says its troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force North East Operation Hadin Kai in conjunction with the Air Task Force on Sunday 20 June 2021 inflicted heavy casualty on Boko Haram and ISWAP Terrorists groups who were camping around Wartek in the general area of Lambom forest. A […]
EQUITIES: Airtel, Stanbic IBTC, Okomu Oil, others drive bear resurgence
As NGX places GTBank shares on full suspension By Nkiruka Nnorom The equities market has halted its two weeks steady price appreciation following losses recorded by some blue chip companies last week, including Airtel Africa Plc, Okomu Oil Palm Plc, and Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc. This is even as investment analysts have predicted that the market […]
EURO 2020: Sancho ‘in the mix’ to feature against Czech Rep.
EURO 2020: Sancho ‘in the mix’ to feature against Czech Rep.
