ere are indications that the Nigerian ports industry is being re-engineered for better efficiency going by some green shoots from the regulatory authorities. But there are challenges in the way.

The Kano State Government has approved the upward review of students’ scholarships by 50 per cent. Governor Abdullahi Ganduje made the announcement at the pre-61st Independence Anniversary lecture, on Wednesday in Kano. Represented by the Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, the governor said that the payment of the new scholarship allowances would commence soon. […]

By Cynthia Alo The Managing Director of Heritage Bank Plc, Ifie Sekibo, has called on governments to provide enabling policy environment that would support private sector interventions to achieve the vision of infrastructural development. Speaking at the Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria’s (FICAN) 30th anniversary conference and awards with the theme, “Financing Infrastructure & SMEs for […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi An estimated 1.8trillion hours of learning (still counting) is reported to have been lost by school children globally since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns in various countries. The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, Enugu Field Office, Communication Specialist, Mr. Geoffrey Njoku made this known Wednesday at […]

By Yinka Kolawole, with agency report In furtherance to the take- off of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has launched the pan-African payment and settlement system (PAPSS) to ease cross-border payments in local currencies across different markets in the continent. In a statement yesterday, Afreximbank said PAPSS, which was […]