Banks’ borrowing drops 89% to N126bn
Banks’ borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Standing Lending Facility, SLF, declined by 89 percent to N126 billion in August 2026 from N1.19 trillion in July 2026, reflecting higher liquidity in the banking system. The CBN has two short term lending windows for banks: the Standing Lending Facility (SLF) and Repo […]
Access Bank empowers slain police officers’ wives
As part of its corporate social responsibility, Access Bank Plc, has embarked on programmes aimed at empowering wives of Police Officers who died in active service to the bank.
Shell donates buses to orphanage, renovates clinic
Shell Nigeria Exploration Production Company, SNEPco, has donated two school buses and renovated a clinic at the Save our Soul (SOS) Children’s Village in Isolo, Lagos.
Vocation and technical education – a key to improving Nigeria’s development. Part 2
As the Roman Historian, Plutarch (AD 46-120?) had noted “The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.” Given their corrupt and greedy lifestyles Nigeria’s leaders do not seem to care about integrity or moral values.
Electricity consumers lament ‘crazy’ bill in Kano
Electricity consumers in Kano State have said that less than 3,000 consumers have received pre-paid meters since the distribution company, the Kano Electricity Distribution Company, KEDCO, took over in November, 2013.
‘Over $100 million flow into China from Nigerians’
Nigerian businessmen in China have expressed the need to have both visiting and resident Nigerians in China process travelling documents to China without much hassles, stressing that Nigerian businessmen alone, flow about $100 million into the city of Guangzhou, China, on a daily basis.
