The management of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Nigeria has assured staff of its commitment to ensuring industrial peace and harmony in its operations. The commission’s Executive Commissioner, Corporate Services, Mr. Ibrahim Boyi, gave this assurance on Thursday while addressing protesting members of staff of the SEC at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. The […]
Four members of the Deutsche Bank’s SPAC team in the U.S. have been let go over alleged compliance breach. A news report by Bloomberg listed the affected team members as including, Ben Darsney, head of equity capital markets in the Americas and managing director (MD), Ravi Raghunathan. Darsney had been at DB since 2011 according […]
The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) has announced a Togolese, Gilbert Houngbo, the current President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), as its next Director-General. Houngbo was elected by the ILO’s Governing Body, comprising representatives of governments, workers and employers, during their meeting in Geneva. He will be the 11th Director-General of the ILO, […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Lagos Business School of Pan-Atlantic University at the weekend hinted on their plans to partner for the purpose of developing customised capacity building interventions and overhauling of existing training courses offered by the LBS to address critical areas of needs of the Commission’s human capital development. The commission’s […]
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), leading philanthropy empowering a new generation of African entrepreneurs, catalysing economic growth, driving poverty eradication and job creation across African countries, and Google Inc, the world’s leading IT solutions firm, have announced an inaugural Google.org fellowship to provide one million additional Africans with access to TEFConnect. The global head of […]
Nigeria’s total pension fund assets grew to a record highest value of N13.61 trillion in January 2022, representing 1.4% or N183.8 billion rise over the value of the assets totaling N13.42 trillion as of December 2021. The latest pension assets value was contained in the unaudited report by the regulatory authorities on the pension funds […]
The Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Yuguda, has described year 2022 as key to achieving gender equality in the context of climate change and environmental and disaster risk reduction. Yuguda, who made this remark during the celebration of International Women’s Day with the theme ‘Gender Equality Today for […]
The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, will chair a public lecture to mark the 2022 International Women Day (IWD) in Kano State. A statement by the commission’s Director, Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechuckwu Adinde, indicated that the EVC’s choice as the chairman of the forum […]
MTN Nigeria Communications PLC has denied receiving any communication regarding an impending disruption of telecommunications services by its telecom sector workers over anti-labor practices. The telco in a statement signed by the Company’s Secretary, Uto Ukpanah, on Thursday, said that since it was unaware of such notice, it would be unable to validate or comment […]
The CRC Credit Bureau Limited had secured the Certificate of Accreditation as an Education/Training Service Provider (ETSPs) of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN). The certificate was presented on Tuesday by the Institute’s President/Chairman of Council, Dr. Bayo Olugbemi to the Bureau’s Group Managing Director/CEO, Dr. ‘Tunde Popoola, in furtherance to receiving the […]