The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Thursday charged the Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) to improve exporters’ access to funds as a logical step towards fast-tracking Federal Government’s ongoing economic recovery drive. The President of the organized private sector group, Mrs. Toki Mabogunje, gave the charged at a webinar on funding opportunities for […]
The United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) marked the Nigerian Children’s Day 2021 with a charge to goverments and other stakeholders to give optimum priority to child rights protection in the face of current threats posed by the COVID-19 pandemic to recorded successes recorded in the drive towards children’s development. The UNICEF’s Country Director, Peter […]
The Auditor-General for the Federation and Chairperson of the African Union Board of External Auditors, Mr. Adolphus Aghughu, on Thursday advocated the need for African Union Commission (AUC) authorities to promote probity and accountability in the African Union’s public finance system to aid the achievement of its mandate. Aghughu, gave the charge during the virtual […]
The Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa (CSEA), a leading economic research and analysis organisation, has advocated the need for financial intermediaries in Nigeria to continue to play their roles in promoting private sector growth by providing appropriate and easily accessible credit facilities. In addition, the research group also charged financial sector […]
The House of Representatives on Friday expressed displeasure over the failure of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to timely dispose the N46 billion assets seized from the former Petroleum Minister, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke. The Chairman of the House Ad-hoc Committee on Assessment and Status of All Recovered Loots Movable and Immovable Assets from […]
The Federal Government has unveiled plans to inaugurate the ongoing Funtua Inland Dry Port project, Sokoto State, in November this year even as the French Government assured its support for the multi-billion Naira project. The Executive Secretary/CEO Nigerian Shipper’s Council (NSC), Mr. Hassan Bello, gave this hint on Thursday in Abuja during a meeting between […]
The Auditor-General for the Federation, Mr. Adolphus Aghughu has inaugurated the Office of the Auditor-General for the Federation (OAuGF) Forensics Training Programme. Speaking at the inauguration, the Auditor General expressed the office management’s commitment to developing the capacity and capability of the Office in the areas of forensic audit, forensic accounting and digital forensics to […]
Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, on Wednesday expressed the state government’s readiness to strengthen its collaboration with the Nigeria Export-Import (NEXIM) Bank in a new move to grow the Aba shoe industry with a view to standardizing its products for international markets. The governor, who made the disclosure when he received in audience the […]
TAJBank, Nigeria’s leading non-interest bank, has opened three new branches in Abuja in furtherance of its sustained drives to deepen financial inclusion and offer stress-free innovative financial services to its growing customers nationwide. Speaking during the opening ceremony of the technology-powered branches, the bank’s Chairman, Alhaji Tanko Isiaku Gwamna told thousands of people who graced […]
Former employees of the Ikot-Abasi, Akwa Ibom State-based Aluminum Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON), on Wednesday protested peacefully against the prolonged non-payment of their severance and gave a two-week ultimatum to Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE ) and Pension Transition Administration Department (PTAD) to pay their entitlements or face legal actions. Convener of the protest, […]