The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) has asked Nigerians to make input into the Legislature’s deliberations on the Bill now before it by submitting their memoranda before finally passing it into an Act. Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee, Hon Mohammed Monguno, made the appeal on Wednesday during the committee’s inaugural […]
The President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has charged African leaders to set economic policies that directly touch on the welfare of their citizens, saying though GDP growth is desirable but that ‘nobody eats GDP’ The development finance expert gave this charge on Tuesday in his opening remarks at the African Delivery […]
Shoprite Nigeria’s supermarkets have offered early Black Friday deals and big discounts on everyday essentials as customers are increasingly looking for value, given the pressure many households are currently experiencing. The Shoprite bumper black Friday offer begins from 25th November and ends in 29th November, 2020 and it’s a pan-Nigeria value added offer. According to […]
The Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo, has won the ‘Banker of the Year’ award at the Business Hallmark People of the Year Awards 2020. The award was conferred on Okonkwo, one of the foremost professional bankers in Africa, and indeed globally based on his innovative banking strategies and achievements, in recognition […]
The Senate on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to fully implement the Executive Order on zero customs duty and zero Value Added Tax (VAT) on importation of commercial aircraft and aircraft spare parts. This is even as it advised the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to make foreign exchange easily accessible for investors in the […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday flawed the position of parallel market rates protagonists on real value of the nation’s currency, insisting that their pressure to devalue the Naira is not logical. The CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, made this vow at the end of the 2020 Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, in […]
The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) on Tuesday passed through for second reading at the House of Representatives after being dogged by controversies among lawmakers several years after its submission by the Executive for passage. Precisely, the PIB was initiated by the Executive Arm of government about 18 years ago to promote transparency in the nation’s […]
The Senate on Tuesday approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for a refund of N148,141,969,161.24 to Rivers, Bayelsa, Cross River, Osun and Ondo State Governments for projects executed on behalf of the Federal Government. The approval was sequel to the consideration of a report the Senator Clifford Ordia-led Committee on Local and Foreign Debts. Ordia, during […]
There are strong indications that South Korea may have decided to withdraw its trade minister, Yoo Myung-hee, from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director General’s race thereby paving the way for Nigeria’s candidate, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to be confirmed for the position ultimately. U.S-based Washington Trade Daily (WTD) on Tuesday quoted people familiar with the […]
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Monday projected brighter outlook for oil and gas demand in the next two decades with oil demand growing to 90 million barrel per day (bpd) in 2021. Secretary General of the organisation, Mohammad Barkindo, who gave these forecasts in his address at the Crescent Ideas Forum via […]