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- 16 Aug 2019
UBA Partners LCCI for 2019 Lagos International Trade Fair
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Pan African financial services institution, and the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), have partnered to organize the 2019 edition of the Lagos…
- 19 Oct 2013
FAAN Wins Best Government Agency Award @ Abuja Fair
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has won the best Government Agency Award at the recently concluded 8th Abuja International Trade Fair held from September 26 – October 10. The…
- 6 May 2008
Globacom Renews Partnership with Abuja Chamber
Globacom, Nigeria’s national telecommunications operator,is partnering with the Abuja Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ABJCCIMA) to successful host the 3rd edition of the…
- 29 Sept 2023
FG Mulls N75bn Intervention Fund for MSMEs — Minister
Federal Government says it is putting in place a N75 billion intervention fund to support small businesses in response to the country’s current economic challenges. The Minister of Industry, Trade…
- 19 Sept 2017
NIMC Commences Enrollment of Minors, Collaborates with ACCI at 2017 Trade Fai
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has commenced the pilot enrolment of minors as children between zero and sixteen (16) are now to be issued with the National Identity Number (NIN). This…
- 30 Sept 2014
Dikki seeks Reform of BPE for Economic Growth
Benjamin Dikki, director general of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has pledged that the organisation will always support any initiative by the private sector to grow the nation’s economy. He…
- 19 Mar 2019
NCC Says Consumer Protection, Satisfaction are Her Priorities
Consumer protection and satisfaction are the major priorities of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman of the commission, has said. Danbatta,…
- 30 Sept 2019
Provide Acceptable Quality of Service or Get Sanctioned, NCC Warns Service Providers
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has read the riot act to telecom service providers in the country, insisting that they have to do everything possible to improve service delivery to the…
- 2 Oct 2014
BPE Plans Concession for Abuja Airport
The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has planned a concession for the Abuja International Airport to a private sector operator. Mr. Benjamin Dikki, director general of the privatisation agency,…
- 29 Sept 2015
NDIC Pledges to Ensure Stability of Banks
The Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has said it had put in place an effective Risk Based Supervision framework to enable it protect depositors against unethical practices and other…
- 1 Oct 2024
NDIC Partners Judiciary to Prosecute Failed Banks
Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), has strengthened its partnership with the judiciary aimed at enhancing the prosecution of failed banks, according to Bello Hassan, managing director of…
- 5 Oct 2021
NDIC Warns Bank Customers to be Careful of Ponzi Schemes
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has warned bank depositors against falling into Ponzi schemes’ traps due to promises of very high returns in. Mr. Bello Hassan, Managing Director (MD)…
- 22 Dec 2008
Shenzhen Energy Partners Unity Bank on Power generation
Chinese Power Generating Firm, Shenzhen Energy Group has expressed its interest to work in partnership with Unity Bank Plc in the execution of the latter’s power projects in Nigeria in course…
- 3 Oct 2018
NDIC Paid N11.5bn to Depositors of Financial Institutions in 2017
Umaru Ibrahim, Managing Director and Chief Executive, Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), has revealed that about N11.50 billion has been paid to financial institutions. The payment, he…
- 28 Sept 2019
CBN Claims Anchor Borrowers Programme Created 132,260 Jobs
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said 255 private and 14 state government anchors have so far participated in Anchor Borrowers’ Programme as at June, this year. This is in addition to…
- 8 Oct 2014
BPE Revels Plans To Privatise Airports
Mr Benjamin Dikki, director-general, Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE), said that the privatization of federal airports in the country would commence soon. Dikki disclosed this in Abuja in his…
- 3 Oct 2025
NDIC Covers 99 Percent of Commercial Banks’ Deposits – MD
Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) currently provides full insurance cover for 98.98 percent of Deposit Money Banks’ total deposits, according to Mr. Thompson Sunday, managing director of…
- 5 Oct 2017
CBN Asks Banks to Cough Out N50Bn in Excess Charges
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said on Wednesday it has recovered over N50 billion from banks in excess charges imposed on customers in the last three years, as part of its efforts to protect bank…
- 8 Oct 2023
NDIC Pays 29,573 Depositors of Closed MFBs, PMBs
Mr Bello Hassan, managing director, Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), has said it has paid about N1.084 billion to 29,573 depositors of recently-closed microfinance banks and Primary…
- 28 Sept 2019
NDIC Pays N116.2Bn to Depositors of Dead Banks
Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) said it has paid a total sum of N116.258billion to depositors and customers of defunct banks last year. Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim, managing…
- 7 Oct 2021
CBN Commits over N1.3 trillion to Boost Economy
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has committed over N1.3 trillion to various intervention programmes, in order to boost the economy, in the last one and half years following the outbreak of the…
- 17 Sept 2019
EcobankPay Transactions Value Hits N2Bn
Ecobank Nigeria says over 100,000 merchants have been on-boarded on the EcobankPay platform with transaction value reaching N2 billion. EcobankPay offers customers a multi-channel payment…
- 15 Nov 2021
FG Restates Commitment to Position Aba-Made Products on Global Standards
Dr. Dikko Umaru Radda, the Director General, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), has said that the federal government is committed to assisting entrepreneurs from the…
- 2 Oct 2020
NCC Expresses Commitment to Deepening Consumer Protection
Since the establishment of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), it has been consistent in deepening and protecting the rights of consumers. Indeed, one of the core mandates of the NCC is to…
- 14 Apr 2017
Buhari Sacks PenCom, CPC Bosses, 21 Others
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday relieved the heads of 23 Federal Government agencies of their appointments and approved the appointment of their replacements. Key agencies of government…
- 6 Oct 2008
IT, Key to Afribank Development
Osa Osunde, chairman Afribank plc has said that information technology would continue to be the platform that drives the bank’s service offerings and operations. To sustain its leading position…
- 1 May 2022
LCCI Seeks NCC's Partnership on 2022 ICTEL Expo
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has sought the collaboration of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for the successful execution of the 2022 Information Communication…
- 8 May 2025
NEPC, NBS Sign MoU on Data Capturing
Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) and Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate data collection from Informal Cross Border Trade. Nonye…
- 17 Aug 2025
NGF Plans Investopedia to Showcase Investments in 36 States
Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) will launch its ‘Investopedia’, a platform designed to showcase investment opportunities across Nigeria’s 36 states. Yunusa Abdullahi, director of Media and Strategic…
- 24 Apr 2014
Ekweremadu Decries Low Intra-Regional Trade in W/Africa
Senator Ike Ekweremadu, speaker of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Parliament, has rated as very low the intra-regional trade among West African nations. He…