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- 26 Jun 2016
NCC to Wield Big Stick over Corporate Governance Code
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it will now bark and bite if any telecommunications company operating in the country fails to embrace the Corporate Governance Code for the industry.…
- 16 May 2014
NCC Releases Code for Corporate Governance in Telecoms Sector
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), yesterday in Lagos released the Code of Corporate Governance for the Nigerian Telecommunications Industry In the code, which was made available on the…
- 15 Feb 2018
Danbatta Says Code of Corporate Governance now Mandatory for Telcos
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) at its 3rd Forum on Code of Corporate Governance charged telecom operators in the country to comply with the Code of Corporate Governance, CCG for…
- 6 Apr 2018
SEC Reviews Code of Corporate Governance
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has maintained that the code of corporate governance applies to all public companies operating in Nigeria. The code is intended to facilitate sound…
- 27 Jun 2013
NCC Pushes Up Corporate Governance Practice in Telecom Sector
Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) has expanded its tentacles in search of ways to improve corporate governance in the telecommunications sector in Nigeria. Dr. Eugene Juwah, executive vice…
- 19 Jan 2015
GTBank Bags ‘Best Corporate Governance, Africa’ for 2015 Award
Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, has been awarded ‘Best Corporate Governance, Africa’, for the Financial services category by the Ethical Boardroom Magazine UK. The ‘Corporate Governance Award’ organized by…
- 16 Aug 2017
Corporate Governance Pivotal to Protect $68Bn Telecoms Investment- NCC
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has mandated all Mobile Network Operators (MNO) and Internet Service Providers (ISP) to fully integrate the industry’s Code of Corporate Governance (CCG)…
- 11 Oct 2024
NCC to Introduce Revised Governance Code for Sustainable Telecom Practices
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is preparing to issue a revised corporate governance code, updating the 2016 version with a key focus on the introduction of mandatory sustainability…
- 19 Apr 2019
NCC, FRC to Enforce Corporate Governance Compliance in Telecom Sector
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC) have agreed to enforce compliance by players in the Nigerian telecommunication sector to the national and…
- 4 Apr 2022
IoD Urges Members to Uphold Good Corporate Governance
The Institute of Directors (IoD) has charged its new and old members on upholding good corporate governance and be guided by the code of ethics of the Institute at all levels in their workplaces and…
- 23 Sept 2022
NGX Group Reiterates Commitment Towards Upholding Corporate Governance
The Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (NGX Group) said it will continue to uphold the highest corporate governance standards and remains on course with its long-term strategy to provide competitive returns…
- 17 Dec 2017
Why and How Government Should Encourage Coding Education
Coding education has been identified as critical to prepare young people with requisite skills for future jobs and that is why governments must embrace the programme to reduce unemployment, …
- 20 Nov 2016
IFC Supports SEC in Strengthening Market Integrity
IFC, a member of World Bank Group, and the Securities and Exchange Commission of Nigeria (SEC), are helping to strengthen market integrity with a standardized Corporate Governance scorecard for…
- 27 Nov 2017
CBN to Sack Bank Chiefs over Bad Loans
A new Code of Corporate Governance approved by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has stipulated that bank directors with non-performing loans (NPLs) are to either quit or be sacked. Adedapo…
- 29 Dec 2021
Why SEPLAT Sacked Avuru as Non-Executive Director
The investing public may not have heard details of the main reasons why Austin Avuru, a former chief executive officer of Seplat Energy Plc who later became a Non-Executive Director was sacked from…
- 21 Jun 2016
Shittu to Brief Reps on MTN Fine Reduction, As NCC Prepares New CGC for Industry
Barrister Adebayo Shittu, minister of Communication Technology, has confirmed he will appear before the House of Representatives Committee on Communications, tomorrow (Thursday) to give explanation…
- 8 May 2024
MTN Nigeria’s Uto Ukpanah Named Global Corporate Secretary of the Year
MTN Nigeria’s Company Secretary, Uto Ukpanah, is the first ever winner of the “Global Corporate Secretary of the Year'' award by the Corporate Secretaries International Association (CSIA). She was…
- 19 Jul 2021
SEC Settles Protracted Legal Tussle with Oando
Oando Plc has entered into a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the overriding interest of the shareholders of the company and the capital market after years of legal…
- 15 Jun 2009
UBA Adopts IFRS, BASEL 2, Global Standards in Governance, Financial Reporting, Risk Management
The United Bank for Africa has announced further changes to its financial reporting, governance, risk and control architecture in line with its standard setting history and ongoing commitment to…
- 11 Jul 2014
Nigeria’s QoS Better than London’s -NCC
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday boasted that quality of service (QoS) in the country was one of the best in the world and even better than services offered in Central London,…
- 10 Oct 2018
AMCON Says Some Local Airlines May Collapse Over Debt
Some Nigerian airlines are facing the risk of collapse under the weight of huge debts, according to the country’s Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, set up to rescue banks from bad loans. “The…
- 1 Jun 2014
NCC Warns Telcos on Remuneration, Splits Board Positions
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) at the weekend rolled out new corporate governance initiative for the internal management of players in the industry which contained a directive that…
- 7 Jun 2010
Help! Some CDMA on Life Support, Others Dead
Corporate mismanagement rather than market forces is responsible for the epilepsy which has reduced most code division multiple access (CDMA) operators in Nigeria to fringe players, Nigeria…
- 15 Mar 2010
Integrated Risk Management Approach, Key to Success - Blaauw
Andre Blaauw, group chief risk officer, United Bank for Africa (UBA) has said that to be successful, a pan-African Risk Management Strategy must achieve sound corporate governance framework, robust…
- 4 May 2010
GTBank Appoints 4 New Directors, 4 Others Retire
Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has demonstrated its commitment to the sustenance of good corporate governance with the appointment of four new directors to its Board following the retirement of 4 current…
- 1 Dec 2017
9mobile Launches Code Lagos Centre at Rabiatu Thompson Primary School
9mobile, Nigeria’s most innovative and customer-friendly telecommunications company, has launched a coding centre at one of its adopted schools, Rabiatu Thompson Primary School, Surulere, Lagos, as…
- 13 Jun 2016
NCC/MTN Reach 3-Year Payment Agreement, MTN to List on NSE
MTN Nigeria and the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) have allegedly reached an amicable settlement in the matter of the N1.04 Trillion fine imposed by the Regulator in October 2015 for MTN’s…
- 18 Feb 2018
Concerns as Dead Telephone Lines Litter Nigeria
Latest statistics from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the telecoms industry regulator, has suggested a crowded graveyard for the once active code division multiple access (CDMA)…
- 25 Mar 2014
CWG Unveils Investor Relations Website
Computer warehouse Group (CWG) Plc has launched her new investor relations (IR) website. The website which was launched to meet the information needs of investors, Stock brokers and journalists, was…
- 24 Oct 2018
CBN Hikes Capital Requirements for Microfinance Banks
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased the capital requirements for microfinance banks in the country in a bid to tackle the challenge of inadequate capital base in the sub-sector. The…