The Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa) – brainchild of Industrialist, philanthropist and founder of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu, has awarded Ogun State Government a N2.5billion Naira ASR Africa Tertiary Healthcare Systems Support grant towards the construction of a Mother & Child Hospital at the state-owned Olabisi Onabanjo University. This …
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Fuel Subsidy Removal: NNPC Contracts Innoson Motors To Manufacture City Buses
NNPC to deploy hundreds of city transit buses nationwide; NNPC has asked Innoson Motors to make hundred of buses as the fuel subsidy removal is likely to hike up transport costs. The buses made by the indigenuos car manufacturer can use both gas and diesel alternatively. Innoson said: “I am …
Read More »CANARY POINT WINS IMPACT IN QUALITY EDUCATION AWARD AT LGF AWARDS
Canary Point Corporate Services (CPCS) has emerged as the winner of the corporate organisation with measurable impact in ensuring that less-privileged children have access to quality education by the Lawrence Grace Foundation (LGF). Canary Point clinched the Award for its impact on Quality Education during the LGF Dinner and Award …
Read More »PhotoNews: Nami, FIRS & CATA honcho seeks collaboration at CATA’s inaugural meeting
Muhammad Nami, the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Nigeria and President of the Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators (CATA), on Friday held his first face-to-face meeting with the CATA Secretariat at the United Kingdom’s Treasury House. The meeting had in attendance executives of the CATA Secretariat, …
Read More »FG Unrelenting In Restoring Nigeria To Economic Growth – Osinbajo
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has assured the business community of Federal Government’s unrelenting efforts to restore the country to a path of economic growth. He said on Friday in Lagos that the target was to make the growth rate higher than population growth rate. Osinbajo gave the assurance at the 2021 …
Read More »CBN Bars BVN Violators From Opening Bank Accounts
The Apex Bank in Nigeria, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has barred BVN Violators from from opening a new bank accounts going by its fresh rule. The new policy is contained in a Revised Regulatory Framework for Bank Verification Number (BVN) operations and Watch-List for the banking industry released by …
Read More »FCMB Sees Flat Loan Growth, Eyes UK Licence
A mid-tier lender, First City Monument Bank, expects loan growth to be flat this year — down from last year’s 5.4 per cent rise — as oil companies pay down debt, according to its Group Chief Executive Officer, Ladi Balogun. Balogun said the bank would focus on retail banking with …
Read More »OceanGate Announces ₦103Million Trip To Titanic 12,500ft Below Atlantic Ocean
OceanGate Expeditions announced on Tuesday its second annual expedition to the wreck, which will see ‘mission specialists,’ along with researchers, survey the massive ship while inside the company’s submersible Titan. The Titanic Expedition is conducted as a series of eight-day missions starting in May and ending in June, and each …
Read More »Man Distracts Shopkeeper And Steals N100K Recharge Cards From A Store In Jos
Moment Man Distracts Shopkeeper And Steals N100K Recharge Cards From A Store In Jos (Photos, Video) e the video below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI1hbct-4LE CCTV footage captured the moment a man stole from a store in Jos, Newsextra24 reports. in a video shared online, the man is seen making his way into a …
Read More »Fire Guts Nyanya Market, Abuja, Several Shops Burnt
Men of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Fire Service are currently battling to bring under control a fire that engulfed part of the Nyanya market on Tuesday evening. The fire which was said to have started at about 7.30pm from an unknown source has already claimed several shops before the …
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