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By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has projected a gross revenue of N270,790,591,293.00 to be generated from the privatization of public entities in the year 2020. It however expects to expend the sum of N3,938,518,788.00, leaving the sum of N266,852,072,505.00 as the net revenue. Director-General...

In the spirit of the Valentine season, Access Bank Plc has unveiled series of deals and exciting offers to celebrate its customers, a campaign tagged “It’s a Love Thing” showed. Speaking on the offers in Lagos on Wednesday, Mr Victor Etuokwu, the bank’s Executive Director, Retail Banking, said the...

Since the history of Nigeria, there is no former Head of State who has made more headlines news than the late General Sani Abacha. Even though Abacha had long died since twenty-two years ago, in 1998, yet what he did when he was in office has continued to resonate,...

L-R: Managing Director, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company, Bayo Ojulari; Chairman Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources Upstream, Albert Akpan; Managing Director, Shell Petroleum Development Company and Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria, Osagie Okunbor; and Managing Director, Shell Nigeria Gas, Ed Ubong, at the presentation of the Excellence...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  A can of worms has opened up against the Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) for alleged data breach on the rights of Lagos state taxpayers. Two advocacy groups, the Enough is Enough Nigeria (EiE) and Paradigm Initiative (PIN), in a statement on Tuesday, called on the...

Forty-one years ago today, 10 days after the return of Imam Ruhollah Khomeini to Iran from nearly 15 years in exile and almost a month after the departure of the Shah, a ferocious mob took control of the royal palace and the triumph of the revolution was declared. At...

By Osigbemhe Apeaye Access Bank’s proposed listing of its N15 billion Green Bond on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) is believed to has created some excitement in the fixed income market. At a 15.50 per cent fixed rate with five-year maturity, it will be the first-ever climate bonds standard...

Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, and member of the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Nigerian Security Challenges, Senator Stella Oduah, at the on-going five-day interactive forum  of the Committee and stakehokders at NAF Conference Centre, Abuja. Minister of State for Budget and...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved six dairy companies for the importation of milk products and its derivatives in order to improve local production. A circular issued by the bank’s Director, Trade and Exchange Department, Dr Ozoemena Nnaji, stated on Tuesday. The companies which...

The Federal Government and United State Trade and Development Agency have signed a $1.1 million grant to support electricity infrastructure development in the country. The agreement was sealed on Tuesday at the ongoing Nigeria International Petroleum Summit in Abuja, with the theme, “Widening the integration Circle: Technology, Knowledge, Sustainability...

By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Director-General/Chief Executive of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Sir Joseph N. Ari, has identified skills acquisition the most viable and sustainable solution to rising unemployment and poverty that have continued to defy the best efforts of Governmental and non-Governmental approaches. Ari, who stated this...

JOHN ONAH, Abuja Executive Secretary of TETFund, Prof Suleiman Bogoro, on Monday explained that the delay in the submission of its 2015-2016 was due to lack of a Board of Trustees over the period which slowed signing and submission of the Fund’s accounts. Bogoro, who spoke during his appearance...

JOHN ONAH, Abuja The total un-accessed Universal Basic Education matching grant to state governments is now N73 billion, Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission, Dr Hamid Bobboyi has revealed. Bobboyi made this known on Monday in Abuja in his presentation to the members of House Committee on  Basic Education...

By JACOB KUBEKA, Abuja – For the people of Imo, the last may not have been heard about the gubernatorial election held in the state on March 9, 2019 in which Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was declared winner and eventually sworn-in as governor on May...

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the female Basket Ball team, D’Tigress, for qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, urging them to stay focused, determined and energized for a good outing at the tournament. Buhari’s message was conveyed in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  Zenith Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading financial institution, has introduced a new product called Z-Woman to promote and empower female business owners. According to a statement from the bank’s corporate communications department by Ayoola Kusimo, Z-Woman product allow the account holders stand a chance of enjoying loans...

Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has warned that traders who continue to demand payment in US dollars will face prosecution. In June, the country abandoned the use of the US dollar for its official currency the Zimbabwe dollars; reintroducing a local currency that was scrapped 10 years ago. But...

A 55-year-old businessman, Mr Chike Eze, on Monday prayed a Customary Court in Igando, Lagos to dissolve his marriage with wife, Racheal, “to save him from committing murder’’. The petitioner alleged that Racheal, had become a thorn in the flesh for two years. “She is pushing me to the...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has assured researchers and eggheads at the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER) that the Federal Government would need their expertise in the preparation of a  long-term national development plan that would...

By UCHENNA ELETUO When Nigeria closed its land borders in August 2019 to curb smuggling, particularly that of rice, many citizens were skeptical that the Federal Government’s decision would be favourable to the masses. However, barely six months after the border closure, many have begun to see huge positive...