Amid frequent fall in naira, the house of representatives committee on finance, loans, and debt management, has recommended that all locally produced goods be banned from importation. The house gave the recommendation while considering a report on the 2024-2026 medium-term expenditure framework and fiscal strategy paper (MTEF/FSP). Recall that the …

Lagos, Nigeria; Tuesday, 21st November 2023- Leading telecommunications network, Airtel, alongside its subsidiary, Smartcash Payment Service Bank, has been recognized at the highly esteemed LAIF (Lagos Advertising and Ideas Festival) awards with a significant haul of trophies. This recognition took place at the 18th edition of the foremost creativity event …

Stanbic IBTC Holdings, a member of Standard Bank Group, is set to host the ninth edition of its annual flagship corporate social investment initiative, the Together4ALimb Walk. The event, which is scheduled to take place on Saturday, 25 November 2023, in Lagos, reaffirms Stanbic IBTC’s commitment to supporting children living …

More winners have emerged in the Stanbic IBTC Bank Reward4Saving Season 3 Promo for October, with 70 customers awarded cash prizes of ₦100,000 each in the monthly draw. The event was held at the Bank’s Walter Carrington Crescent head office in Lagos, where winners were presented with their corresponding cheques at …

Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate The Federal Government through the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, in collaboration with Medecins Sans Frontieres and 31 other member states, has proposed Noma’s inclusion as a Neglected Tropical Disease in the World Health Organisation’s official disease listing. The …

President Bola Tinubu returned to Nigeria late Wednesday evening after participating at the G20 ‘Compact with Africa’ summit hosted by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin, Germany. Tinubu, who left Nigeria in company with government officials and business leaders, was welcomed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, by the …

Minister for Power, Adebayo Adelabu The Federal Government has inaugurated an energy management and control centre established in Abuja to monitor electricity mini-grids operating across the country. It said the centre, known as the Energy Management System, would serve as the off-grid electricity supervisory control and data acquisition system for …

Governor Lawal spent in the same period over N400million in the state on local and foreign trips, according to pages 30 to 33 of the state budget performance report. The Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has spent a total N150million comprising N80,578,860 on Foodstuffs and catering materials as well as …

Haruna Musa, Jaiz Bank’s Substantive MD Jaiz Bank Plc has appointed Haruna Musa as its substantive Managing Director ahead of the retirement of Ahmed Hassan. The bank which is the first non-interest bank established in Nigeria made the disclosure in a regulatory filing seen. The bank said the decision was …

Despite recent assurances by the Central Bank of Nigeria that there is enough naira in circulation, reports of scarcity have emerged across the country. A survey by The PUNCH, on Wednesday, confirmed scarcity in some parts of Abuja, Lagos, Kano, Kwara, Gombe, Edo, Sokoto, and Ekiti States. Many bank customers …