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Minimum Wage: FG, Labour Hold Make-or-mar Meeting Wednesday

  After over two months of inaction following July 27, deadlock in negotiation between the Federal Government and Organised Labour over the consequential adjustment arising from the N30, 000 new National Minimum Wage, NMW, the two parties will Wednesday resume what is considered a make-or-mar meeting. Already, there are worried …

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If there is a bank on ground to help the country address geographical gaps in terms of financial inclusion, it is FirstBank’

Adesola Adeduntan is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of FirstBank of Nigeria Ltd. In this interview with BusinessDay’s Patrick Atuanya & Endurance Okafor, he shares insight on how the commercial bank is driving financial inclusion in Nigeria, especially in the Northern region where exclusion rate is high. With over 31,000 …

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Keystone Bank empowers youths and business start-ups

Fastest growing financial services provider, Keystone Bank Limited, has again demonstrated its commitment towards the empowerment of MSMEs & youths in entrepreneurship by launching a capacity building Masterclass to empower entrepreneurs with the requisite skills for business growth. The maiden edition of the Masterclass tagged ‘Spark Up Your Brand’ held …

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ZENITH BANK OFFERS ZECA EDUCATION LOAN FOR CHILDREN

  Nigeria’s leading financial institution, Zenith Bank Plc, has introduced the Zenith Children’s Account (ZECA) Education Loan to assist parents pay their children/ wards school fees as the new school session begins. The loan offering, which is disbursed directly to the account of the beneficiary’s school, comes at a very …

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NECO Releases 2019 June/July SSCE Results

  National Examinations Council, (NECO) has released the 2019 June/July Senior School Certificate examination,(SSCE) results just as it de-recognize three secondary schools from further conducting its examinations and blacklisted seventeen Supervisors for various malpractices. Acting Registrar/Chief Executive of the Council, Alhaji Abubakar Gana who made this known in Minna, Niger …

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FG Probes N2.9tr Gas Deal Fine By UK Court

The Federal Government Tuesday said it had raised a joint panel to probe the $9.6 billion (N.2.946 trillion) fine imposed by a United Kingdom court on the country for allegedly defaulting in a gas supply contract believed to be sealed in 2010. The inquiry, to be conducted by the Economic …

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I didn’t steal Abia’s N7.2b, says Kalu

A FORMER Abia State governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, on Tuesday said he did not steal N7.2 billion while in office between 1999 and 2007. He said during his tenure, the state had no such fund. Kalu spoke while continuing his testimony before Justice Mohammed Idris of a Federal High …

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