… Fetes Distributors President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has restated his Group’s commitment to Nigeria’s economic development through continuous innovation, value creation and investments. This is just as he disclosed that Dangote Cement’s exports to other countries are targeted to rise to $600m annually, with the management intensifying efforts …
Read More »Stanbic IBTC, EDC build capacity for agri-business enterprises
Further to its commitment to help stimulate and grow a strong and viable small and medium scale enterprises sector in Nigeria, Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC, a member of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, is partnering with the Enterprise Development Center (EDC), Lagos Business School, to host a capacity building series tagged Agri-Business Small and …
Read More »APC suspends Amosun, Okorocha
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday suspended governors Ibikunle Amosun and Rochas Okorocha of Ogun and Imo states respectively. The NWC has also recommended their expulsion from APC to the national executive committee (NEC). The decisions were taken at the NWC meeting on …
Read More »INEC fixed March 9 to conduct supplementary presidential election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed March 9 to conduct supplementary presidential election in areas where the poll was cancelled last Saturday. Festus Okoye, INEC’s national commissioner for information and voter education, said the supplementary polls will be conducted alongside the governorship and state houses of assembly elections. …
Read More »UBA Group Launches Full Banking Operations in the UK
London, March 1, 2019, three weeks after the UBA group launched its operations in Mali, the global financial city of London hosted a high level gathering of business and public sector leaders on Thursday February 28, 2019, as the new UBA franchise, UBA UK was formally birthed in the United Kingdom amidst …
Read More »Poll: UK congratulates Buhari, says results declared by INEC were verified
The United Kingdom (UK) says Nigerians can have confidence in the outcome of the presidential election that held on Saturday. President Muhammadu Buhari, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), won the election with Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) coming second. Harriett Baldwin, UK’s minister of state …
Read More »Aliko Dangote now 64th richest man worldwide
President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has significantly moved up in the World billionaires’ list as he emerged 64th richest person in the world, with an estimated $16.6 billion, as against his previous ranking of 103rd in the world. Dangote, who remains the richest man in Africa for the 8th …
Read More »2019 presidential election full result
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared President Muhammadu Buhari president-elect. This is on account of the collation of results of the presidential election. President Buhari crossed the 15 million mark in votes scored in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. He polled 15,191,847 votes, winning in 19 of …
Read More »Poll: Call Buhari to congratulate him, Dele Momodu tells Atiku
Ovation publisher and columnist Dele Momodu has asked the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in last Saturday’s presidential election Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to concede defeat to President Muhammadu Buhari. Momodu’s advise is predicated on the results of the presidential election announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission …
Read More »DIAMOND- ACCESS BANK: A NEW DAWN FOR INVESTORS, SHAREHOLDERS
A sound and competent banking sector is essential for a stable macroeconomic environment, therefore, the importance of commercial banks in a country cannot be overemphasized. This is because they occupy key positions in a country’s financial system and are essential agents that would lead to the growth of any economy. …
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