Business

Stanbic IBTC Bank has been honoured with the Best Trade Finance Bank in West Africa award at the Global Trade Review (GTR) Awards in London on 26 June 2025. This award recognises the bank’s exceptional performance in trade finance and its commitment to delivering innovative solutions. The GTR (Global Trade …

The caution came during a one-day sensitization forum held in Abuja on Tuesday, targeting journalists and civil society organisations. The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has issued a fresh alert, warning Nigerians to brace for potential climate variability and extreme weather events that continue to pose significant risks across the country. …

With assurance of a steady supply of petroleum products, more independent marketers have joined the growing list of distributors retailing Dangote Refinery’s high-quality petroleum products across the country. New marketers signed the partnership deal with Dangote Refinery just as the Refinery management announced a reduction in its ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, …

FirstBank, the West Africa premier financial institution and financial inclusion services provider has launched an advanced facial biometric technology on its mobile banking application- FirstMobile, along with other exciting features that includes: Facial recognition sign-up and activation Virtual credit cards for secure online shopping Instant credit card activation Flexible salary …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has declared a profit of N1.054 trillion for the month of May 2025 which indicates a 40% increase from the N748 billion it recorded in April. The oil company disclosed the figure in its Monthly Report Summary for May, released on Tuesday. It …

An official of Premium Trust Bank, Ajayi Michael Folaseye, has narrated before a Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, how he turned down a $7,000 bribe offered by a colleague who sought unauthorized access to the bank’s internal systems. Folaseye, the first prosecution witness (PW1), testified in the ongoing trial of …

The Nigerian private sector remained in growth territory as the first half of 2025 drew to a close, and business confidence improved markedly in June. That said, rates of expansion in output, new orders and purchasing eased from May. Although rates of inflation remained relatively sharp, there were further signs …

The new initiative of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery has continued to draw accolades from energy experts in the country, with some describing it as the best that has happened to the sector since Independence. The Chief Executive of Financial Derivatives Company, Bismarck Rewane, said the company’s free distribution initiative will …

SIFAX Group chairman, Dr Taiwo Afolabi, has congratulated Adewale Adeniyi MFR, the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, on his landmark election as Chairperson of the World Customs Organization (WCO) Council. In a letter personally signed, Dr Afolabi described Adeniyi’s emergence as a testament to his exemplary leadership, deep expertise …

…Describe the rice Distribution another Operation Feed the Nation Over 30  Host Communities to Dangote Cement Ibese Plant as well as those in Itori in Yewa North,  Ewekoro local government aeras of Ogun State respectively were thrown into excitement as the Aliko Dangote Foundation, (ADF) extended its National Food Intervention …