The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) is set to launch its Whistle-Blower initiative, a state-wide project, introduced to provide a platform for employees, stakeholders and the general public to report any observed violation, misconduct, or unethical behaviour across the state on Friday, August 5, 2022. In a public notice …
Read More »Wema Bank records impressive financial performance in 2022 Half-Year Reports
Wema Bank Plc, pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank and one of Nigeria’s most resilient banks, has posted a growth performance across all financial indices in the First-Half of its 2022 operations. This information is contained in the Financial Results for the Period Ended 30 June, 2022 released in …
Read More »BBNAIJA 7: Hermes win HOH game, nominates Cyph, Phyna, Amaka, Khalid, Christy O for eviction
BBNAIJA 7: Hermes win HOH game, nominates Cyph, Phyna, Amaka, Khalid, Christy O for eviction Level 1 housemate, Hermes, has emerged Head of House for week two of Big Brother Naija season seven. Hermes replaced fellow housemate, Eloswag who emerged the winner last week. The Level 1 House has won …
Read More »United Bank for Africa Announces New Group Managing Director and Executive Board Appointments
Lagos, Nigeria. August 1, 2022; United Bank for Africa Plc, Africa’s global bank, today announced the appointment of Oliver Alawuba as Group Managing Director, overseeing all the Group’s banking operations across its twenty African country network and globally in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, France, and the …
Read More »Stanbic IBTC Bank Nigeria PMI: Business conditions improve in July amid strong client demand
A return to growth in output and stronger inflows of new orders helped underpin a further improvement in operating conditions in the Nigerian private sector during July. In turn, businesses increased their purchasing activity at the strongest rate for five months while stocks increased sharply. Despite stronger inflows of new …
Read More »BREAKING: NAFDAC workers suspend strike
NAFDAC DG, Mojisola Adeyeye Members of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) branch, on Monday suspended its indefinite strike. The union’s Secretary, Mr. Ayodeji Adetoboye, disclosed this in an interview with Punch. Adetoboye said, “An agreement has been …
Read More »Q2: Dangote Cement deploys grinding plants in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire
…Revenue grows by 17% to N808 billion In a bid to ensure that Cement becomes available in all African countries, Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Cement, Michel Puchercos, has revealed that his company is ramping up production in its Okpella plant, Nigeria and progressing well to deploy grinding plants in …
Read More »Keystone Bank launches Apprentice Settlement Savings account for business owners
Keystone Bank Limited, one of Nigeria’s leading retail lenders, has launched a special savings account for business owners tagged: ‘Keystone Apprentice Settlement Savings Account.’ According to the bank, the new account also known as ‘Oga Account’ which was formally launched on Wednesday, in Lagos, is ‘aimed at meeting the needs …
Read More »National Youth Council Of Nigeria Asks Buhari To Sack Central Bank Governor, Emefiele Over Naira Depreciation, Poor Economy
The naira last week depreciated to an all-time low of N730 to a US dollar at the parallel market. The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has blamed the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele’s poor economic management policies for the recent depreciation of the naira …
Read More »NDLEA intercepts 2.7m tramadol tabs
No fewer than 2,750,000 tablets of tramadol 225mg weighing 1,650 kilograms worth One N1, 375, 000,000 have been intercepted at the Apapa port in Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. The consignment packed in 55 cartons of Tapentadol and Carisoprodol types of Tramadol was seized …
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