FIRSTBANK secures $150 million Afreximbank Pandemic Trade Impact Mitigation Facility (PATIMFA) to support businesses in Nigeria

13 June 2022 – African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced the disbursement of a US$150 million finance facility to First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider. The funding was provided under Afreximbank’s Pandemic Trade Impact Mitigation Facility (PATIMFA). Afreximbank’s US$150 million financial support will …

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2023: Why I picked Okowa as my running mate – Atiku

Atiku Abubakar, Former Vice President of Nigeria After a series of political horse-trading, the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, finally settled for Delta state Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, as his running mate. Atiku, announced Okowa as his running mate at exactly 12:57 pm, to the …

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EXCLUSIVE: How Lopsided Promotion Of Officers By Nigeria’s Anti-Narcotics Agency, NDLEA Favours Candidates Of Political Office Holders, Denies Others For About 20 Years

The sources said that their promotions have been cumulatively stagnated for about 10 to 20 years which translates to a loss of three to six ranks. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), through its harmonisation exercise, has allegedly denied some officers promotion for about 20 years, while some of …

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PenCom Begins Online Verification Of FG Retirees June 20

 The National Pension Commission on will on Monday, June 20, commence the 2022 online verification and enrolment exercise for retirees/prospective retirees of federal government treasury funded Ministries, Departments and Agencies. The Commission stated this in a statement made available on Thursday. It said that those eligible for the online verification …

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Strike: ASUU issue not as simple as Nigerians think —FG

Lai Mohameed Nigeria’s federal government has that the issue concerning the ongoing strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and three other university-based unions was not as simple as people think. This is as it approved the establishment of e-learning centres for primary schools across the 36 states of …

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