The shortlist for the 10th edition of the African Banker Awards was released on Wednesday, May 9. This year’s shortlist is dominated by some of the larger banking groups from North, East, South and West Africa. The winners will be revealed at a gala dinner during the African Bank Annual meetings that will be […]
Month: May 2016
Dangote to create 210,000 jobs in agriculture
Dangote Group of Companies on Tuesday said the organisation would create 210,000 jobs for the unemployed Nigerians in agriculture between now and 2018 in agricultural sector. The Chairman of the Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, said this in Katsina in a goodwill message at the opening of Katsina Economic and Investment Summit. “We will create […]
Budget 2016: What Nigerians should expect, says Buhari
It gives me great pleasure today to sign the first full-year budget of this administration into law. I thank the leadership of the National Assembly, in particular, the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and indeed all members of the National Assembly for their cooperation in making this a reality. […]
FCMB shuts down branches, sacks staff
First City Monument Bank Limited (FCMB) has closed down some of its branches and sacked staff of those branches, a report this morning said. The report, by Nigerian Tribune, said it was gathered Monday night that the branches affected were those formerly owned by Finbank, which has been acquired by FCMB. “Although calls to officials […]
Etisalat, Abuja Global Shapers Partner to Boost School Enrolment in the North
Efforts towards rebuilding the North-East states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa have received further boost, courtesy of a partnership between Etisalat Nigeria and Abuja Global Shapers Community, an offshoot of the World Economic Forum, which aims at bolstering pupil enrolments into primary schools in the three states affected by Boko Haram insurgency. The initiative […]
Buhari signs first budget into law
President Muhammadu Buhari finally signed his first budget as a democratically elected president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Tagged: ‘Budget of Change’, the harmonised document which was signed into law on May 6, 2016 in Abuja, came after several months of accusations and counter accusations between the executive and the law makers over the […]