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 […]
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 […]
In this piece first published on his Facebook wall on November 9, Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, highlights the foundation laid for good governance by the President and what is expected of the ministers, inaugurated on November 11 – a development which Shehu sees as “the coming […]
Five months on, President Muhammadu Buhari, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Chief Economist of the Federation, could neither name a cabinet nor provide a template for the economic direction of his administration. Consulting Editor CHIMA NWAFO examines the implications At the Indo-Africa Business Summit in far away New Delhi, India, President Muhammadu Buhari, […]
First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Limited has assured of its continued support, through funding and other initiatives, towards the growth of export trade business and the ongoing efforts of the government to diversify the Nigerian economy with focus on non-oil products. This, it stated, is in recognition of the huge resources available in the non-oil […]
As part of its commitment towards rewarding customer loyalty, Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa Plc has rewarded 80 of its customers in the first batch of the UBA Remittance Awoof Promo. The draws, which was well attended by customers of the bank, journalists and regulators from the National Lottery, is part of […]