AXA Mansard to pay N1.98bn as dividend for FY’20

Adebayo Obajemu AXA Mansard Insurance Plc at its 29th Annual General Meeting held at the Oriental Hotel on Friday, May 7, 2021 got approval from shareholders...

Lagos to launch mini buses to replace Okada

Amaechi inaugurates 11-man panel to probe NPA under Bala-Usman

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has inaugurated an11-man panel of inquiry will probe the activities of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) between 2016 to 2021 under...

Kwara floats N900m interest-free loans for budding entrepreneurs

Kwara State Government says it has rolled out plans to support young entrepreneurs in the state with N900 million interest-free loans. The Acting General Manager of...

Nigeria reintroduces Covid-19 restrictions, shuts bars, recreational centres, others

Nigeria’s Federal Government has reintroduced Covid-19 restrictions across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This new directive, according to a member of the...

Outrage over FG’s N50bn grant to energy sector

By Olusesan Laoye There is growing public outrage over the N50 billion the federal government still pays as subsidy to the energy sector which has already...

CBN ban fails to stop crypto currency trade

BY OBINNA EZUGWU When Omeke Anthony (not real name) moved to Lagos in 2008, after his national youth service, it was with the hope of finding...

Predatory Chinese loans still haunts Nigeria

Despite efforts by the financial authorities to downplay its magnitude, there continues to be some haunting concern in the public domain about Nigeria’s burgeoning debt profile,...

Culture impedes digital payments policy

By Adebayo Obajemu Central Bank of Nigeria’s directive for fintech companies to drive financial inclusion has importantly positioned Fintechs in the centre to drive the Bank’s...