Economy

Zenith Bank Plc. has been named as the Best Corporate Governance ‘Financial Services’ Africa 2021 by the Ethical Boardroom for the second consecutive year. Mr Ebenezer Onyeagwu, the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive of the bank,…

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) will strengthen collaboration to regulate electronic waste in the country. The organisations expressed their…

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his giant strides in the Niger Delta which is making a huge impact on the people of the area. The Minister made this known on…

Alhaji Alkasim Bala, a lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication, Federal Polytechnic, Damaturu,  on Saturday praised the Federal Government for investing in four new seaports. Buhari had in his 2021 Democracy Day Speech said he…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of Infraco Plc., a world-class infrastructure development vehicle wholly focused on Nigeria with a capital structure of N15 trillion. The president revealed this on Saturday in a…

The Nigerian Senate has commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for its efforts towards entrenching transparency and stamping out corruption from its system. The commendation was given by the Chairman of the Senate…

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has issued Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme (MANCAP) certificates for 28 products belonging to 19 companies in Niger State for conforming with  the Nigerian Industrial Standards (NIS).…

The Debt Management Office (DMO) says Nigeria’s Public Debt Stock is N33.107 trillion (about 87.239 billion dollars), as at March 31, 2021. A statement obtained from DMO’s website says that the total public Debt Stock comprised of the…

Mr. Bala Wunti, Group General Manager, National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS) says Nigeria has earned over one million euros from sale of carbon credits through its partnership with Total Energies. Wunti disclosed…

The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 54 pips to 6.3909 against the U.S. dollar Tuesday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. In China’s spot foreign exchange market, the…