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Saturday, January 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of the African Development Bank, AfDB, Akinwumi Adesina, has kicked at the situation where Nigerians pay high taxes and still provide basic infrastructure for themselves. The former Nigeria’s minister of agriculture disclosed this on Thursday at the first national tax dialogue organized by the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS). Adesina satted […]
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Friday, January 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some analysts have made projections on the trajectory of the nation’s economy in 2021, saying the year will be challenging but there will be light at the end of the tunnel. They spoke during an interactive zoom webinar by the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce with theme, “ 2021 Economic Outlook’’. Mr Bismarck […]
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Bayelsa, Featured, Latest Headlines, Maritime, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Friday, January 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) declared on Friday that reported leaks near its operational areas at Funiwa offshore facilities off the Atlantic coast was not from its facilities and pledged to support regulators in tracing the source. The fishermen around the Atlantic Ocean coastline reported an oil leak suspected to be from the […]
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Agriculture, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Thursday, January 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An agrometeorologist, Dr Adewale Adetayo, has recommended mitigation and adaptation strategies as part of measures to reduce the effects of climate change on the environment. Adetayo, who works at the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR &T), Ibadan, made the recommendation in an interview on Thursday in Ibadan. He said mitigation […]
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Thursday, January 21st, 2021
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, Nigeria Bureau, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Business institutions and budget specialists in the country have agreed to constitute implementation, monitoring and supervision body, so as to influence the economic policies makers to be more proactive, disciplined and efficient, as well as ensure excellent budget performance in every fiscal year. The Abeokuta Business […]
Posted by African Examiner
Banking & Finance, Business News, Featured, Latest Headlines
Wednesday, January 20th, 2021
(AFRICA EXAMINER) – Technology has been a veritable gift to mankind, and over the years, it has been responsible for creating amazingly useful resources which put all the information individuals need at their fingertips. The development of technology has also led to so many mind-blowing discoveries, better facilities, and better luxuries, which has in-turn helped […]
Posted by African Examiner
Banking & Finance, Business News, Featured, Latest Headlines
Wednesday, January 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At present, there are over 86,000 banking agents across 772 out of the 774 local government areas in Nigeria, a demonstration of FirstBank’s commitment to deepening financial inclusion and ensuring the unbanked are adequately catered for. In an interview with BusinessDay, Adesola Adeduntan, FirstBank’s CEO, noted that over N9.6 trillion had been […]
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Business News, Energy, Featured, Latest Headlines
Monday, January 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced a total export receipt for crude oil and gas valued at $120.49 million for the month of September 2020. A press release by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the Corporation, Dr. Kennie Obateru, stated that the figure is contained in […]
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Thursday, January 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – First of Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s leading financial inclusion services provider has launched the Virtual Payment card, a Naira denominated debit card and digital representation of the plastic debit card. The card is designed to be linked to either a customer’s operative account or wallet account. The FirstBank Virtual Payment Card […]
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Alhaji Garba Abubakar, has said the organisation raked in more than N19 billion as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) last year. Abubakar made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, in spite of the COVID-19 […]
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Monday, January 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mrs Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, has formally assumed office as the 4th Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer and first female to occupy the position at Fidelity Bank Plc, effective on Jan. 1. The bank disclosed that Onyeali-Ikpe took over from Mr Nnamdi Okonkwo, whose contract tenure ended on Dec. 31, 2020, in line […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
African News, Business News, Latest Headlines, News
Saturday, January 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A cross section of Nigerians has taken to their social media account to call out First City Monument Bank (FCMB), to sack the managing Director, Adam Nuru, who allegedly had an affair with a subordinate, Moyo Thomas. According to reports, the affair between Nuru and Moyo produced two kids when Moyo was […]
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Saturday, January 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), on Friday in Lagos unveiled the TEF Entrepreneurship programme for 2021, to empower women and men across the African continent. The Chief Executive Officer of TEF, Mrs Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu, disclosed this during an Online news briefing with Journalists across Africa. She said: ”I want to welcome all […]
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Wednesday, December 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has dismissed the purported takeover of Kidney Island asset of the SPDC Joint Venture in Port Harcourt by the Rivers State Government in the exercise of rights purportedly acquired through a court auction process that is still the subject of ongoing appeals at […]
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Saturday, December 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenya Airways and Air France-KLM Group said on Saturday that they had agreed to mutually terminate their Africa-Europe joint venture partnership from September 2021. Allan Kilavuka, Kenya Airways CEO said the Kenyan carrier will continue to serve the European market through its gateways of London, Paris, Amsterdam with Rome slated for resumption […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Business News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State, Technology
Sunday, December 13th, 2020
By Jørgen Arnesen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Africa is a key focus for Opera and we believe there is significant growth ahead. The region is the fastest growing continent in terms of internet penetration. Recent reports from GSMA show that only 300 million out of the total population of 1.1 billion people are connected to the internet […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has agreed to slash the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), known as petrol, by N5 from Monday next week. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, disclosed this while addressing newsmen at the end of a closed-door meeting with the organised labour on Tuesday in Abuja. […]
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Sunday, December 6th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Health Management Agency (LASHMA), in its commitment to ensure that residents at the grassroots have access to affordable, effective and quality healthcare, has partnered with First Bank of Nigeria Limited to utilise its over 13,000 Firstmonie Agents as payment channels for the Lagos State Health Scheme (LSHS). The General […]
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Friday, December 4th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has expressed its readiness to support indigenous fleet owners to enjoy greater patronage and participation in the oil and gas maritime business in Nigeria. The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari, gave the assurance while playing host to members of the Nigerian Fleet Implementation […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
African News, Business News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News
Thursday, December 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In obvious recognition of its brand acceptance and its role in facilitating economic development across Africa, six subsidiaries of pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc have been named ‘Bank of the Year 2020’ by the Banker Magazine, leading global finance news publication published by Financial Times of London. […]
