Access Bank W Initiative targets two million women and families
The W Initiative, a flagship women empowerment programme from Access Bank Plc, has announced plans for its 2019 W Health Month aimed at improving community awareness on health issues that…
Mining: FG sets up committee on Optimisation of Revenue from Mineral Resources sector
Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite The Minister of State for Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Uchechukwu Ogah has said that the Federal Government would no…
2019 AIF: Achieving an African economy 4 times bigger with only a 50% increase in energy demand
Africa has the potential to expand the continental economy fourfold, with energy demands expanding by only 50 percent, according to a new report. The International Energy Agency (IEA) unveiled…
Africa sees improvements in visa openness – report
Africa has seen great improvements in visa openness as Africans can travel to more countries visa-free, according to the 2019 Africa Visa Openness Index released on Monday. For the first…
Interswitch sells stake to Visa
Visa Inc plans to acquire a “significant minority” stake in payments platform Interswitch, the Nigeria-based company said on Tuesday. Interswitch did not provide financial details in its statement but a…
Learn to deploy technology in monitoring activities within borders rather than closure – Afreximbank urges African gov’ts
President of the Africa Export-Import Bank, Prof Benedict Oramah, has urged Nigeria and other African countries to deploy technology in monitoring their borders. Oramah spoke at the second edition of…
Konga Yakata excites shoppers, exceeds projection within 24 hours
Barely 24 hours after Konga Yakata, the much-anticipated Black Africa sales of Nigeria’s retail giant Konga, went live, officials of the e-commerce company are having a tough time keeping up…
Court orders destruction of over N40m worth of fake shoe polish in Anambra
About 201,600 tins of fake Kiwi brand of shoe polish worth over N40m have been destroyed in Awka, the Anambra State capital. The fake products were packed in a warehouse…
Edo Govt. to provide 100,000 hectares of land for oil palm investors
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo, on Monday said the state government had concluded plans to open up about 100, 000 hectares of new land for oil palm investors in the…
How corruption in banks has caused Nigeria N100bn in 30 years – NDIC
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) said it had paid over N100 billion as liquidation dividends to depositors of closed Deposit Money Banks (DMBs), in the last 30 years, with…