Foundation Empowers Over 1,000 Women With Starter Packs Worth 10 Million

KEFFI — Peugeot Automobile Nigeria (PAN) has trained no fewer than 1,000 women in different skills in Nasarawa West Senatorial District and empowered them with starter packs worth 10 Million. Alhaji Ahmed Wadada, chairman of the company, while presenting the packs to the beneficiaries, who recently completed an intensive five-day training on Saturday in Keffi, Nasarawa State, said the gesture aimed to reduce poverty among rural women in Nasarawa West. “The empowerment programme was organised...

N1, 000, N500 Denominations Constitutes Bulk Of Counterfeited Banknotes-CBN

ABUJA — The N1, 000 and N500 denominations constituted the bulk of counterfeited banknotes, accounting for 69.06 per cent and 30.79 per cent, respectively, of the total counterfeit notes in Nigeria. However, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the faking of higher denomination banknotes in Nigeria dropped 20.80 per cent in volume and 12.18 per cent in value in 2020, lower than 84,934 pieces and N64.71 million in 2019. This is contained in the...

Taaooma Under Serious Attack From the Youths for Meeting With the Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo Behind Closed Doors

A Nigerian comedienne, Apaokagi Adedoyin Maryam, popularly known as Taaooma has been castigated by the youths for meeting with Vice President Yemi Osibanjo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Vice President on Wednesday received on a courtesy call, a delegation of young Nigerian (comedy) Skit Industry practitioners under the aegis of the Nigeria Skits Industry Awards (NSIA), led by its promoter, Bimbo Daramola. The delegation also included Josh Alfred (Josh2funny); Ayo Ajewole (Woli Agba); Adebamiro...

Nigeria’s Seaports Operating far Above Installed Capacity – NPA MD

LAGOS — Mr. Mohammed Bello-Koko, Acting Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has said that the two Lagos seaports located in Lekki and Tin Can Island were operating “far beyond their installed capacities”. “What it simply means is that if they were built to handle 500,000 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs), for instance, probably they are now handling about 700, 000 TEUs,” he told newsmen on Sunday in Lagos. He said that the situation had...

NNPC Weekly Review: Nigeria’s LNG Cargo Arrives Global Market After 22 Years

ABUJA —  The Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, started its new week on a cheerful note as the country on Monday stepped into the global Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) market for the first time in 22 years. It was a step expected to strengthen Nigeria’s footprint in the global LNG market after the lifting that occurred from Bonny Island, Rivers State. The maiden LNG export from NNPC LNG Ltd, an arm of the NNPC...

CBN Spends N58.6bn to Print N1.06trn

LAGOS  — The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) spent a sum of N58.618 billion on printing 2.518 billion of naira notes, valued at N1.06 trillion in 2020. This was disclosed in a report released by the apex bank on Thursday. The report 2020 currency operation annual report indicated that there has a decrease in the bank’s expenditure on currency printing, which stood at N75.5 billion, in 2019 and N64.0 billion, in 2020 “The total cost...

Enugu House Of Assembly Approves 15billion Naira CBN Loan

ENUGU — The Enugu State House of Assembly has resolved and approved the State Government’s request to access the Central Bank of Nigeria Infrastructure Finance Facility of N15,000,000,000.00 (Fifteen Billion Naira) only. The request was contained in a letter from the Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi signed by the Secretary to the State Governor, Simon Ortuanya. The letter states the reason for the loan is to specifically finance infrastructural development in the state given the...

Overcharged Bank Customers Can Petition CBN – NDIC

ABUJA — The managing director of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Bello Hassan, has stated that overcharged bank customers can petition the corporation or the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to facilitate a refund. He said this while addressing business editors and members of the Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria (FICAN) at a three-day workshop. According to him, bank customers should be enlightened on bank charges, noting that the apex bank’s guideline on bank...

MTN to Sell $242 Worth of Shares in Nigerian Business – Official

LAGOS — MTN Group said it is planning to sell shares worth about $241.7million from its Nigeria business. MTN on Thursday said it will offer 575 million shares in MTN Nigeria, which is listed in Lagos in 2019. “Today we announce our intention to proceed with a public offer for sale of up to 575 million shares in MTN Nigeria, by way of a bookbuild to institutional investors and fixed price to retail investors,” MTN...

Sterling Bank Open Fixed Deposit For Kwara State Government Without The Knowledge Of Government- Asiru

The Kogi State Commissioner for Finance, Budget and Economic Planning, Asiwaju Idris Asiru, has alleged that Sterling Bank opened the controversial fixed deposit account in the name of the state government without the knowledge or directive of the state. Asiru made the allegation on Tuesday when he appeared before the Kogi State House of Assembly alongside the state Accountant General, Jibril Momoh, and Auditor General, Yakubu Okala on the controversial loan. The House during the...

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