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The Naira yesterday appreciated by N2 at the parallel market following announcement by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to intervene in the Bureaux de Change segment of the foreign exchange market on Friday.
2.
First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) has said it will partner Agro-allied Farmers Commodities Cooperative Entrepreneurship Multipurpose Union to seek the release of the N50 billion credit facility.
3. Vodacom Business Nigeria will take a giant step on Monday, February 9th, 2015
as it signs on to the platform of The Convention on Business Integrity (CBi).
4.
The World Bank on Tuesday said it would assist Nigeria in the area of climate change adaptation and mitigation in order to enable the country to realise its agricultural potential.
5. The
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has unveiled a N300 billion real sector support facility, creating fresh opportunities.
6. Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development,
Mrs. Akon Eyakenyi, has commended the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) over its recovery of N6, 907,362,104.49.
7.
Enterprise Bank Limited has begun MoneyGram “Naija Send” – Outbound money transfer services from Nigeria with MoneyGram International. In a statement, the bank, which is currently undergoing a business combination with Heritage Bank Limited, said the product is one of the ways to positively impact the lives of her customers both in Nigeria and in the Diaspora.
8.
Arik Air will from February 16 begin scheduled flight operations from Lagos, Nigeria to the Ivoirian city, Abidjan via Cotonou, Benin Republic. The new service will operate four times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
9.
Skye Bank plc has begun enjoying benefits of its recent acquisition of Mainstreet Bank Limited as its balance sheet has risen to N1.5 trillion from the pre-acquisition value of N1.2 trillion.
10.
Nigeria exported 106, 700 tonnes of raw cashew nuts to Vietnam in 2014, a figure amounting to 90 per cent of the nation’s annual output of the product.
