Nigeria Today: Top 10 News Stories You Shouldn’t Miss

1. The Head of the Observer Mission and former President of Ghana, Mr. John Kufour has stated that the conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections meets the criteria for free and fair elections. 2. The Central Bank of Nigeria has added 32 bureau de change operators to the list of firms that have complied with its new capital requirements. 3. Nigeria’s international online shop, Shoptomydoor.com and payment processor, MasterCard have entered into a partnership to reward international shoppers through a free ocean shipping service. 4. The Director General of the Industrial Training Fund, Mrs. Juliet Chukkas Onaeko recently said that the programme has trained 74, 000 young Nigerians in different technical and vocational skills. 5. The Federal Government has issued a water use permit to an indigenous firm, Winner Power Gardens Limited to generate electricity from the Okuru River in Kogi State. 6. The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Skye Bank Plc., Mr. Timothy Oguntayo has restated the commitment of the financial institution to building a virile and mutually beneficial partnership with its customers and business partners irrespective of the challenges in the operating environment. 7. The Nigeria Institute of Management, NIM has inducted over 100 senior executives of United Bank for Africa into the membership of the institute as professional managers. 8. Senator Bala Mohammed has allocated 51 hectares of land to Apo traders to serve as their permanent site in Wasa District,  Abuja. 9. The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority recently said it earned a net income of N15.8bn in the 2014 financial year. 10. Barclays Africa Group Limited is expanding its operations on the African continent after buying most of its parent’s operations in Africa and has applied for an equities trading license in Nigeria in addition to a commercial licence.    

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This article was first published on 30th March 2015

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