Nigeria Today: Top 10 News Stories You Shouldn’t Miss
1. Minister of Petroleum, Dieziani Alison-Madueke, has been appointed the President of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) at the 16th Ministerial meeting of the forum in Doha, Qatar. 2. The Nigeria Postal Service sector may have added about N289.7 billion to the economy within the last four years. The sector was able to deliver about 285 […]
Nigeria Today: Top 10 News Stories You Shouldn’t Miss
1. The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, said 349,343 jobs were created in the economy in the third quarter of 2014. 2. Prepaid and Postpaid customers within Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company Plc (Ikeja Electric) network can now make bill payments or buy tokens via vouchers, Point-of-Sale terminals, bank branches and online banking portals as well as […]
Nigeria Today: Top 10 News Stories You Shouldn’t Miss
1. Microsoft and 88mph have announced the launch of the Microsoft Ventures Program for entrepreneurs in Nigeria which hopes to help improve start-ups’ productivity by offering tools, resources, expertise and routes to market around the world. 2. The Experience, which is said to be one of the largest musical events in Africa and the largest gospel group […]
Nigeria Today: Top 10 News Stories You Shouldn’t Miss
1. It has recently been revealed that Nigerian beneficiaries of the Presidential Scholarship Scheme studying in the United States and United Kindgom have been rated among top grades by their various universities. 2. Sources reveal that as early as next year, Volkswagen AG (VOW) plans to start assembling cars in Nigeria with Dubai-based conglomerate Stallion […]
Nigeria Today: Top 10 News Stories You Shouldn’t Miss
1. Six winners have emerged in the first draw of the Sterling Bank Arsenal Account. The bank has revealed that the promo, which commenced September 1st will reward the winners with an all-expense-paid trip to Emirates Stadium to watch the Arsenal versus Aston Villa match. 2. The Director-General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR), Dr. Joe […]
Nigeria Today: Top 10 News Stories You Shouldn’t Miss
1. Guaranty Trust Bank’s GTCrea8 Mini Cooper promo Season 2, held on Friday at the bank’s corporate head office, has announced a winner. Adebiyi Mariam Ajoke, a National Diploma 2 student of Business Administration from Lagos State Polytechnic, emerged as the winner and was rewarded with a brand new Mini Cooper. 2. It has been disclosed […]
Nigeria Today: Top 10 News Stories You Shouldn’t Miss
1.According to the the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, Nigeria attracted $59 billion pipeline local and foreign direct investments into the different sectors of the economy within three years. 2. Access Bank Plc has unveiled its customised debit card tagged, “Persona.” The product allows customers of the bank to upload their […]
Nigeria Today: Top Ten News Stories You Shouldn’t Miss
1.Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola says Lagos State has the capacity to combat any infectious disease, including the Ebola Virus Disease, should it rear its ugly head again. The governor therefore told foreigners willing to visit or invest in the country that Lagos State, having successfully curbed the EVD was now safe and free from all […]
Nigeria Today: Top 10 News Stories You Shouldn’t Miss
1. Arik Air has been awarded the best airline in West Africa at the annual Akwaaba African Travel Market awards/dinner held at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos on Sunday. The organisers of the award said the process leading to the choice of Arik Air as the best airline in West Africa was painstaking and the airline […]
Nigeria Today: Top 10 New Stories You Shouldn’t Miss
1. Fidelity Private Banking, a division of Fidelity Bank Plc, has been recognised as the “Best Private Bank in Nigeria 2014” in the global private banking awards organised by Professional Wealth Management (PWM) and The Banker magazines; publications of the Financial Times Group. 2. The number of billionaires in the world has risen to 1,645 in 2014, […]
Nigeria Today: Top 10 News Stories You Shouldn’t Miss
1.The Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers, CIS, has announced that it is targeting the entertainment industry as a means to boosting the Nigerian capital market and economy. According to The Chairman of the CIS Programme Committee, Mr. Akeem Oyewale, “Capital Market is a market which provides long term funding for the entire economy and we believe […]
Nigeria Today: Top 10 New Stories You Shouldn’t Miss
1.One of Nigeria’s leading banks, Access Bank Plc has emerged the winner of the 2014 World Finance, UK Magazine ‘Sustainable Bank in Nigeria Award.’ 2. MainOne has lifted the Ogombo Community Primary School by renovating a block of four classrooms in Okun Mapo Primary School, and providing new school gates and classroom furniture for its students. […]
Nigeria Today: Top 10 News Stories You Shouldn’t Miss
1. Nigeria has attracted and commenced the implementation of over N500bn private sector investments in the sugar sector under the Nigeria Sugar Master Plan . 2. Mobile Software Solutions, a company established a year ago as an IT Start-up focused on e-Health, and designed to address the malaria scourge in Nigeria and Africa, has […]
Nigeria Today: Top 10 News Stories You Shouldn’t Miss
1. Heritage Bank Limited has launched an initiative to empower the entire school community through a product tagged ‘SkoolBank’. According to the bank, the initiative is part of its vision to transform the education landscape of the nation and prepare a generation that is well armed to meet the highly technical challenges of the next […]
Nigeria Today: Top 10 News Stories You Shouldn’t Miss
1. Mobile Software Solutions limited, a Nigerian solution with a focus on e-health was celebrated with an award for the Best African Mobile Solutions in mobile content, Health, Entertainment/Lifestyle category of the 2014 World Summit Awards. 2. KIA Motors Nigeria has announced a new partnership with Mitob Motors Limited to help bring the brand closer to people in […]
Nigeria Today: Top 10 News Stories You Shouldn’t Miss
1. It has recently been announced that the Federal Government plans to spend N1.221.4trillion to subsidise the importation of premium motor spirit (PMS) or petrol and dual purpose kerosene (DPK) or kerosene next year. A total of N971.4billion is being proposed as subsidy on PMS while N250 billion would be spent as subsidy on DPK. 2.The Director […]