Business and Economy
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Lagos, Issuing Houses seal deal on N47 Bn bond
The Lagos State Government on Friday announced the closing of its N47billion 16.5 per cent 2023 Series 1 Bond Issuance…
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UBA’s spokesperson, Nasir Ramon, emerges The Point’s Image Maker of the Year
The head, Media and Corporate Communications, United Bank for Africa, Mr. Nasir Ramon Olanrewaju, has emerged The Point Newspaper’s Image…
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Yuletide: Nigeria Customs destroys N147mn poultry products in Benin
AGENE GODWIN Benin Poultry products worth over N147 million illegally imported for the yuletide season have been impounded and destroyed…
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Airtel Named ‘Best Company in Support of Youth Development’
Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has been named the ‘Best Company in Support of Youth Development’ by the Nigerian…
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Gov. Wike presents 2017 N470 Billion Golden Jubilee budget for accelerated development
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike on Wednesday presented the state’s 2017 budget of N470billion to the State House of…
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KWSG flags off N41million empowerment for women
The Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has flagged off a N41 million empowerment for women in the state. The…
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Coal deposits in commercial quantity discovered in Sokoto
The efforts of the federal government to diversify Nigeria’s economy has received a major boost with the discovery of coal…
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Gov. Ugwuanyi presents N105b Budget to Enugu Assembly … Pledges to complete ongoing projects and commence new ones
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State Friday presented the 2017 budget estimates of N105,719,471,000 (one hundred and five billion, seven…
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Umahi signs Ebonyi’s 2017 budget bill
The Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Nweze Umahi, has signed the 2017 appropriation bill of N127,233,074,799 and the state…
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Gov. Udom proposes N365.251 bn for 2017 fiscal year
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Gabriel Emmanuel has presented a N365.251 billion budget proposal to the State House of…
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2017: Governor Abubakar presents N145.4 billion budget proposal
From: Ruth David , Bauchi Bauchi state Governor, Muhammad Abdullahi Abubakar has presented a budget proposal of 145,447,258,160 billion Naira…
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“How we spent N5b London/Paris Refund” – Gov. Ahmed
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has explained how the state government expended the N5b collected from the Federal Government…
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FG secures $150m World Bank support for Mining Development – Fayemi …As ministry commissions 38 surveillance vehicles for Mines Officers
The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, has secured $150million (N45.7 billion) support from the World…
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Re: Proposed $30bn Loan: Avoiding the Eurobond Curse
By Olutayo Isaac As an intellectual, I am inclined to appreciate the apparent hard work and research that must have…
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Senate vows to unravel how N213bn Power Intervention Fund was disbursed …To hold public hearing on poor electricity supply
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has urged the Senate Committee on Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy to conduct a…
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Petroleum Technology Association honours Shell, SNEPCo MD
The Petroleum Technology Association (PETAN) an association of indigenous technical oilfield service companies in the upstream and downstream sectors, honoured…
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FAAC disburses N386bn to FG, States, LGCs in November 2016
A total sum of N386.879 billion has been disbursed as Federal Allocation for the month of November 2016 for the…
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Customs intercepts trucks loaded with foreign rice, cannabis, adulterated products
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit Zone C Owerri has intercepted trucks loaded with smuggled foreign rice, adulterated petroleum…
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Merry Christmas: Ayade subsidizes prices of Rice,Tomatoes by 40% in Cross River
The Cross River State Government is subsidising prices of foodstuffs such as rice, tin tomatoes, groundnut oil and sweet corn…
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Heritage on mission to economic revival
Heritage Bank Limited is leveraging on providing excellent services to its customers. It prioritises entrepreneurship, easy access to credit and…
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Mining: Federal Government, South African Govt. endorse two-year work plan
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi and his South African counterpart, Mr Mosebenzi Zwane (MP), on…
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Continental Reinsurance appoints Ogunshola as new chairman
Continental Reinsurance Plc has announced the appointment of Chief Ajibola Ogunshola as the new non-executive Chairman of the Board to…
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Kano State govt. donates N500 Million to victims of Sabon Gari fire disaster; To build $1.85 billion light rail project
Kano state government has donated N500 million as assistance to victims of the fire outbreak that occurred early this year,…
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Work on Sokoto’s N250m fertiliser plant begins
Construction work on a new N250m organic fertiliser plant has started in Sokoto. When completed, the factory will produce 15,000…
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Lagos residents benefit from NNPC/SNEPCo health outreach
Thousands of residents in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, benefitted from a health outreach organised by the NNPC and Shell Nigeria…
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