Business and Economy
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Kia Motors posts 3.2% rise in 2016 global sales
• 3,007,976 Kia vehicles sold globally in 2016 for 3.2% year-on-year gain • Full-year sales in Western Europe, China, North…
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FMDQ lists ₦35.00bn Access bank commercial paper notes
FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange (FMDQ or the OTC Exchange) commences the year’s activities with the commemoration of the admittance and…
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Manufacturing sector challenges may worsen in 2017
In the face of expectations by investors in the manufacturing sector of the Nigerian capital market to experience reversal of…
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Vitafoam pays 12kobo dividend ….Lowers 2016 FY losses by 55.5% …Recommends 12 kobo dividend
Vitafoam Nigeria Plc has released its 2016 financial results, announcing a loss after tax of N32 million for its financial…
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Access Bank affirms industry leadership with ‘Bank of the Year’ Award
Access Bank has affirmed its leadership of the Nigerian banking industry with its recent recognition as the ‘Bank of the…
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No N29bn provision to fight militancy in 2017 Budget
The Ministry of Budget and National Planning has dismissed as erroneous a news story that the Federal Government has earmarked…
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Ban on revenue collection: Akugbe Venture boss urges strict compliance
AGENE GODWIN, Benin Following the recent announcement by the Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, banning revenue collection by…
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Saraki promises to intervene in aviation sector facility crisis
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Saturday pledged to intervene in the nation’s aviation sector, which has suffered major…
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Saraki calls for collective efforts to grow economy in New Year
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has congratulated Nigerians for witnessing the New Year in spite of the hard times…
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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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