GTBank named 2016 African Bank of the Year in Ahmedabad, India
Leading money deposit bank and foremost African financial institution; Guaranty Trust Bank plc has been honoured in far away Ahmedabad, India as the African Bank of the Year at this year’s African Banker Awards. The Awards was presented during a…
ATCON highlights NITDA’s IT development initiatives, seeks partnership
More details on the happenstances during the recent visit of officials of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) to the headquarters of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) have emerged. In his presentation during the visit, the…
Glo deepening subscriber base in the nation’s data market segment with flexible offers
The observed trend in the domination of Nigeria’s data market segment amongst GSM operators and others has started eliciting reactions from industry experts. Based on statistics released by the regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) covering the first quarter (Q1)…
NCC steps up telecom infrastructure protection, partners with security agencies
Lead regulator of telecoms services, the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) begun discussions with relevant security agencies on how best telecom installations, facilities and infrastructure can best be secured. Explaining issues during a workshop on sensitisation of law enforcement agencies for…
UNIDO reveals why 80% of Nigerian SMEs, new businesses do not survive after one year
More reasons have been adduced as to why about 80 per cent of new enterprises in Nigeria hardly survive after one year of beginning. The Coordinator, ARCEIT Programme, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation’s Investment and Technology Promotion Office in Nigeria…
CG plans meeting with Customs from neighbouring countries to boost trade facilitation
Rising from the just concluded African Customs Summit hosted by the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, the Comptroller General of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Hameed Ali has given indication that he will convene a strategy meeting with all six…
Aviation unions boycott Airport concession stakeholders’ meeting for lack of confidence
Labour unions at the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Thursday put paid to their threats by boycotting stakeholders’ meeting scheduled for Thursday in protest against the move to concession four busy airports in Nigeria. The airports in the…
Tracking Now: Senate passes Part 1 of Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) dealing on governance
The Nigerian Senate today, Thursday, May 25, 2017, passed the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB). The part, which can be said to be among the least controversial segment of the entire bill, only seeks to reform issues of corporate governance…
CODET management visits NPA, canvasses partnership for development
Middle : Prof Idris Abubakar, Executive Director, Engineer and Technical services (NPA), 4th from the the right Prof E.A Ajav chairman (CODET) and other top management of both organization , during the courtesy visit to the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA)…
Market women link high price of Garri to Fulani herdsmen attacks in Edo, Delta farms
Fresh angle has emerged on why the market price of Garri, Nigerian’s leading staple ‘swallow’ food had been on the rising trend in the last few months even as other domestic foodstuffs are on the downward stretch. Outcries from almost…
