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How Zenith Bank Remained @ Zenith Even In Recession

The recent release of Zenith Bank’s 2016 half-year result has continued to elicit commendations as analysts are upbeat that the bank has surpassed predictions and the serial meltdown currently challenging every sector. NIGERIA BUSINESS HiLIGHTS looks at the implications of…

NPA, Fashola Move To Free Traffic On Tin Can Port Access Road

A strategic partnership that will pull resources together for the decongestion of Apapa and TinCan ports access roads is being worked out between the management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Minister of Works, Housing and Power, Mr. Babtunde…

Bashar Deepens Customs Relations With Agencies, Agents At Tincan Port

The Customs Area Controller at Tincan Island Port, Comptroller Bashar Umar has continued to boost inter-agency and stakeholders’ relations at the Tincan Island Ports. The Controller recently handed over a 40ft container of suspected expired medical devices to the NAFDAC…

Oil & Gas, ICT Still Leading FDI Even In Recession—NBS

Details form an updated version of statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) have indicated resilience and pointer to the recent position of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) that recession may abate by year end after all….

Banking/Investments

Elumelu Wins Africa Investor ‘Person of the Year’ Award In New York

The Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Mr. Tony Elumelu has been honoured with the ‘Person of the Year’ award at the Africa Investor Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Institutional Investment Summit hosted alongside the UN General Assembly in New York,  Receiving the…

samsung
ICT

Samsung Agrees To Replace Note7 For Nigerians Irrespective Of Place Of Purchase

Contrary to fears that owners of Samsung Galaxy Note7 in Nigeria are on their own while their likes abroad are getting new error-proof device, Samsung Electronics West Africa Limited (SEWA) in Lagos has announced its readiness to make the replacement…

LG
ICT

LG Products Now Come With 10 Year Warranty

LG Electronics, a leader in home appliances and consumer electronics, recently achieved unprecedented technological advancements with the core technology designed for some of its products. These achievements came with critical acclaim along with the patent right. This core technology breakthrough…

ICT

NCC Most Stakeholder-Friendly Agency—Danbatta

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that it remains the agency of the Federal Government that is most stakeholder-friendly since inception to date. In his opening remarks, at a recent Seminar organized by the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association…

danbatta
ICT

Beyond Telecoms Regulation, Danbatta As A ‘diplomat’

By OKOH AIHE Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice-Chairman of NCC By Okoh Aihe That telecommunications services have gained traction in Nigeria can only be evidenced by the encouraging figures coming out of the industry. Apart from the monthly reports of…

Adebayo Shittu
ICT

AfICTA 2016 Summit To Review IoT Roles In Africa’s Growth

How best  the Internet of Things (IoT) phenomenon will help advance and sustain Africa’s development in the areas of health service delivery, e-government, e-commerce, job creation and overall improvement in the standard of living of the people  will   take center…