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Mane inspired, but am driving a different goal for Africa — Victor Osimhen

Nigerian sensational international and Napoli forward, Victor Osihmen has opened up on how he will drive his Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Nigeria. According to him, he will work on supporting disabled Nigerians and African to regain their faulty limbs…

Give positive reports on Nigeria, Minister tells GOCOP members

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has charged online publishers to promote positive reports on Nigeria in the online news space, saying it is crucial to the socio-economic growth and development of the country. The minister stated…

Fidelity Bank successfully concludes upgrade of online banking facility

Leading retail banking giant, Fidelity Bank Plc., has concluded a recent digital maintenance upgrade on infrastructure on online banking platform, saying customers can now experience seamless transactions on all banking applications. In a terse tweet (X) sent out to customers,…

Chapel Hill Denham to list N200bn infrastructure fund on NGX

Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) is set to admit the Nigeria Infrastructure Debt Fund (NIDF), a N200 billion public infrastructure investment fund by Chapel Hill Denham, onto the Exchange. The Exchange, in commemorating the listing, will host a Facts Behind the…

Air Peace boss, Barr. Onyema bags NDA’s Doctorate Degree

Congratulations once again to the latest Doctorate Degree honouree, Barrister Allen Onyema, on his conferment with a Doctor of Management Science by the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA). All of us at Business Hilights felicitate with you on your well-deserved honour….

Upon NGFCP, FG loses N847bn to gas flaring – NOSDRA

Contrary to hypes by the Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialisation Programme (NGFCP) under the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, the Federal Government lost about N843bn to gas flaring between January 2022 and August 2023, data obtained from the National Oil Spill Detection…

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NCC talking with authorities to Expunge 5% E’Duty in Telecoms Businesses

Following the recent suspension of five per cent excise duty on telecoms operations across networks by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said it has commenced discussions with the appropriate authorities, for the outright removal of…

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To hit 50% QoS, Review of Broadband Plan, Telecoms Policy Coming—Tijani

The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, has listed nine priority policies, regulatory and strategic initiatives for review and implementation, among which are the Nigeria National Broadband Plan and the National Policy on Telecommunications. The other…

NGX All-Share Index loses, down 0.43% today, 04/10/23

The Nigerian equities ended lower today reversing some of the gains of yesterday’s session as the benchmark index lost 0.43% to close at 66,482.28 points. Investors interest in Tier-1 banking names ZENITHBANK (+1.27%), GTCO (+2.27%) and ACCESSCORP (+0.31%) was offset…

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Just in: MTN Awards Scholarships to 1,011 Nigerian Students

The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of leading telecom group in Africa, MTN Foundation through its annual scholarship initiative has awarded scholarships to 360 undergraduate Nigerian students in addition to 651 current scholars, totalling 1,011 scholars. The awardees were celebrated…