National Theatre: Are FG, CBN, NBC unaware of concessionaire before planning redevelopment?
Rewind to when the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigerian Bankers Committee (NBC) unveiled their joint plan to revive the National Theatre at Iganmu, Lagos, with about N25bn at the 11th Bankers Committee retreat in Ogere, Ogun State,…
3 months after, no signal from Bankers Committee on National Theatre
In September last year the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele told Nigerians that it has sealed strong understanding with the Nigerian Bankers Committee (NBC) to invest a whooping N22bn in the redevelopment of moribund National Theatre,…
Why BVN became first biometric identity scheme to capture 40m Nigerians
…As NIN crawls to less than 30m in Dec 2019 Amongst all official biometric platforms in Nigeria, Biometric Verification Number (BVN) by bank account owners has become the first to cross the 40m mark in Nigeria. Business Hilights recalls that…
Bankers’ Committee takes over 40 acres National Arts Theatre to build CIP
As part of efforts to take the current Nigerian Nollywood global rating as the second largest movie industry after India’s Bollywood, the Nigerian Bankers’ Committee (NBC) weekend took possession of ownership documents of the National Art Theatre, Igamu from the…
