In line with the persistent calls for a paradigm shift from over dependence on oil as the major earner of the country, the Lagos State and Kebbi State governments on Wednesday entered into a partnership on the establishment of a commodity value chain that will give a quantum leap to food processing, production and distribution.…
Nigerians may have to suffer a little bit longer if comments by the Federal Government on the lingering fuel scarcity are anything to take serious. This is because the government has categorically emphasised that Nigerians may continue in the anguish of petrol dearth at least for the next two months. Minister of State for Petroleum,…
Over the last few weeks, Nigerians all over the country have been faced with the question; What is the 737? From billboards to hash tags and radio hypes. Introduced by Guaranty Trust Bank plc, Bank 737 is more than just well rhyming numbers; it’s a simple, smart, and safe way to bank anytime, anywhere and…
***Honours Trusted Key Agents at Lagos Event MoneyGram announced today it celebrated more than two decades of successful growth with some of the company’s key agents in Lagos last night at the InterContinental Hotel in Lagos. Alex Holmes, MoneyGram’s CEO hosted senior executives of some of the company’s key agents including the CEO’s of Skye…
More than 70 outdoor advertising companies contracted to handle the Ambode/Buhari campaign billboards in Lagos are still waiting to get paid their dues from the All Progressives Congress, APC, with practitioners revealing that they are enduring a choking debt burden. “The companies that ensured that Buhari and Ambode billboards took over 95% of the available…
By Njamanze Fidel Chairman of the Delta State House of Assembly Committee on Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Hon. Dennis Omovie has said the State House of Assembly is not aware of the existence of DESOPADEC budget for 2016. He also described as laughable reports that the speaker has already signed the…
Let’s face it, Nigerian women love compliments more the men do, and when they are clocking 30 and above, the effect of the passage of time on them becomes more visible. Due to the norm in Nigeria where women over the age of 30 are considered “older women”, the single ones especially tend to feel…
…1,000 New African Entrepreneurs Join $100m Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) announces the selection of 1,000 entrepreneurs for the 2nd round of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP). Launched in 2015, TEEP is the largest African philanthropic initiative devoted to entrepreneurship and represents a 10-year, $100 million commitment, to identify and…
…Leads In Nigerian Market Sterling Bank Plc has been rated by Lafferty Group among 100 banks from around the world. The group’s approach to rating is to use publicly available information to judge against key quantitative and qualitative criteria such as strategy, culture, customer care, brand promise and financial performance. According to Michael Lafferty, Chairman,…
The Nigerian Senate has eventually approved the 2016 budget after several weeks of postponement, Aproko247 has confirmed. The 2016 Appropriation Bill was passed on Wednesday by the lawmakers of the upper chamber of the National Assembly. Reports of the N6.07 trillion budget was supposed to be deliberated on yesterday by the Senate but it was…