LOTUS Bank, a non-interest bank and financial advisory services provider, is collaborating with the Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas and Electric Vehicle (Pi-CNG and EV) to accelerate adoption of cleaner and more affordable mobility alternatives.Continue Reading
By Rukayat Moisemhe Dr Ngozi Oyewole, Director-General, Business Women of Influence for Renewed Hope Agenda (BWI-RHA) has described technical training and structured apprenticeship programmes as critical parameters, to engender a skilled workforce. She added that it was also a parameter to strengthen the country’s manufacturing sector. Oyewole, also Chairperson, WoodContinue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi The Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) All-Share Index and market capitalisation rose by 2.27 per cent and 2.13 per cent, respectively, to close the week at 250,330.92 points and N160.444 trillion. This compares with 244,775.83 points and N157.094 trillion recorded in the previous week. Analysis of market performanceContinue Reading
By Okeoghene Akubuike The Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) has issued comprehensive guidelines for the implementation of the Federal Government’s revised policy on contract variations and mandatory use of final designs for public projects. This is contained in a statement issued by Zira Nagga, Head of Press and Public Relations,Continue Reading
By Grace Alegba Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has commended Prof. Pius Olanrewaju for strengthening professionalism, ethics and institutional relevance at the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN). Sanwo-Olu, represented by the Lagos State Commissioner for Finance, Mr Abayomi Oluyomi, gave the commendation at Olanrewaju’s valedictory ceremony held at Bankers House,Continue Reading
By Grace Alegba Prof. Pius Olanrewaju, outgoing president, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), has urged stronger ethics and professionalism to sustain stability and public confidence in Nigeria’s financial system. Olanrewaju made the call in Lagos during his valedictory address marking the end of his tenure as the institute’sContinue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi National Pension Commission (PenCom) has granted regulatory forbearance to Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) to invest pension fund assets in the proposed Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals FZE. The approval is contained in a circular issued by the commission and addressed to allContinue Reading
By Fatima Mohammed-Lawal The TA Community, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), says it has trained 246 market women across selected markets within the Ilorin metropolis under the project, Tech for Market Women (T4MW) Initiative. The Director for T4MW, Mr Tunmise Johnson, disclosed this in Ilorin while speaking with newsmen on theContinue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi Operators in the Nigerian capital market have assured investors and stakeholders of their readiness for the transition to the T+1 settlement cycle scheduled to commence on Monday, June 1. The operators gave the assurance during a virtual discourse on “Driving Market Readiness: Trade Associations and the TransitionContinue Reading
By Okeoghene Akubuike The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria’s headline inflation rate rose to 15.69 per cent in April 2026. The NBS disclosed this in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Report for April 2026, released in Abuja on Friday. The report stated that the April headlineContinue Reading
