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Is Mr. President's promise of additional 6,000 MW of electricity in 18 months achievable?
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‘Formulate regulatory framework on Islamic banking’ - Adegbite urges CBN
Abdul-Lateef Adegbite, secretary general of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, has called on the Central Bank (CBN) to expedite action on formulating a regulatory framework for the Islamic banking system.
UBA creates new corporate structure to drive growth, global expansion
The board of directors of United Bank for Africa (UBA) plc has approved a major repositioning exercise to fully enable the bank realise the next phase of its strategic growth and global expansion....Diamond Bank introduces DLSupport to fast-track import transactions
As part of efforts to assist its clients enhance the efficiency of their import clearing transactions, Diamond Bank plc is partnering with GMT Nigeria Limited, to introduce DLSupport, an import support service....
Banks to raise additional N760.5bn capital this year
Despite the huge capital so far accessed from domestic and foreign investors by banks in the country, an estimated N760.5 billion ($6.5 billion) of fresh capital is still in the offing before the end of this year....Nigerian banks spend $250 million on technology acquisition - AITEC chairman
In light of the dramatic transformation of Nigeria’s banking and financial sector, banks have started investing massively in technology procurement to maintain their competitive edge on the global scene....Banker want banks to finance micro projects
A fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIB) Asuquo Ekpenyong, has urged banks in Nigeria to plough back their huge annual profit after tax into financing micro projects in the micro sector of the economy....
Release of FAAC N440 billion allocation dampens interest rates
Inter-bank rates last week stooped with the release of N440 billion March allocations by the Federal Allocation Account Committee (FAAC)....New face of CSR and Nigerian banking
From the early nineties especially, a recurring minus for the banking industry had always been its avowed and high street opulence in the midst of squalor and hopelessness....S&P sees Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya bank bond issues
Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s expects an upsurge in bond issuance from sub-Saharan African banks most likely beginning in Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya as it emerges from post-election violence....Akingbola promises bankers world-class CIBN
The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) is underway to being transformed into a world class institute with planned implementation of new strategies by its new president and chairman of council, Erastus Akingbola, group chief executive, Intercontinental Bank....- CBN to axe 77 microfinance banks for non-compliance
- Which way forward for microfinance banks?
- LAPO targets one million clients, disburses N4.8 billion
- Lagos targets project financing from microfinance banks
- MFBs plead for time with NDIC
- Kwara in joint venture with MIC Microfinance Bank
- Weak institutional capacity as bane of micro-finance banks
- Microfinance Banks will champion poverty eradication in Nigeria - Gapbridge MD
- Why MFBs’ interest rates are high
- Bank chief lists gains of micro- credit development fund
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- Etisalat, newest GSM firm, moves to acquire MTN
- Banks to raise additional N760.5bn capital this year
- Investors warned to be careful on attendant risk in the capital market
- Nigeria’s daily oil output down to 1.81m barrels on account of Niger Delta crisis
- FG foresees gradual rise in electricity tariff over 3 yrs
- Molue to be banned in Lagos, says Fashola
- Government aims at less role in power
- Your share certificates: Verify them now or regret later
- Real threat to Tinapa as Dubai World invests $800m in Senegal
- First Bank set to absorb N250-billion from offer
Sam Pam
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14 May, 2008 12:07:58
Two things amaze me, on the one side I can't imagine how brilliant government officials are not smart enough to notice that price-control mostly leads ...
Abiodun Oke
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13 May, 2008 09:06:04
From all indications,its apparent the dearth of competence in the management of this kind of projects both on the part of EPC supplier and the ...
Saka Idowu
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13 May, 2008 07:26:05
How can someone get cscs account opened?
Ariere Idholo
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13 May, 2008 07:15:51
I just think it's high time we stop waiting for federal government intervention in everything. What I think Cross Rivers state government should do instead ...
Oye Akintoye
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12 May, 2008 03:22:36
I don't think Kingibe's comments amounted to buck passing!! Unfortunately, in Nigeria of today, we focus too much attention on what the FG can do ...
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