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Breaking: INEC extends collection of PVCs to Monday

February 8, 2019 12:52 pm

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has extended the collection of the Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs scheduled to end today Friday, Feb ...

Exclusives

These ten CEOs delivered most value to shareholders in 2018

A loss of 17 percent in 2018 meant Nigerian equities endured their worst year since 2009, yet some Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) led their companies ...

Exclusives

NCAA hits Medview, Police Airwing, Skybird with fines over violations

BusinessDay checks have shown that some of the airlines which may have been involved in the recent sanctions by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority ( ...

Exclusives

OPEC supply cap dampens Egina first oil euphoria

Nigeria’s daily crude oil production will rise by 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) from February when the first cargoes from Total’s newly producing ...

Financial Inclusion

Promoting use of disruptive technology to enhance financial inclusion in Africa

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is collaborating with the International Financial Corporation (IFC) and Ant Financial (Ant) to ...

Financial Inclusion

Digital technology, financial inclusion major successes for banking industry in 2018’

Ebehijie Momoh, head of Retail Banking, Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Limited has been in the banking industry for over 26 years, and currently hold ...

Financial Inclusion

LBS proposes finance-led growth hypothesis to increase Nigeria’s financial inclusion

Digital Financial Services in Nigeria- State of the market Report 2018, a financial inclusion report by the Lagos Business School (LBS) has point the ...

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Columnists

Desired attributes of Nigeria’s next CEO

Rafiq Raji

The experience of female Uber drivers in Lagos

Dan Steinbock

China’s 2019 growth outlook

Anthony Osae-Brown

Prepare for a rough economic ride in 2019

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Latest News

Payment service firm, UP welcomes new board member

Nigeria’s premier payment service company, UP otherwise known as Unified Payments has announced the appointment of Shehu Abubakar, to its board as an independent non-executive director. Herbert Wigw ...

Companies February 8, 2019 12:22 pm

Forex market resumes with naira depreciating by 0.11%

Foreign exchange market on Wednesday resumed after the holiday marking the New Year celebration, with the nation’s currency depreciating by N0.41k against the dollar. After trading on Wednesday, nai ...

Currency Watch January 3, 2019 11:40 am

Edo moves against induced darkness with Ossiomo-CCETC 55mw power project

In a bold move to free Edo people and residents from the endless cycle of darkness foisted on electricity consumers in the state, Governor Godwin Obaseki on Wednesday, visited the 55 megawatts CCETC-O ...

News January 3, 2019 11:25 am

10 predictions for Nigeria’s digital payment landscape in 2019 (2)

2018 was an exciting year for payments in Nigeria. Tons of cash came in as international investments, interbank transfer crossed 700 million transactions, even mCash had a little showing. Of course, ...

Technology January 3, 2019 11:01 am

Akwa Ibom, Plateau have highest HIV patients in Nigeria – NBS

Akwa Ibom and Plateau states had the highest number of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) patients in 2016, while Ekiti recorded the least, according to a Social Statistics report released January 1, ...

News January 3, 2019 10:49 am

Why 2019 elections must not be compromised

The 2019 presidential and National Assembly elections will take place on 16th February, while the governorship and state assembly/Federal Capital Territory (FCT) council elections have been scheduled ...

NG Election January 3, 2019 8:05 am

Offa/Erin-Ile dispute: Gov Ahmed calls for calm, dialogue

The Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed has called on the people of Erin-Ile and Offa to remain calm and maintain law and order in the aftermath of a recent Supreme Court judgement concerning the b ...

News January 3, 2019 8:00 am

FMDQ OTC market records N165 trillion in turnover for 2018

Amidst sell offs and the predominant rout in the equities market the Financial Markets Dealers Quotations Over-the-Counter (FMDQ OTC) Securities exchange recorded huge volumes in 2018 as transaction t ...

Markets January 3, 2019 7:43 am

US Embassy says open for visa interviews despite shutdown

The US embassy in Nigeria has said that the U.S Embassy Abuja and Consulate General Lagos, will remain open for all consular business, including visa interviews. The embassy yesterday tweeted that all ...

News January 3, 2019 7:42 am

FG initiates conciliation with labour leaders on new minimum wage

FG initiates reconciliation with labour leaders on new minimum wage

Federal Government on Wednesday unveiled plans to hold crucial meeting with the leadership of the three labour centres as part of efforts geared toward averting the nationwide strike over the non-impl ...

Economy January 2, 2019 3:57 pm

Benue Governor offers N30m relief to fire victims

Governor Samuel Ortom this morning visited Wadata Market which was gutted by fire last night for an on the spot assessment of damages caused by the incidence. At the Market, Governor Ortom addressed t ...

News January 2, 2019 3:26 pm

US embassy to stick to visa interviews despite Govt shutdown

The United States Embassy said Wednesday that its Abuja and Lagos offices remain open for all consular business, including visa interviews. There were concerns that with the US government shutdown, t ...

News January 2, 2019 1:36 pm

How Nigerian researcher creates African artworks using AI

One of the major highlights in the world of artificial intelligence (AI) in 2018 was when it was used to generate realistic fake video footage by making the subject of one video mirror the motions and ...

Technology January 2, 2019 11:55 am

Nigeria’s VAT revenue rises by 9.16% to N273.50bn in Q3

Nigeria generated the sum of N273.50 billion as Value Added Tax (VAT) in the third quarter (Q3) of 2018 as against N266.73 billion generated in Q2 2018 and N269.79 billion in Q1 2018. This, according ...

Taxes January 2, 2019 5:15 am