Archives for February, 2020 - Page 3
Forex Intervention: CBN injects $292.34m, CNY 22.8m into Retail SMIS
By Ngozi Onyeakusi-- The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday, February 21, 2020, continued its intervention in the inter-bank foreign exchange market by injecting the sum of $ into…
Zenith Bank’s PAT Soars To N208.8 bn
By Ngozi Onyeakusi-- In a clear show of its resilience and market leadership, Zenith Bank has announced an impressive result for the year ended December 31, 2019, with profit after…
Infrastructural Gap: CBN, Bankers’ Committee to finance four roads
By Ngozi Onyeakusi -- In an bid to bridge infrastructural gap in the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in collaboration with the Bankers Committee, said it will work…
Lagos State records Lassa Fever case
By Ngozi Onyeakusi-- Lagos State Commissioner for Health Professor Akin Abayomi has disclosed that the state has officially recorded a break out of Lassa Fever even as the infection rates…
Supreme Court adjourns hearing in Ihedioha’s case to March 2
Ihedioha By Ngozi Onyeakusi -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned till March 2, 2020 hearing in the appeal filed by Mr. Emeka Ihedioha seeking his reinstatement as governor of…
Murder of State House Directors, A Painful Loss — Perm Sec
Naankang By Ngozi Onyeakusi -- The Permanent Secretary, State House, Mr. Jalal Arabi,has described the gruesome murder of an Assistant Director, Administration in the State House, Ms. Dagan Laetitia Naankang,…
SEC Boss Advises State Govts on IGR
Uduk By Ngozi Onyeakusi-- The Acting Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission Nigeria (SEC), Ms Mary Uduk has advised state governments to establish companies for specific target projects…
Government transactions to go online soon — Buhari
Buhari By Ngozi Onyeakusi -- President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that for the sake of transparency, all government financial transactions would be done in the open. The President, who gave…
Fidelity Bank Trains Thousands Of Undergraduates Across Nigeria
Okonkwo By Ngozi Onyeakusi-- Fidelity Bank Plc. said it has trained over 3,000 undergraduates from various tertiary institutions on skills acquisition through its youth empowerment programme. The Group MD/CEO, Fidelity…
NIA hails FG on Finance Act 2020
NIA DG, Ilori By Ngozi Onyeakusi-- The Director-General, Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) Mrs. Yetunde Ilori has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for the speedy assent to the Finance Act 2020, describing…