Archives for July 7, 2021
COVID-19:124m people challenged with hunger – UN report
UN has disclosed thatCOVID-19 has crippled the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as between 119 to 124 million people have been pushed back into poverty and chronic hunger. SDGs Report 2021,…
NGX Reveals Results of Half Year Review of Market Indices
NGX logo Nigerian Exchange (NGX or The Exchange) Limited has announced the results of its half year market index review for the following indices – the NGX 30, NGX Lotus…
Nigeria faces six-year delay in achieving SDGs, says IMF
Nigeria faces a six-year delay in achieving Sustainable Development Goals, according to the International Monetary Fund. The Managing Director, IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, said this on Tuesday in a statement titled…
Senators, Reps raise committees to harmonise positions on PIB
The Senate and House of Representatives have constituted two committees to fine-tune the controversial Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) for presidential assent. The two chambers of the National Assembly last Thursday…
$4b World Bank COVID-19 cash: Nigeria Not Beneficiary
Template of golden blister pack and pills for health projects or medicine topics. Nigeria did not make the list of 51 developing countries named by the World Bank as beneficiaries…
Nigeria can be world’s No. 1 oil, gas nation — NLNG
Managing Director, Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Mr Tony Attah has said Nigeria can become the world’s number one nation in oil and gas if deliberate actions are taken to…
Nigerian Economy Backward, Job creation, poverty reduction, Mirage …LCCI
By Ngozi Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has observed that the percent population growth estimate by the World Bank for Nigeria was an indication that the economy is…
We Are Not Probing Our Former MD/CEO… Fidelity Bank
Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, MD/CEO Fidelity Bank By Ngozi Onyeakusi---Fidelity Bank Plc. has distanced itself from the allegation in the media that the Board of Directors of Fidelity Bank Plc has approved…
FIRS Makes Historic Tax Haul, Rakes In N650 Billion In June
The Federal Inland Revenue Service has raked in over N650 billion in June 2021, the highest revenue realized in a single month since the COVID-19 pandemic started and the assumption…