MTN Nigeria Communication Plc is set to enable 365,000 Nigerians with access to smartphones by 2023. The telecommunication firm is set to achieve this through its device financing partnership with Intelligra. This partnership will afford individuals the opportunity to own smartphones with “a buy now, pay later” option. According to the Alliance for Affordable Internet,…
Nigeria’s foreign earnings from cocoa hit N122.9 billion in the first quarter of 2022, according to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Muhammad Abubakar. Mr Abubakar said this at the National Cocoa Festival, held in Akure, Ondo State, on Thursday. He was represented by the ministry’s South-west Zonal Director, Omolara Abimbola-Oguntuyi. The minister noted…
The Management of Polaris Bank Plc has restated the Bank’s firm commitment to the right of every individual to freedom of worship in accordance with his or her faith devoid of hindrance or discrimination. A statement issued on Friday by the Bank’s Management said its “attention has been drawn to a shared screenshot of an…
•Thousands of jobs coming in engineering, Film City deals •Lagos floats Sovereign Wealth Funds to accelerate infrastructure delivery Lagos State Economic Summit (Ehingbeti 2022) has been concluded, but the State is already counting the gains of the two- day event. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the event, received the approval to build the Badagry Deep Seaport, which was…
The OPEC+ alliance of oil-exporting countries has announced reducing oil production by 2 million barrels per day, one of its largest supply cuts since the coronavirus pandemic. The decision comes at a time when many countries are grappling with soaring energy prices-fuelled inflation.So what is behind the new decision of OPEC+ to reduce oil production,…
It was celebration galore in Ibadan, South West Nigeria on Friday as Mrs. OlubunmiAbegunde of Hephzibah Block Industry in Elebu road, Oyo state, emerged as the winner of the star prize of a Kia Salon Car at the regional draw of leading innovative and building solutions company, Lafarge Africa’s Win Beta Promo. At the South…
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has partnered with Junior Achievement Nigeria to implement the 22nd National Company of the Year (NCOY) competition which will be held on Thursday, 13th October 2022. The annual flagship event which was last held physically in 2019 will bring together 12 winning student companies from the Regional Company of the…
• ‘Lagos Now On The Race To The Future’ – Gov • Ehingbeti Economic Summit Begins The federal approval recently granted the Lagos State Government to embark on the development of a passenger and cargo airport on the Lekki-Epe axis of the State has been officially presented.Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, received the Federal Government’s instrument authorising…
The story of Corporate Nigeria in 2022, cannot be complete without a chapter on the incredible performance of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, which saw the hitherto encumbered bank now returning to the top of the ladder of the Nigerian banking industry, amid a harvest of international laurels, writes Festus Akanbi By December this year,…
