Senate Passes Bill to Re-enact BOFIA

The Senate on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 passed the Bill to repeal the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA) CAP B3 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 and

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SGF Inaugurates CBN Body of Experts for Health Sector R & D

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, on Monday, July 20, 2020, in Abuja, inaugurated the Body of Experts (BoE) for the Healthcare Sector Research and

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CSR: FG Tasks Oil Companies to Engage with Communities

The Federal Government has urged International Oil Companies operating in the Niger Delta Region to get closer to the communities and address issues in a manner that would not cause

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CBN Unveils Non-Interest Guidelines for AGSMEIS, MSMEDF, Others

…To Create AGSMEIS Non-Interest Fund …To Increase productivity, create jobs, Engender inclusive growth The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has unveiled series of guidelines for Non-Interest Financial Institutions under its

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DPR Reinstates Lym Consults on List of Approved Offshore Safety Training Centres

By Benjamin Omoike, Lagos The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), which is Nigeria’s Petroleum Regulatory Agency, has reinstated Lym Consults Nigeria Limited as an approved Safety and Emergency Response Training

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HOW EX-WARLORD, TOMPOLO’S MARITIME SECURITY CONTRACT BOOSTED NIMASA’S REVENUE —- DG AFFIRMS

By Benjamin Omoike, Lagos More than five years after the Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency (NIMASA), terminated the contract of maritime security, which it entered with Global West Specialist Vessels

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CBN Disowns Fake Twitter Handle

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has described as fraudulent the operations of a twitter handle, @YusufPhilipYila, purported to belong to the Bank’s Director, Development Finance Department, Mr. Philip Yila

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Interswitch Boss Tasks Companies on Need for Crisis Mgt Plan

By Benjamin Omoike, Lagos Mitchell Elegbe, Founder and Group Managing Director at Interswitch, has described the impact of the corona virus pandemic, which has left businesses across the globe counting

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ECOWAS ENDORSES OKONJO-IWEALA FOR THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government have endorsed the candidature of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the position of Director-General

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Senate President tasks power sector C’ttee to look into privatisation deal of 2013

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Monday charged the Senate Committee on Power to look at what has happened to the agreement signed in 2013 on the privatisation of

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