Business/Finance

Federation Account Received N7.3tn In Six Months –

NERC: FG Will Need N3.2trn Subsidy To Reverse Electricity Tariff Hike

Sanusi Garba (Chairman of the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission)

The Federal Government of Nigeria will need the sum of N3.2trn in 2024 to reverse the recent hike in electricity tariff, this was disclosed by the Chairman of the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, Sanusi Garba in Abuja on Thursday. While speaking at a stakeholders meeting convened by the House of Representatives Committee on Power, Garb ... Read more

New GMD Assumes Office In Abuja Investments Company

Dr Maureen Tamuno (Group Managing Director, Abuja Investments Company Limited)

Dr Maureen Tamuno has been appointed as the Group Managing Director of the Abuja Investments Company Limited. The company, in a statement on Wednesday, expressed that it was pleased to welcome Tamuno, who assumed duties as the group managing director of AICL, effective April 8. The was made following the announcement made by the Minister of t ... Read more

FG Ready To criminalize Fiber Cable Damage - Report

FG has disclosed its plans to criminalize the destruction of broadband fiber cables in response to ongoing grievances from major telecommunications companies like MTN Nigeria Communications Plc. According to a Bloomberg report on Thursday, sources familiar with the situation report that the Works Ministry, responsible for overseeing federal road ... Read more

World Bank Partners With AfDB To Provide Electricity For 300 Million Africans By 2030

The World Bank Group and the African Development Bank Group have disclosed partnership on an ambitious effort to provide at least 300 million people in Africa with electricity access by 2030. The World Bank Group seeks to connect 250 million people to electricity through distributed renewable energy systems or the distribution grid, while the Af ... Read more

Union Shuts Down Heritage Bank Head Office Over Alleged Inappropriate Sack Of 1000 Workers

The National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFIE), has shut down Heritage Bank’s head office in Lagos following the sack of over 1000 personnel by th ... Read more

Global Oil Production Fell By 1.2 Mbpd In February - Reports

According to the latest data by the Joint Organisations Data Initiative showed on Wednesday, the world’s crude oil production dropped by 1.2 million barrels per day in February compared to the same month last year as steep output declines in Saudi Arabia and Iraq were partially offset by a large annual production gain in the United States. ... Read more

Natural Gas Is Vital To Boosting Ec

The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Lim ...
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FG Partnership With Banks Will Boos

Captain Ado Sanusi (Chief Executive Officer, Aero Contractors)

A crucial step, the strategic partnership initiated by the Federal Government wi ...
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CBN Sacks 8 Directors, 32 Others

Dr. Olayemi Cardoso (Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reportedly proceeded with its staff restru ...
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Forecast: Renewable Energy Will Gen

Gerard Reid (Co-founder of Alexa Capital)

Notwithstanding many obstacles, projection showed that renewable energy resource ...
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Firms Set To Educates African Tech

Dickson Nsofor  (CEO of Kora Technologies)

Panache Ventures, Canada’s leading early-stage venture capital fund, along ...
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