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Naira redesign: Invite Emefiele for questioning, Adeyemi tells Tinubu

Smart Adeyemi, a senator for Kogi West, has urged the incoming administration to look into the circumstances surrounding the naira redesign policy. Adeyemi specifically urged Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, to see to it that CBN Governor Godwin Emiefiele is summoned for questioning in order to identify those responsible. The lawmaker lamented the suffering Nigerians endured while the policy was being implemented as a guest on Friday’s episode of Channels Television Politics Today. Adeyemi responded, “I...

African subsidiaries contribute 50% to UBA’s earnings – CEO

As a result of their significant contributions to the group’s profit margin, United Bank for Africa Plc has stated that all of its African subsidiaries are now on solid ground. The bank’s activities in Africa have specifically contributed close to 50% of the group’s profits, leveraging digital solutions and products across the board to gain significant market shares throughout the various operational regions in Africa. Abiola Bawuah, Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of UBA Africa, made...

FEC approves WEE policy for optimal growth

An empowerment strategy for women in the nation has been approved by the Federal Executive Council. The new policy, known as WEE, was revealed to State House correspondents on Wednesday in Abuja by the Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Pauline Tallen, who expressed the hope that it would contribute to the best possible development for the nation.   “The WEE Policy was approved by the Federal Executive Council yesterday,” she stated. The WEE Policy seeks...

Oando Clean Energy Limited, LAMATA, introduce electric mass transit buses, in Lagos

As a result of the launch of the Electric-Mass Tansit buses by Oando Clean Energy Limited and the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, LAMATA, Lagos has joined the list of cities around the world that have embraced electric vehicles. The project aims to transform the state’s public transport system by creating and implementing a way to a state-wide ecosystem for carbon-free mobility. A three-month Proof-Of-Concept (PoC) phase that tested the viability of electric vehicles for...

FG funds N’Delta ex-agitators cooperative scheme with N1.5bn

On Wednesday, the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Major General Barry Ndiomu (ret.), announced that the Federal Government has contributed N1.5 billion to support a cooperative scheme for 30,000 former agitators in the Niger Delta region. The scheme is intended to help the ex-agitators move on with their lives. About 30,000 former Niger Delta agitators were the focus of the PAP’s efforts, with the overarching goal of reducing the militants’ reliance on the...

Afe Babalola tells N’Assembly to deny Buhari new loan

Aare Afe Babalola SAN, the chancellor of Afe Babalola University in Ado Ekiti, warned the National Assembly on Wednesday against accepting any new loan requests or loan facilities for the departing administration of President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd). Babalola said the National Assembly should not grant such a request a few days before the Buhari administration’s term ends. He expressed amazement that Buhari could be seeking a new loan considering the country’s increasing debt...

The operating licences of 132 microfinance banks, three finance companies, and four primary mortgage banks have been revoked by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Atlas Microfinance Bank, Bluewhales Microfinance Bank, Everest Microfinance Bank, Mainsail Microfinance Bank, Nopov Microfinance Bank, Ohon Microfinance Bank, Premium Microfinance Bank, and Statesman Microfinance Bank are among the affected Microfinance banks. In addition, there are other microfinance institutions like Manny Microfinance Bank, Reality Microfinance Bank, Osina Microfinance Bank, Zikado Microfinance...

African leaders praise Dangote refinery

On Monday, African leaders at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery commissioning called the project a game changer that would benefit all of Africa. Presidents Nana Addo of Ghana, Mohammed Bazoum of Niger, and Mahamat Derby of Chad attended the historic commissioning.   Macky Sall and Faure Gnassingbé were others. In his special remarks, Ghanaian President Akufo Addo said the refinery would boost the Nigerian, West African, and continental economies. He said, “I’ve said it before, that...

Revenue crisis: States broke, can’t pay salaries, execute projects – BH investigation

The bleak economic situation in Nigeria has had a negative impact on the federation’s 36 states, with many of them currently struggling to finance governance and execute projects due to months of dwindling revenue, according to Business findings. According to findings, with the exception of Lagos, Rivers, Anambra, Delta, Kaduna, Kano, and a few others, virtually all of the 36 states of the federation are currently broke and are not earning the necessary revenue to...

Five African presidents join Buhari to commission  Dangote refinery today

President Muhammadu Buhari will commission Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals alongside counterparts from Ghana, Togo, Senegal, Niger, and Chad in a historic event that will positively transform Nigeria’s oil and gas sectoral landscape. The Dangote Refinery, founded by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, is set to open today, May 22. The petroleum refinery, with a capacity of 650,000 barrels per day (bpd), will be built on 2,635 hectares of land in the Dangote Industries Free...