The Structured Trade Finance Seminar and Workshop, organized annually by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), will be hosted in Casablanca, Morocco, from 7 to 9 November, the Bank announced today in Cairo. The 2018 seminar and workshop, being organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Morocco, will be the 18th in […]
Hearing of a motion brought by former Minister of State for Finance, Nenandi Usman, has been fixed by a Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos. Justice Mohammed Aikawa, on Monday fixed October 2 to hear the motion after Usman’s lawyer, Ferdinand Orbih (SAN), informed the court about the exparte application. Orbih had told the court that […]
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has said that the $322million Abacha loot repatriated from the Swiss government will be spent on poor households under the social safety net programme of the federal government. Addressing journalists on Sunday in Washington DC at a joint press conference with the Governor of the Central Bank of […]
* As Adeosun, Kachikwu, Baru shun probe on fuel template Lower chamber’s c’ttee to unravel how price differential is paid The House of Representatives joint committee on Finance and Petroleum Resources Downstream investigating the huge payment of subsidy on imported refined petroleum products by the President Muhammadu Buhari- led administration on Tuesday, walked out officials […]
Lawmakers okay NFIU as independent agency Adopt 38 clauses to strengthen unit Senate takes decision today In a move to avert the threat of expulsion from EGMONT Group, the House of Representatives, on Tuesday, considered and passed the conference committee report on a bill to establish the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) as an independent […]
Following the re-launch of the campaign for an open budget in Rivers State by the Executive Director of Integrity Group, Mr. Livingstone Wechie, the Rivers state government has insisted that the 2015 supplementary budget, as well as the 2016 and the 2017 budgets were available for the public to assess. The state commissioner for budget […]
…Draws up daily, monthly cash payment plan The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun has said that his ministry has synergized effectively with the Office of the Accountant General Of the Federation (OAGF) by adhering strictly to Fiscal Responsibility Act. Adeosun also disclosed that beyond this, her ministry has also drawn up daily, monthly cash […]
Some financial experts on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to create window of opportunities for the manufacturing sector to sustain the present Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth. They stated this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, while reacting to the third quarter GDP figure released by the National Bureau […]
In the two previous articles, I talked about the importance of knowing how to be smart with your money and checking your bank’s monthly statements . I once went over a mini- statement I printed from an ATM and noticed an organisation had taken the money they shouldn’t take. Guess what, I called and told […]
In its bid to boost entrepreneurship among Nigerian women, the United States Consulate-General in Lagos on Thursday trained about 85 Nigerian women on how to be financially independent in their homes and other socio-economic engagements. The One-Day Seminar tagged, “Take Charge of Your Financial Future” was specifically organised by the Consulate to expose young and […]
So, why should you reinvent yourself? One reason is that you have the ability to make changes to your life and give it a makeover. This may not happen overnight, but it’s worth it. Have you ever attended a wedding ceremony? Chances are that everyone has. Remember that guests are normally whaaooed when they see […]
A group of capital market operators have stated that the listing of the UBA Plc N30.50 billion bond on the Financial Market Dealers Quotations Over-the-Counter (FMDQ OTC) and the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) would boost market liquidity. FMDQ OTC is another trading platform on the nation’s capital market. The capital market experts said […]
The management of Empire Trust Microfinance Bank (ETMB) has announced that it has entered a partnership with Stanbic IBTC Bank to quicken service delivery to customers in all its branches nationwide. The Managing Director of ETMB, Mr. Seun Durojaiye, who made the disclosure to newsmen on Thursday in Lagos said that the partnership is geared […]