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Photo Caption: From Left; Mrs. Bunmi Lawon, Vice President, FinTech Association of Nigeria; Ms Tinuade Awe, Executive Director, Regulation, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Dr. Segun Aina OFR, President, FinTech Association of Nigeria; Barrister Isa Alade, Secretary, FinTech Association of Nigeria and Dr. Yinka David-West, Member, FinTech Association of Nigeria during the Closing Gong Ceremony at The Nigerian Stock Exchange …

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The Chairman of Consumer Rights Awareness Advancement Advocacy Initiative, CRAAAI, Mr Moses Igbrude has petitioned the Managing Director of Ikeja Electric Plc over harassment and crazy bills arising from estimated bills. The helmsman of the consumer non-governmental organization posited in the petition dated January18,2018 he signed alongside the Secretary  that the crazy bill of N88,290.60 would not have emerged if …

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Wife of the governor of Lagos State, Bolanle Ambode, has called on Nigerians to intensify prayers, for all challenges threatening the country to become a thing of the past. She said this at the special prayer session for the state and the country, organized by the Fatima Charity Foundation, at the City Hall, Lagos Island. Mrs. Ambode noted that though …

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The successful arrival of the Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for Egina deepwater oilfield project indicates that the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is prepared to take on greater challenges, Managing Director, Hadiza Bala Usman has said. Usman also assured major Stakeholders and the general public of Federal Government support. Speaking at the unveiling of the Vessel on Wednesday at LADOL …

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Jerome “Jay” Powell will take the helm as the 16th chairman of the Federal Reserve, after the Senate confirmed him for the position Tuesday. Powell takes over for Janet Yellen, who becomes the first Fed chair since the late 1970s not to serve at least two terms. He comes to the position with the Fed in the middle of consistent …

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The Federal Government has given approval to the Bank of Industry to recover the N17.5bn outstanding loans being owed by customers  of the Nigeria Economic Reconstruction Fund. NERFUND is currently having liquidity challenges owing to its huge non-performing loans portfolio. The instrument of approval was given through a Memorandum of Understanding signed on Wednesday in Abuja between the Ministry of …

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The Senate has mandated its committees on public accounts and gas to investigate the activities of Brass LNG, alleged to be running an illegal account in the name of the federal government. Drawing the attention of senators to the issue on Tuesday, Dino Melaye, Kogi-APC, accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, of operating a dubious account in the name …

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So, the organizers of Big Brother Naija brought the season 2 housemates for a reunion show, and it’s been apparently, fun to watch. So, far they’ve talked about their stay in the house, controversies, romance, bromance, enemity, and literally all that happened in the house… also not forgotten what they’ve been to so far in the house. In Tuesday’s episode, …

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Folake Sokoya The Kwara State government has released its federal allocation figures for the month of January, 2018. The Permanent Secretary of the State Ministry of Finance, Mr. Benjamin Fatigun in a statement on Wednesday, said the State government got a total of N3,577,723,205.47 as allocation for January. Giving a breakdown of the allocation figures, Fatigun disclosed that the State …

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The Nigeria Mortgage Refinance Company (NMRC) has empowered 42 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) with technical skills in different aspects of housing construction, including masonry/tiling, plumbing as well as electrical installations. The 42 beneficiaries, who currently reside at the IDP Camp in New Kuchingoro, Abuja, Tuesday graduated from a two-month NMRC sponsored vocational training programme which was facilitated by the Industrial …

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