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Photo Caption:  The President, National Council of The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Mr Abimbola Ogunbanjo during a courtesy visit to President , Muhammadu Buhari, in Abuja.

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To achieve development and make Nigeria a better place, the media must focus on its commitment to the public, avoid the influence of money and remember that change comes from the choices made. The former Presidential Candidate of the KOWA Party in the 2015 election, Professor Remi Sonaya, gave this charge in Lagos over the weekend, stating that members of …

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Photo Caption: From Left: Bola Adeeko, Head, Corporate Services Division, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Oscar Onyema, Chief Executive Officer, NSE; Herbert Wigwe, Group Managing Director, Access Bank Plc and Roosevelt Ogbonna, Group Deputy General Manager Director, Access Bank Plc during Access Bank Plc’s 2018 – 2022 Group Strategy Presentation at The Nigerian Stock Exchange on Monday.

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… Targets 30m Clients As part of its global expansion drive, Access Bank Plc on Monday launched a five-year strategy aimed at achieving a 30 million customer- base and to rank as number one bank in Nigeria in terms of returns on equity. The bank said “The new five-year strategy will accelerate this growth story to position Access Bank as …

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The Central Bank of Nigeria and other agencies involved in the implementation of the Financial System Strategy 2020 will converge on Lagos this week to mark 10 years of strategising to bring into existence the programme. The objective of the event, which holds on Wednesday and Thursday, is to review the status of the FSS 2020 programme and deliberate on …

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The Lagos State Government said it paid N1.075 billion into the Retirement Savings Accounts of 301 retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme in November this year. According to a statement from the Lagos State Pension Commission, the pensioners who are from the Lagos State public service include retirees of the local government and the state’s Universal Basic Education Board. The …

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The total pension funds invested by the Pension Fund Administrators in infrastructure have risen to N5.38 billion. Figures obtained from the National Pension Commission revealed that the total assets under the management of the Contributory Pension Scheme rose to N7.09 trillion at the end of August 2017. In May 2015, the operators invested a sum of N568 million in infrastructure …

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NormalL life and academic activities in Nigeria’s universities will be disrupted by workers’ industrial action from today.The three non-academic staff unions have declared a trade dispute over failure of government to keep to the terms of its own agreement with the workers. The industrial action is coming at a time teachers, under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of …

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The Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, has said his administration spends N9 billion monthly on payment of workers’ salaries. He added that this effort was commendable in a period where most state governments have not been able to pay salaries as a result of the economic situation in the country. He spoke in Kano state at the closing of a …

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The Lagos State government has commenced an extensive rehabilitation of major link roads across the state, including roads in and around the popular Ladipo market in continuation of its drive to ensure smooth flow of traffic in the area. Deputy Director, Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, Mr. Sina Thorpe, in a statement on Sunday, said the government in realizing the …

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