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Institute of Credit Administration (ICA) has conferred distinguished awards on two senior management executives of Heritage Bank Plc at the Nigeria Credit Industry Awards and Postgraduate School of Credit and Financial Management (PSCFM) graduation ceremony held at the weekend in Lagos. The awardees are Mr. Jude Monye, an executive director of the bank who was awarded Credit Management Director of …

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…UBA Plan $500M Eurobond Issuance, Eyes Irish Exchange Listing …UBA Buys Back, Set to Cancel 2.08bn Shares from its Book The board of United Bank for Africa Plc, on Monday presented its nine-month unaudited financials for the period ended September 30, 2017, indicating that gross earnings rose by 25.75%, slightly faster than the restated net profit for the period. Gross …

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Edo state Governor Godwin Obaseki said this on Saturday at the 13th Esan Economic Empowerment Workshop, with the theme: “Modernizing Agri-business in Esan Land for Economic Empowerment,” organized by the Association of Esan Professionals. He explained that agriculture is at the centre of the economic reconstruction programme of the Federal Government as well as Edo State government due to the …

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The Director-General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Mr. Osita Aboloma, has said 60 days will, henceforth, be the deadline for product registration, adding that it aligns with the government policy on ease of doing business. Speaking during a sensitization forum between SON and Alaba Electrical Dealers Association of Nigeria (EDAN) in Lagos, he said the standards agency had come out …

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Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR, at the weekend presented Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) with the Special Recognition and Commendation Award for Excellence in Banking, at the BusinessDay Banking Awards 2017, which held in Lagos. The management of Businessday newspapers, led by the Publisher, Mr. Frank Aigbogun said that agencies, regulators, microfinance banks, deposit money banks, investment …

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The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy dedicated to supporting entrepreneurship, concluded its 3rd annual TEF Entrepreneurship Forum on 14th of October 2017 in Lagos. The Forum hosted more than 1,300 participants from 54 African countries. The most diverse and inclusive gathering of African entrepreneurs on the continent, the Forum continued its strong tradition of showcasing innovation across sectors, including Agriculture, Technology, Healthcare, Fashion …

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For Africa to attain its desired goal in real growth and development, prominent African leaders and top entrepreneurs across the continent have decided to work together towards integrating their economies to enable free trade among its members. Specifically,Vice-President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osibajo,  Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, and president of the Dangote group, who are co-chair …

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Tayo Olanipekun Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. has announced the appointment of Anthony Thomas as its Chief Information Officer, Global IS/IT Nissan. The appointment of Thomas takes effect from October 23,2017, according to a statement from Nissan today. Before his new role, he was the Chief Information Officer at GE Global where he managed the digital and Information technology of that …

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A multi-million Naira Youth Farming Initiative that will engage teeming unemployed Nigerian graduates in rice farming has been launched by the Dangote Rice Limited (www.Dangote.com) in Kogi State. This is even as the Company prepares to hit the market with One million metric tons of Dangote rice in 2018. The Dangote Youth Rice Farm project, mainly an out-grower scheme for …

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In the race to 1983 presidential election, Chief Obafemi Awolowo of UPN and Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe of NPP made frantic efforts to present a consensus candidate through an alliance that crumbled at the eleventh hour. It was indeed the best time for Chief Awolowo to ascend the leadership of Nigeria and replicate at the federal level the master piece of …

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