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UBA CFO, Finance Team Shines at CFO Awards Pan-African financial services group, United Bank for Africa Plc repeated the outstanding feat, it recorded last year at the 2nd edition of Nigeria CFO awards, but took it a notch higher when its Group Chief Financial Officer (GCFO) and the Finance Team bagged the treble at the awards night held on November …

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Dayo Emmanuel The last may not have been heard about the corruption charges against former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Rasheed Adewolu Ladoja. The former Governor, who was first indicted and charged for money laundering eight years ago has now been dragged before a Federal High Court in Lagos as the war against corruption continues. Meanwhile, an earlier report published …

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  Nigeria’s Aliu re-elected ICAO council president Nigerian-born Dr Benard Aliu has been re-elected by acclamation for a second three-year term as President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). Aliu secured the vote at the council’s meeting which took place in Montreal, Canada on Monday night. In his acceptance speech, Aliu said that over the past …

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Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau on Monday said the absence of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,  the national leader of the All Progressives Congress at the Akure rally on Saturday was because of ill-health. “Tinubu, was not at the rally due to ill-health”, Lalong told reporters in Abuja today. He also said the South West All Progressives Congress governors, Mr Akinwumi …

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FG to Unveil New 4 years Economic Road Map next week  …says 2017 Budget ready, but? FRIDAY EKEOBA Determined to jump start the domestic economy, the Federal Government of Nigeria yesterday disclosed its readiness to unveil a new four years economic road map known as Nigeria’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (NERGP), 2017-2020. Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator …

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  COPA Lagos Promotes Tourism with Beach Clean up Kinetic Sports, organisers of the prestigious annual beach tournament, COPA Lagos on Saturday November 19 mobilised Nigerians from all walks of life for a clean-up of Lagos coastal area of Elegushi Beach in Lekki. The exercise which has become a part of the yearly COPA Lagos calendar is aimed at conserving …

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Nigeria’s economy shrinks by 2.2% in third quarter Despite claims of growth, the Nigeria’s economy in the third quarter contracted as businesses struggled to access foreign exchange and rebels continued to bomb oil pipelines in the restive south, official data showed Monday. “The nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by -2.24% year-on-year,” the country’s National Bureau of Statistics said in …

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Market Growth: SEC, NERDC signs MoU on introduction of Capital Market Studies The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to achieve another milestone by infusing capital market studies (CMS) into schools curriculum with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC). This was done weekend at the Commission’s head office …

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Ashakacem board concludes voluntary delisting from NSE The Board of Directors of AshakaCem Plc has entered a resolution proposing to the shareholders of the Company, a Voluntary Delisting of the Company from the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). The resolution will be presented to shareholders of AshakaCem for consideration at an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) scheduled to hold …

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  Ecobank Sensitizes Nigerians On Advantages of Masterpass QR Ecobank Nigeria has embarked on sensitization exercise of mass and conventional markets of its innovative global digital payment system, MasterPass QR, which was launched in Lagos recently. The Ecobank MasterPass QR allows people to pay for services using mobile phones. It also enables micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to receive …

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