All posts tagged "featured"
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Insurance firms seek cost-cutting measures
Insurance companies are seeking ways to reduce operational costs in order to increase their profits. The Chairman, Sub Committee, Publicity and Communications of the Insurance Committee, Hassan Odukale, disclosed this while speaking to journalists after the committee’s...
- Posted August 16, 2016
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Shell executes subsea projects in Nigeria, saves $30m
Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company, the deep-water subsidiary of Shell Companies in Nigeria, on Sunday said it had achieved significant savings in the cost of subsea equipment by refurbishing five subsea trees in-country led by Nigerian...
- Posted August 16, 2016
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Stanbic IBTC to float new exchange traded fund
Stanbic IBTC Asset Management Limited, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, has concluded plans to launch a new Exchange Traded Fund (ETF). According to the company, to be called the Stanbic IBTC Pension ETF 40, the...
- Posted August 16, 2016
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BoI, Gombe sign N360m solar power agreement
The Bank of Industry (BoI) and Gombe State Government have signed a N360million deal for the deployment of pay-as-you-go solar home systems in selected rural communities in the state. Gombe was one of the states that benefitted...
- Posted August 16, 2016
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SEC rules out crowdfunding in Nigeria for now
Companies and group of individuals’ ambitious targets to raise funds through Crowdfunding the Nigerian financial markets are being inhibited by the restrictive provisions in the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 1990 and Investment and Securities Act, 2007...
- Posted August 16, 2016
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NDIC reviews coverage limit for depositors of primary Mortgage Banks
Following the approval of the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) is to set a new maximum deposit insurance coverage (MDIC) for each depositor of Primary Mortgage Banks (PMBs) to N500,000...
- Posted August 16, 2016
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Nigeria loses N88bn as India, US reduce oil imports
India and the United States have slashed their imports of Nigerian crude oil by 43 per cent and 53 per cent, respectively, translating to a loss of at least N88bn in earnings, the latest report from the...
- Posted August 15, 2016
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IPMAN, firm collaborate to import fuel
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria said it had entered into a strategic partnership with Nimex Petroleum Group for the importation of petroleum products into the country. IPMAN, in a statement signed by its National President,...
- Posted August 15, 2016
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Private firms invest N526bn in food production
Between 2013 and June 2016, private sector investors and development partners in Nigeria provided a total of $1.694bn (N526.8bn) for the improvement of food and nutrition security across the country. According to the latest report of the...
- Posted August 15, 2016
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Weak demand for Nigerian oil leaves tankers idle
Weak demand for Nigerian crude oil has caused the number of ships without cargoes to rise to levels not seen in recent times. As a result, the cost of sending crude oil cargoes from West Africa to...
- Posted August 14, 2016