All posts tagged "headline"
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Report lists Lagos among top 10 African cities
Lagos has been ranked among top 10 African cities, according to a recent report by PwC, which detailed the potential of 20 African cities considered to be among the most dynamic and focused on the future, based...
- Posted April 15, 2015
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Discos resort to bilateral power supply to asugment on-grid shortfall
At least four out of the 11 electricity distribution companies (Discos) across the country have indicated their willingness to sign on to a bilateral power supply framework and consequently, would be purchasing power from embedded generation sources...
- Posted April 15, 2015
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FBN Holdings to focus on short-term financing
Nigeria’s FBN Holdings will focus on short-term trade financing to make up for slower growth in its loan book forecast to expand by four per cent this year, from 23 per cent last year, its chief executive...
- Posted April 15, 2015
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Devise new debt collection method – FG advises power firms
The Federal Government has advised the private sector-run power distribution firms to come up with new ways of collecting debts owed them by consumers. The Minister of National Planning, Dr. Abubakar Sulaiman, stated this during an inspection...
- Posted April 15, 2015
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Power supply falls to 2,988MW
Power supply from the national grid again slumped below the 3,000-megawatts mark to 2,988.72MW on Sunday on the back of gas shortfall and lower water supply to the nation’s thermal and hydropower plants respectively, our correspondent learnt...
- Posted April 15, 2015
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Low contributions deny retirees pension payment
Some retired workers are being denied the payment of monthly pension stipends even though they made contributions into their Retirement Savings Accounts while still on active service. Instead of being paid monthly stipends, their respective Pension Fund...
- Posted April 15, 2015
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N6.2bn lost to electronic fraud in 2014 – Onajite
The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Electronic Payment Providers Association of Nigeria, Mrs. Regha Onajite, in this interview with OZIOMA UBABUKOH, stresses the need for bank customers to be security-conscious when carrying out electronic...
- Posted April 15, 2015
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Sahara Group optimistic about commerciality of oil block
Sahara Group’s Upstream Company has said it is making good progress with its activities in Oil Prospecting Lease (OPL) 274 where the company has a 100 per cent working interest. Sahara’s Upstream division last year doubled its...
- Posted April 15, 2015
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Stanbic IBTC Bank gets ISO 27001 certification on Information Security
Stanbic IBTC Bank, a member of Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, has received the ISO/IEC 27001 Certification. The bank, in a statement, said the certification followed an extensive and painstaking standardisation process on information security by it. The...
- Posted April 14, 2015
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Group seeks partnership with Buhari to boost trade
The Nigerian London Business Forum (NILOBF) has expressed its preparedness to support the incoming administration of the president-elect, General Muhammed Buhari in order to boost trade and investment in Nigeria. While congratulating Nigeria on the success of...
- Posted April 14, 2015