All posts tagged "headline"

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  FG set to release Nigeria’s new GDP figure

  The Federal Government will on Sunday release the country’s new Gross Domestic Product figure, 15 years after the current one was released. The country is supposed to be releasing the figure every five years. The Minister of...

  • Posted April 4, 2014
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  Stakeholders discuss economic growth

  Stakeholders in various sectors of the economy have unanimously agreed that the economic divide between the North and the South is responsible for the instability in Nigeria. This was one of the topics of discussion at the...

  • Posted April 4, 2014
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  Access Bank to grow market share by $2.3bn

  Access Bank Plc has projected to grow its market share on the global trade platform from $4.1bn to $6.4bn. The bank said the development would help it to support trade and project-based financing for its customers. The...

  • Posted April 4, 2014
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  Nigerian insurance lags behind BRIC countries – Agusto & Co

  The Nigerian insurance industry has remained resilient amidst an increasingly competitive domestic market and heightened regulatory oversight, a report has shown. But while the report stated that the industry’s Gross Premium Income (GPI) grew by 19 per...

  • Posted April 4, 2014
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  Airtel now second largest telecoms operator in Nigeria

  Bharti Airtel, the leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Africa and Asia, has further consolidated its market position in Nigeria, demonstrating return on investment for the company in Africa’s largest operation. Fresh...

  • Posted April 3, 2014
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  FG earmarks $2.9tr for infrastructure

  The Federal Government has developed a 30 year Infrastructure Master Plan with a projected investment outlay of $2.9 trillion. The Supervising Minister of National Planning Ambassador Bashir Yuguda disclosed this at the ongoing 7th Joint Annual Meetings...

  • Posted April 3, 2014
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  Power supply worsened in March – Survey

  Power supply across the federation worsened in the month of March, a survey released on Tuesday by NOIPolls, a notable indigenous survey organisation, revealed. This is coming as private investors in the country’s power assets attributed their...

  • Posted April 3, 2014
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  Financial market dealers seek unification of Forex rates

  Financial markets dealers have called for the unification of the exchange rate markets. They argued that a situation where there are different forex rates in the country also contributes to the perennial volatility in the forex market....

  • Posted April 3, 2014
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  FGN bonds: DMO to raise $1.70bn in Q2 2014

  The Debt Management Office (DMO) has concluded arrangements to raise between N200 billion ($1.21billion) and N280 billion ($1.70billion) from the sale of FGN bonds in Q2 2014, its provisional calendar has revealed. Analysis of the calendar for...

  • Posted April 3, 2014
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  BPE opens negotiation with labour on refineries’ sale

  The Federal Government has opened negotiation with the organised labour on the proposed privatisation of the nation’s four refineries. The Head, Public Communications, Bureau of Public Enterprises, Mr. Chigbo Anichebe, confirmed this in a telephone interview with...

  • Posted April 3, 2014
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