All posts tagged "headline"
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Enterprise Bank launches prepaid MasterCard
Enterprise Bank recently introduced its dual purpose Enterprise Bank MasterCard Prepaid Card- a multi-purpose chip and pin debit card that can be pre-funded with cash and used locally and internationally. The card can then be used to effect...
- Posted March 11, 2013
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FG taps into $900m global microwork job initiative
The Ministry of Communication Technology will on Monday, March 18, unveil a job creation scheme tagged “Microwork for Job Creation-Naijacloud,” as part of efforts to reduce unemployment and create wealth for youths across the country. “Microwork for Job...
- Posted March 11, 2013
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$67b foreign reserve: Presidency moves against Ezekwesili
The Presidency may have moved against former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, over her allegations that the Federal Government under the late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan squandered the over $67 billion left by the Olusegun...
- Posted March 10, 2013
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65 % of Nigerians are out formal financial system, CBN
More than 65 per cent of Nigerians do not have access to the services of financial institutions, Mr Ugochukwu Okoafor, Central Bank of Nigeria’s Head of Corporate Affairs Department, says. Okoafor stated this in on Saturday in...
- Posted March 10, 2013
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20 medically challenged retirees got 2011 pension — PenCom
Twenty workers who were forced out of their paid employment due to health conditions in 2011 are now drawing about N1.99m every month from their compulsory pension savings. The affected workers had earlier been paid a total...
- Posted March 10, 2013
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2013 Budget: President to send an amendment bill to NASS soon
President Goodluck Jonathan will eventually send to the National Assembly, a proposal to amend the 2013 budget, in which fiscal deficit has been projected to improve to about 1.85 percent of Gross Domestic Product, as against 2.85%...
- Posted March 9, 2013
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New private jet policy traps $600m abroad
Individuals and corporates in Nigeria, seeking to purchase private aircraft may lose as much as $600 million in non-refundable deposits to foreign manufacturers in the weeks to come, as the aviation ministry’s review of private aircraft operations...
- Posted March 9, 2013
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Traders accuse government of burning Ketu Market
Disaster struck Thursday night, as fire razed down the entire Ifelodun Plank Market located at Ketu, Lagos. No life was, however, lost. The fire was said to have started hours after the market had closed for the...
- Posted March 9, 2013
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SEC calls for greater financial independence for women
The Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday called for financial and economic empowerment for women to enable them face social and cultural challenges. The Director-General of the commission Ms. Arunma Oteh, made the call during the financial...
- Posted March 9, 2013
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Nigeria realised $900m from cocoa export in 2012 – Aganga
The Minister of Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga, has said Nigeria realised about 900 million dollars (about N144 billion) from the export of cocoa and cocoa products in 2012. Aganga said this on Friday on the occasion of...
- Posted March 9, 2013