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HP and Nigerian authorities collaborate to Disrupt Dozens of Counterfeit Retail Operations

March 27, 2020March 27, 2020Eben Tanimola

HP and Nigerian authorities have successfully obstructed over 20 illicit trading operations for fraudulent HP printer cartridges across the country. Between September and October 2019, Nigerian authorities raided around two dozen illicit trading operations in Lagos, Niger and Plateau. As a result of the action, law enforcement personnel were able to confiscate approximately 25,000 counterfeit […]

UBA announce provision of N5 billion (U$14 million) to COVID-19 Relief Support Across Africa

March 27, 2020March 27, 2020Ayo Olowo

United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) on Thursday announced a donation of over 5 billion Naira (USD14 million), through the UBA Foundation, to catalyse a comprehensive pan-African response to the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic. The donation will provide significant and much needed support to Nigeria and 19 other African countries, by supplying […]

UBA Empowers 400 Entrepreneurs in Onitsha

March 23, 2020Ayo Olowo

Pan African financial Institution, United Bank for Africa during the weekend held a Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) capacity training in Onitsha where about 400 small and medium scale business entrepreneurs in Onitsha, Anambra State, benefitted immensely from the impactful training. The beneficiaries were trained in record keeping, cost reduction, stock compiling, financial and […]

BREAKING! FG orders reduction of fuel price to N125 in line with current realities

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020Ayo Olowo1 Comment

The federal government of Nigeria has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to reduce the ex-coastal and ex-depot prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) to reflect current market realities. In a statement signed by Timipre Sylva, the minister of state for petroleum resources, the federal government said Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) should modulate pricing […]

Facebook launches Small Business Grants programme of $100 million

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020Ayo Olowo

As the COVID-19 outbreak escalates, our focus has been on keeping people safe and informed by making sure everyone has accurate information, supporting global health experts and stopping misinformation. Our thoughts, like everyone’s, are with our loved ones and our communities and all of those impacted around the world. In recent weeks, we have seen […]

PICTURES: Modern & Contemporary African Art Returns to Sotheby’s London

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020Ayo Olowo

This Spring, following the record-breaking results achieved in October 2019, Sotheby’s auction of Modern and Contemporary African Art (https://bit.ly/2wVm3Sv) will return to London for a fifth consecutive season. Since the inauguration of the series in 2017, Sotheby’s (www.Sothebys.com) sales in the category have achieved more than sixty world records, championing the work of artists across […]

Open market price of fuel drops to N114.53 per litre – PPPRA

March 12, 2020March 12, 2020News Agency

The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) says, Open Market price of Premium Motor Spirit( PMS) also known as petrol, in the Nigerian market has dropped to N114.53 per litre. The Agency disclosed this in the data for PMS price for Tuesday, March 10, from the Pricing Template for the commodity, released in Abuja, on […]

NOVA Merchant Bank Declares N1.65bn in PAT

March 6, 2020March 6, 2020Ayo Olowo

NOVA Merchant Bank Limited has released its audited results for the financial year ended December 31st, 2019, recording impressive performances across its major financial lines. Specifically, the Bank declared a profit after tax of N1.65 billion for the 2019 financial year representing an impressive 44% growth compared to N1.15bn recorded at the end of the 2018 financial […]

OPEC Will Help Stabilize the Oil Market even with Coronavirus concerns

March 4, 2020March 4, 2020Ayo Olowo

As oil prices sank about 14 percent last week alone and the Brent hit a twelve-month low on the back of the coronavirus outbreak, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is meeting in Vienna this week to help stabilize the market. Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber (https://EnergyChamber.org/) Nj Ayuk was on Deutsche […]

FIRS targets N4trn tax from extractive industry in 2020

March 4, 2020March 4, 2020Eben Tanimola

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) said it would rake in four trillion naira as tax revenue from the extractive sector of the Nigerian economy in the 2020 fiscal year. The FIRS made this known in a statement issued by Abdullahi Ahmad, Director, Communications and Liaison Department in the service in Abuja on Tuesday. The […]

Category: BUSINESS

HP and Nigerian authorities collaborate to Disrupt Dozens of Counterfeit Retail Operations

UBA announce provision of N5 billion (U$14 million) to COVID-19 Relief Support Across Africa

UBA Empowers 400 Entrepreneurs in Onitsha

BREAKING! FG orders reduction of fuel price to N125 in line with current realities

Facebook launches Small Business Grants programme of $100 million

PICTURES: Modern & Contemporary African Art Returns to Sotheby’s London

Open market price of fuel drops to N114.53 per litre – PPPRA

NOVA Merchant Bank Declares N1.65bn in PAT

OPEC Will Help Stabilize the Oil Market even with Coronavirus concerns

FIRS targets N4trn tax from extractive industry in 2020

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