• PMB, Governors, Business Leaders Laud Ovia At Book Launch

    LEADERSHIP … How I built $16bn bank – Ovia President Muhammadu Buhari has applauded the chairman, Zenith Bank Plc, Mr. Jim Ovia, for his laudable contributions to the country especially the knowledge base of Nigeria’s entrepreneurs, particularly the Nigerian youths. The President in a letter which was read out at the ...

  • Zainab Resumes As Finance Minister, Promises Economic Stability

    LEADERSHIP The new supervising minister of finance, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed, has resumed office at the headquarters of the Federal Ministry of Finance. She resumed yesterday. Expectedly, Ahmed has promised to ensure that Nigeria attains greater economic stability.  Ahmed , who was the minister of state in the ministry of budget and ...

  • Airtel Partners With Infinix, TECNO, Itel Smartphones

    LEADERSHIP Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has announced a strategic partnership with Original Equipment Manufacturers, Infinix, TECNO and itel smartphones brand. Under the new partnership, customers who purchase a new Infinix, TECNO or itel smartphone will enjoy the exclusive Airtel ‘Double Data Offer’ for a six-month period. The Airtel ‘Double ...

  • Access Bank Partners Worldremit On Money Transfer

    LEADERSHIP Internation digital money transfer service WorldRemit has partnered with Access Bank for instant money transfers to Access Bank accounts in Nigeria. The new partnership further expands WorldRemit’s presence in Nigeria, allowing its customers in over 50 countries to send money to millions of Access Bank accounts directly from their phones. ...

  • UN Agency Wants Electoral Offences Criminalised

    LEADERSHIP The United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, has urged Nigeria to criminalise electoral offenses. The UN agency stated that having a legal framework that criminalizes violent acts will serve as a deterrent to violence perpetrated in the country. The international body strongly recommended the passing into law of the national peace ...

  • Fashion And Tourism Are Inseparable – Rotiba

    LEADERSHIP Funmi Rotiba’s 13 year experience in the tourism sector makes her an expert, to an extent, on matters that concern that line of business. And in this interview with Stellamaries Amuwa, the natural beauty bares it all on tourism and its relationship with fashion. What does it mean to be ...

  • Presidency Upbraids HSBC, Seeks Repatriation Of Nigeria’s Looted Funds

    LEADERSHIP The presidency yesterday chided the British multinational bank, HSBC, over its confidential business intelligence prediction of President Muhammad Buhari losing the 2019 presidential poll. Specifically, it asked the management of the bank to heed President Buhari’s continuous imploration that the global financial institution should return Nigerians stolen assets and funds ...

  • Nigeria:Is MTN Being Shaken Down By Buhari's Government?

    [ISS] Nigeria's costly claims against the South African company raise questions about investment security in Africa's largest economy.

  • Rede de carregadores elétricos vai ser paga a partir de novembro

    José Gomes Mendes, secretário de Estado Adjunto e do Ambiente, anunciou, à margem do LIsbon Mobi Summit, esta sexta-feira, que a rede pública de carregadores elétricos vai passar a ser paga a partir de novembro.

  • Oyo Partners Private Organisation In Space Management

    LEADERSHIP Oyo State government, through the state Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, in partnership with some private organisations, on Thursday kicked off the Management of Open Spaces (MOPS) scheme. The scheme, which began with a stakeholder’s forum organised at the Western Hall, State Secretariat complex Ibadan, was aimed at capturing ...

  • Buhari’s China Trip A Boost To Our Foreign Diplomacy – Idiga

    LEADERSHIP In this interview with journalists, national coordinator of the Good Governance Ambassadors of Nigeria (GOGAN), Chief Felix Idiga, defended President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent trip to China, saying it had boosted foreign diplomacy between Nigeria and China as well as a consolidation of development.  President Muhammadu Buhari was in China and ...

  • Nigerian Oil Industry: Beyond Chinese Largesse

    LEADERSHIP FESTUS OKOROMADU writes on the potential shift of investment from Nigeria due to the absence of legal framework regulating the industry, as China recently announced a $60billion loan support to Africa. Many stakeholders in the Nigerian oil and gas industry have expressed worries over the decline in the sector’s ability ...

  • Nigeria:Political Uncertainty Stalls Investment in Aviation Sector

    [This Day] The heightened political tension in the country ahead of the 2019 general elections is negatively affecting foreign investments, aircraft leasing deals as well as other negotiated agreements in the aviation sector, THISDAY has learnt.

  • Garrigues assessora Global Bankers Insurance Group na aquisição da GNB Vida

    A transação foi liderada por Mário Lino Dias, sócio de M&A da Garrigues, formando também parte da equipa José Seabra Marcão e Inês Freire de Andrade, da mesma sociedade, explica a sociedade.

  • Envoy Solicits Partnership, Support With LEADERSHIP

    LEADERSHIP Bangladeshi High Commissioner to Nigeria, His Excellency MD Shameem Ahsan has called for partnership and support with the LEADERSHIP newspapers. Mr Ahsan said, the embassy was soliciting for partnership with LEADERSHIP because of the pivotal role it is playing in the media industry. Ahsa gave this position, Tuesday, in Abuja, ...

  • TraderMoni To Empower 2m SMEs Businesses In 2018

    LEADERSHIP The introduced TraderMoni by the federal government is on target to empower two million businesses across the country before the end of 2018. The scheme which has been launched in Lagos, Abia, Kano, Katsina and Osun has been favourably received by market leaders and beneficiaries alike. With over 23 million ...

  • India’s Oil Import From Nigeria Drops To 279,000bpd

    LEADERSHIP India’s monthly oil imports from Nigeria has declined by about 34 per cent to about 279,000 barrels per day, data from industry and shipping source showed. This is coming as Iraq has replaced Saudi Arabia in August as the top oil supplier to India, the data showed, as refiners turned ...

  • 2019: APC Aspirants In Last Minute Rush For Forms.

    LEADERSHIP Stalwarts of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the weekend, engaged in a frenzy of sorts to purchase of Expression of Interest and Nomination forms ahead of Tuesday’s deadline for the closing of sales. LEADERSHIP observed that the national secretariat of the APC in Abuja was a beehive of activities ...

  • Nigeria:Inside the Business Secrets Visiting Germans Shared With Nigeria

    [Premium Times] As President Muhammadu Buhari met with Chancellor Angela Merkel, behind closed-doors last week, a lively Business Round Table was holding in The Brown Room, one of the many meeting rooms in Villa.

  • Insecurity: Christian Leaders Hold Peace Summit

    LEADERSHIP Penultimate week, Christian leaders from the north gathered in Jos, Plateau State, to brainstorm on ways to achieve lasting peace in the region. ACHOR ABIMAJE reports:   Worried by incessant break down of law and order through Boko Haram attacks, insurgency, kidnapping and religious intolerance in the northern part of ...

  • Facebook, Afrinolly Partner Dayna Lynne North To Launch ‘Naija Storybuilders Bootcamp’

    LEADERSHIP Building on the successful Facebook for Creators training programme in Nigeria, Facebook and Afrinolly have announced the launch of its new ‘Naija Storybuilders Bootcamp’, in partnership with critically acclaimed writer/producers, Dayna Lynne North & Amy Aniobi from the ground-breaking US HBO series INSECURE. Aimed at empowering creative communities across Nigeria ...