By Otitoju Ayomide Ecobank Nigeria has entered a strategic partnership with Soto Gallery to organise an international art exhibition for emerging young Nigerian artists. The exhibition, tagged: +234Art, is a 10-day art fair in the heart of Lagos and is scheduled to commence on Friday, 22nd March, 2024. It is dedicated to nurturing and uplifting…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service has assured businesses in the country of a friendly tax administration. The Executive Chairman of FIRS, Dr Zacch Adedeji, disclosed this when he hosted the management team of MTN Nigeria, led by its Chief Executive Officer, Karl Toriola, in Abuja recently. Adedeji stated the agency’s resolve to create an environment…
Independent oil marketers have stated that they could sell premium motor spirit, fuel, below the rate it is being sold in Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited retail stations if they get the product directly from NNPCL. The National President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Abubakar Maigandi, stated this during a recent interview…
The naira gained marginally against the United States dollar on Tuesday, appreciating to N1,499/ from an all-time low of N1,534/$ on the official Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market. This means the naira gained by 2.3 per cent or N35, according to FMDQ Exchange, a platform that publishes official foreign exchange trading in the country. The…
Obi stated this during a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, amid the fresh crisis that has rocked the party over sales of forms and other fundraising activities for the 2023 general elections in the country. On Monday, the LP’s National Treasurer, Oluchi Opara, asked the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, to account for N3.5bn…
There have been scenes of chaos and panic at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis as Israeli forces stormed the medical facility in the southern Gaza Strip and Palestinians tried to evacuate. The Israeli army has besieged the facility for weeks, isolating thousands of patients, medical staff and displaced families – many of whom remain trapped…
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made this known at a briefing in Aso Villa, Abuja, on Thursday. Idris spoke after President Bola Tinubu met with the 36 state governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike at the Villa. With many protests breaking out in states across…
Access Holdings’ share price rose for the first time this week yesterday as investors increased demand for the shares of the financial services group.Access Holdings’ share priced had dropped on Monday on the first trading session after the announcement of the death of its Group Chief Executive Officer, Dr Herbert Wigwe Wigwe, his wife, son…
The Board of Fidelity Bank Plc yesterday extended the tenure of the bank’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, to 2026.This was contained in a notification sent to the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) in Lagos by the Company Secretary, Mr Ezinwa Unuigboje.Unuigboje, in the notice, stated that the decision was taken at the Board’s…
