…effect by 2024 The United Kingdom has put in place a law that will see Nigerian students, and others studying in the UK from bringing family as dependents except under specific circumstances. This is as the UK government aims to bring immigration into the country which stands at about 1[Read More…]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revoked the operating licenses of 132 microfinance banks in the country, alongside those of four primary mortgage banks and three finance companies. This was disclosed in the official gazette of the Federal Government, which was published on the website of the CBN on[Read More…]
Google on Monday, May 22, announced the expansion of its Flood Hub platform to cover 80 countries worldwide, including the addition of 8 new countries in Africa. To date, 23 African countries are on the Flood Hub. This expansion comes as part of AI-enabled efforts to address the devastating impacts[Read More…]
The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has released the insurance regulatory’s sandbox operational guidelines, to take effect from May 1, this year. The guideline is to encourage innovation that would drive financial inclusion and positive competition. This is expected to be used to test insurance solicitation or distribution; insurance products, underwriting,[Read More…]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed disappointment over the rather slow adoption of Nigeria’s digital currency, eNaira, stressing that it leaves nothing to cheer about. According to The Nation, IMF disclosed in a report titled, “Nigeria’s eNaira, One Year After,” dated May 2023 and obtained at the weekend,[Read More…]
The financial services industry dominated in volume terms at the end of last week’s transactions on the equities sector of Nigeria’s capital market. It led the activity chart with 2.1 billion shares valued at N21.8 billion traded in 14,008 deals, thus contributing 69.2 per cent to the total equity turnover.[Read More…]
Mr Zhang Jianhua, Administrator, Energy Administration, the People’s Republic of China, has lauded the high-level energy dialogue between China and Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Member Countries. Jianhua said the dialogues had jointly maintained global oil market stability. Jianhua made this known at the Sixth High-level Meeting of the[Read More…]
The Federal Government on Tuesday launched Gender and Environmental Reporting Frameworks in Extractive Industries to meet Nigeria’s reporting obligation to the global Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr Zainab Ahmed unveiled the frameworks in Abuja during her visit to the Nigeria Extractive[Read More…]
In a move towards fostering gender equality, inclusiveness and economic empowerment, Polaris Bank has announced the disbursement of business support loans to female-owned businesses in the first quarter of 2023. This is part of the Bank’s commitment to supporting women and female-owned businesses through the provision of soft loans. [Read More…]
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (“ETI”), the parent of the Ecobank Group, the leading pan-African bank with a presence in 35 African countries, held its 35th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and an Extra Ordinary General Meeting, yesterday in Lomé, Togo. At the meeting, shareholders approved the accounts and the[Read More…]
