In its bid to meet the financial need of higher and medium income earners as well as address the challenges of higher construction, the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) has increased its loan limit from N15 million to N50 million. The ...
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Financial Inclusion: Huawei Unveils Mobile Money Solution
Global technology company, Huawei, has unveiled its Mobile Money solution, saying it provides accessible services to expand customer and enterprise bases, and serve underbanked, unbanked, and small-to-medium enterprises. This was disclosed during a presentation at the 4th edition of Zenith ...
Read More »Alhassan Yahaya Emerges NUJ National President
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) delegates on Wednesday elected Alhassan Yahaya from Gombe State as the new national president of the union. Yahaya secured 436 votes to beat his rivals Dele Atunbi and Muhammed Garba, who garnered 97 and ...
Read More »Presidency Lists Benefits Of New NIMC Multipurpose ID Card For Nigerians
The Presidency has given reasons why every Nigerian may need to acquire the soon-to-be-launched general multipurpose identity card of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). In a sensitisation video posted on X by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Media Centre on ...
Read More »TUC Demands Swift Implementation Of Consequential Adjustments To Minimum Wage
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) of Nigeria has called on state governments to urgently implement consequential adjustments to the newly signed national minimum wage. TUC President, Comrade Festus Osifo, made the demand during a press briefing in Abuja after the ...
Read More »The Little Town Of Ikot Ekpene Udo: A Saga Of Triumph And Tragedy
By Comrade Imefon Benjamin Ikpe I will begin this piece with my boyhood reminiscences of a place called Ikot Ekpene Udo – The Little Town in Akwa Ibom State and the mystique which it held for me and my brother ...
Read More »Akpabio Urges China To Boost Aid To Africa, Strengthen Ties With Nigeria
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has called on the Chinese government to increase aid flows to Africa, particularly Nigeria, as part of efforts to strengthen bilateral ties and foster development. Akpabio made the appeal in Abuja on Tuesday while hosting a ...
Read More »Again, CBN Raises Interest Rate To 27.5% To Battle Inflation
12 members of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have unanimously agreed to further raise the monetary interest rate to 27.50 per cent basis points from 27.25 per cent in a continued drive to ...
Read More »Port Harcourt Refinery Activates Operation After Five Failed Years
…As Plant Begins Truck-out of Products The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd. has fulfilled its pledge of re-streaming the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC), signaling the commencement of crude oil processing from the plant and delivery of petroleum products ...
Read More »160,000 Children Living With HIV – NACA
The director-general of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr Temitope Ilori, has said that prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) and paediatric HIV coverage in the country remains below 33 per cent, well below the ...
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