Business

Breaking news: NNPC Ltd vows to crash rising prices of domestic gas

  In a bid to relieve Nigerians of the economic burden of paying more for cooking gas and put smiles on their faces...

Wheat production: Heritage Bank partners CBN to disburse N41bn to farmers

  Heritage Bank Plc in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) plans to disburse N41 billion to farmers from 14 states...

Aftermath of Abuja Disco management sack: UBA takes over majority stake in the company

  Following the sacking of the management of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), the United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) has taken over...

Emirates, Qatar, 5 others ranked leading airlines by new World Class rating system

  Seven airlines has been awarded the WORLD CLASS 2022 by APEX (Airline Passenger Experience Association), after a comprehensive evaluation of quality of...

UBA Group Dominates 2021 Banker Awards, Wins African Bank of the Year

Africa’s global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has again reaffirmed its leadership position across Africa with the latest recognition bank as...

Dangote refinery set to become highest employer of chemical engineers in Nigeria

    The Dangote Oil Refining Company will be the highest employer of chemical engineers in the country when the refinery comes on...

New National Carrier — Air Nigeria — for inauguration April 2022, says Aviation Minister

Nigeria’s new national carrier, Air Nigeria, will debut by April 2022, according to the Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika. The new national...

PIA will bolster Nigeria’s oil & gas industry, promote transparency,  attract capital flows — Wunti

With the operationalization of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), Nigeria’s oil and gas industry is set for a revolution, so says the Group...

CBN retains benchmark interest rate at 11.5%

  The monetary policy committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Tuesday retained the monetary policy rate (MPR), which measures interest rate,...

In a major intervention, Tony Elumelu Foundation splashes $5,000 dollars on each of 5,000 2021 African young entrepreneurs

The Tonyelumelufoundation.org (TEF), the leading philanthropy empowering  young African entrepreneurs across African countries, has unveiled 4,949 entrepreneurs for the 2021 TEF  Entrepreneurship Programme.The beneficiaries...

Access Bank

Yuletide: Access Bank partners Konga on free deliveries, 10% discount 

    Access Bank Plc, a leading financial institution,  has partnered with Konga to unveil the ‘Konga Yakata’, Nigeria’s biggest sale of the year...

TEF Entrepreneurship Program

Tony Elumelu Foundation announces 2021 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme beneficiaries on Nov. 12

    The Tony Elumelu Foundation, a leading philanthropy empowering young African entrepreneurs, says it will on November 12, 2021 announce 2021 TEF...

CTN multi-billion dollar contract scandal: Amaechi, hoodwinks Buhari, at daggers drawn with NSA, Chief of Staff, BPP – Persecondnews investigation

In perpetrating the “AmaechiGate”, the minister spurns National Security Adviser’s invite for meeting over security and economic implications of project   Per Second...

Digital economy, COVID-19: Schneider Electric empowers partners with advanced technology on digital transformation

With COVID-19 propelling shift towards a digital economy as end-user organizations are ramping up digital transformation efforts to meet increasing demands, Schneider Electric...

FBN Holdings Group

FBN Holdings appoints Okonkwo new Group Managing Director as U.K Eke bows out

  The Board of FBN Holdings Group, parent company of First Bank Nig. Ltd, has appointed the immediate past Managing Director of Fidelity...

Digital-currency-enaira

Breaking news: Nigeria’s digital currency, eNaira, launch: 200,000 wallets downloaded in 24 hours

  Barely 24 hours after Nigeria’s digital currency eNaira was unveiled by the Federal Government, Nigerians have downloaded almost 200,000 wallets. Persecondnews findings...