C&I Leasing Reduces Share Capital by 75% to 404.3m Shares
By Modupe Gbadeyanka The board of a Nigerian public limited maritime company, C&I Leasing Plc, has announced getting the go-ahead…
Edition: International
Tue 11 December, 2018
Banking/Brands
Fitch Affirms Wema Bank at ‘B-‘
By Dipo Olowookere Fitch Ratings has affirmed Wema Bank Plc's Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'B-' with a stable…
Fitch Downgrades Diamond Bank over Solvency, Liquidity Risks
By Dipo Olowookere Fitch Ratings has announced downgrading the Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of Nigeria’s Diamond Bank Plc to…
FCMB Receives $3m After 9mobile Sale to Teleology
By Modupe Gbadeyanka Tier two financial institution in Nigeria, First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Plc, has disclosed receiving the sum…
Technology
MasterCard, DPO Group to Further Boost Pan-African Merchant Payments
By Modupe Gbadeyanka Leading global payments and technology company MasterCard and Africa’s leading payment service provider, DPO Group have announced…
Data Centre Dynamics Awards Honours Funke Opeke
By Modupe Gbadeyanka Chief Executive Officer of MainOne, Ms Funke Opeke, has been named as the 2018 Data Centre Dynamics…
Meet Most Followed World Leaders on Instagram
By Dipo Olowookere Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, is the most followed world leader on Instagram with 14.8 million followers.…
Auto
Li-ion Battery Tech: Alliance Ventures Invests in Enevate
By Modupe Gbadeyanka The strategic venture capital arm of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, Alliance Ventures, has announced investing in the latest round of…
Dangote to Roll Out Commercial Vehicles Soon
By Dipo Olowookere Budding automobile company, Dangote Sinotruk West Africa Limited, has entered another phase in its expansion drive by…
Showbiz
K1 De Ultimate Loses Second Band Member in Nearly 3 Weeks
By Modupe Gbadeyanka Barely three weeks after…
K1 De Ultimate Loses Second Band Member in Nearly 3 Weeks
By Modupe Gbadeyanka Barely three weeks after…
K1 De Ultimate Loses Second Band Member in Nearly 3 Weeks
By Modupe Gbadeyanka Barely three weeks after…
Education
Enugu Executive Council Receives NNPC 2018 Quiz Winner
By Modupe Gbadeyanka Weeks after the grand finale of NNPC National Quiz Competition drew to a close, its echoes have…
Health
Organisers of ASLM 2018 to Allow On-site Registration
By Modupe Gbadeyanka Intending participants of the 2018 edition of African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) Conference now have the…
ResMed to Acquire Propeller Health for $225m
By Modupe Gbadeyanka Leader in cloud-connected medical devices and out-of-hospital software-as-a-service (SaaS) business solutions, ResMed, has entered a definitive agreement…
WSA Rewards Use of Technology in Healthcare Services
Organisers of the World Summit Awards (WSA) have unveiled winners of the 2018 programme selected by international experts’ jury in…
Travel/Tourism
Mobil Oil Nigeria Returns to Aviation Fuel Business
By Dipo Olowookere After staying away from the aviation fuel business, one of the leading oil firms in the country,…
OMA Investments Ltd Raises Stake in Ikeja Hotel to 25.89%
By Dipo Olowookere One of the majority shareholders in Ikeja Hotel Plc, OMA Investments Ltd, has raised its stake in…
Visa on Arrival Will Boost Nigeria’s Tourism Revenue—Jumia MD
By Adeniyi Ogunfowoke Managing Director of Jumia Hotel and Flight Marketplace, Ms Omolara Adagunodo, has urged the federal government through…
Jobs/Appointments
UAC of Nigeria Chooses Elemide as Acting Group CEO
By Dipo Olowookere Mrs Omolara Elemide has been announced as the Acting Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of UAC of…
Maritime
Nigerian Companies Win at 2018 World Branding Awards
By Modupe Gbadeyanka Some top companies and organisations from Nigeria were outstanding at the recently concluded 2018 edition of the…
Feature
Daddy Freeze Face Your Governor, not RCCG or Adeboye
By Nneka Okumazie There are two states in Nigeria that owe Daddy Freeze everything he seems passionate about; the state…
Sports
Lagos Schools Compete at 2018 ECOII Schools Rugby Festival
By Modupe Gbadeyanka More than 20 primary and secondary schools in Lagos converged recently at the Nigeria Navy football pitch…
World
China, United States Battle for Influence in African Infrastructure Lending
New research from global law firm Baker McKenzie with data provider, IJGlobal, shows that development finance lending from state-backed institutions…