Lagos Hosts 65th BON General Assembly

By Precious Olisa Three Nigerian women entrepreneurs have been selected among 24 finalists for the 2023 African Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) awards. The Nigerians are the CEO of Bridge Merchant Enterprise (Agri Entrepreneur Award), Ms Chinwendu Nweke; the CEO of Clean Technology Hub (Energy Entrepreneur Award), Ms Ifeoma Malo; and the co-founder/CEO of D-Olivette Global Enterprise, (Social Entrepreneur Award), Ms Damilola Aminat Adeyemi. Launched in 2017, the annual AWIEF Awards is an initiative to recognise, honour, and celebrate women entrepreneurs and business owners in Africa across various industry sectors for their achievements and contribution to the continent’s inclusive

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By Adedapo Adesanya The Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mr Mele Kyari, is not heading to the exit door despite speculations amid continued organisational changes to the management of the state oil company. In a statement on Monday night, it was stated that in “addition to the recent exit of three Executive Vice Presidents, other Management Staff with less than 15 months to statutory retirement will be exiting the company effective 19th September 2023.” What this means is that the exit is happening downward since three Executive Vice Presidents were changed over the

………..Holds Exclusive Movie Viewing for Arrows of God Orphanage By Dipo Olowookere In the spirit of the festive season, South African Airways has demonstrated unusual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by bringing smiles to the faces of more than 70 Arrows of God Orphanage kids in Lagos. South African Airways treated the Arrows of God Orphanage kids to an exclusive movie viewing at the Silverbird Cinemas in Lagos in addition to loads of gifts for each kid and the entire orphanage. The orphanage kids watched and enjoyed exclusively, 2016 Walt Disney blockbuster animated adventure movie, ‘Moana’ – a story about a

By Investors Hub Asian stocks fell broadly on Wednesday after British Prime Minister Theresa May lost a vote on her second Brexit proposal in a parliamentary showdown. A “free vote” will take place today on a no-deal Brexit. If that fails, a further vote on Thursday will decide whether to extend the Brexit deadline. Sentiment was also dented after U.S. trade representative Robert Lighthizer said that “major issues” must still be resolved for a successful U.S.-China trade deal. Chinese shares tumbled as investors waited for signs of progress on the trade dispute with the United States. The benchmark Shanghai Composite

By Adedapo Adesanya The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has vowed to go after the founder of AbokiFX, Mr Oniwinde Adedotun, over claims that the platform is publishing rates that are not approved by the bank. This was made known by the Governor of the bank, Mr Godwin Emefiele, on Friday while answering questions from journalists in Abuja after reading the outcome of the two-day Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting. Mr Emefiele claimed that Mr Adedotun, who is based in the United Kingdom, was engaging in speculative activities, making profits from the disparity in quoted rates and official exchange rates.

By Dipo Olowookere Analysts at Meristem Research have projected that inflation rate in Nigeria for the month of October 2019 will increase to 11.32 percent from 11.24 percent recorded in September, indicating a year-on-year 0.08 percent rise. The firm said one of the major factors to cause this increase in inflation rate is the closure of land borders since August 2019, which has caused prices of food items to significantly moved up. In its inflation report, Meristem Research noted that decline in prices of food items in August 2019 was caused by the harvest season, but things changed when federal

By Modupe Gbadeyanka A high-interest hybrid current account with zero bank charges called UnionAccelerate has been created by Union Bank for owners of medium-sized businesses across the country. It is part of the top Nigerian lender’s efforts to give lifeline to the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) sector of the economy, which has always been neglected. UnionAccelerate is a full-featured innovative banking solution that helps manage the challenges of high overhead costs and restrictive bank deductions experienced by businesses across the country. Union Bank’s Executive Director, Commercial Banking, Mr Kunle Sonola, who spoke on this innovation, explained that, “Offering zero

By Dipo Olowookere Result of the admission screening exercise conducted by the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), Imo State, has finally been released. The school has pasted names of successful candidates from the screening on its website. Those who participated in the admission screening exercise can now go on FUTO website to confirm if they scaled through. FUTO has urged participants to check their score on www.portal.futo.edu.ng/Modules/Applications/PUTME/ScreeningForm.aspx. Candidates are expected to enter their JAMB registration number in the space provided on the website and then click the ‘Submit’ button to view their score.

By Modupe Gbadeyanka A healthcare provider that sets up clinics around clustered markets in the country, Market Doctor, has become the first winner of the competition organised for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) by Fidelity Bank Plc, claiming the cash prize of N2 million. Healthy Nellies, a food production firm, and Greenhill Recycling, emerged first and second runner up, respectively, going home with N1 million each. Other finalists at the contest were Adeyinka Tekenah of ‘Happy Coffee’ and Olalekan Afolayan of ‘PackMyLoad.com’ who won N500,000 each, while the remaining seven shortlisted SMEs received N200,000 each. At a ceremony held in

By Adedapo Adesanya Prices of crude oil at the global market fell on Wednesday amidst new threat by the United States President, Mr Donald Trump, that he could impose another tariffs of over $300 billion on Chinese imports. “We have a long way to go as far as tariffs where China is concerned, if we want. We have another $325 billion we can put a tariff on, if we want,” Mr Trump had said on Tuesday. “So, we’re talking to China about a deal, but I wish they didn’t break the deal that we had.” But on Wednesday, China responded,