The EU executive has asked the British government for details of assurances it gave to Japanese carmaker Nissan (7201.T) that new investment would not suffer when Britain leaves the bloc, a European Commission spokesman said on Monday. “We have seen the press reports regarding Nissan and as a result the […]
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Mutual Funds Gain N3 billion in Nine Months of 2016
The Nigeria Stock market has been choppy in 2016 with investors scrambling to uncover hidden opportunities. Of the 10 major market indices in Nigeria, four have recorded positive returns YTD as at the end of Q3. The NSE Allshare index boasts of a negative 1.7% return so far this year. […]
Ecobank launches Mobile App to transform banking in Africa
Ecobank has launched the Ecobank Mobile App, an instant and convenient way of banking via the mobile phone. It is the first unified app delivered by any institution for use in 33 countries. Group CEO, Ade Ayeyemi unveiled the new App at a large product launch in Lagos, which brought […]
Book Haram releases 21 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls
Islamist Boko Haram today released 21 out of the more than 200 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped in April 2014 to Nigerian government. Sahara Reporters reported that a government source disclosed the information. The sources disclosed that the girls were picked up by military helicopter from Banki area of Borno state where […]
Making “Change-Begins- with Me” Campaign Work
Adaramola For two years running, the Ogun State Chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations had chosen to be futuristic in the choice of its annual colloquium by focusing on what it perceived as the major source of the intractable socio economic malaise plaguing Nigeria. The professional body recognized […]
Brexit: Ecobank Group Research reveals Africa’s five hot spots for investment
With the United Kingdom having voted in its recent referendum to leave the European Union, many businesses with existing or planned investments in the UK will be looking to new investment frontiers. Africa’s move to diversify its economies and its rising consuming class are creating an array of new investment […]
G20 Nations Jeopardize Energy Transition
Allianz SE Group Communications & Corporate Responsibility Media Release • Growing gap between investments and needs • South Africa has the highest investment needs • G20 putting climate goals and competitiveness at risk • Germany, UK, France and China the most attractive for investors The G20 nations are at risk […]
FILEX holds awards
Leave a comment and share Chuks Udo Okonta All is now set for the maiden edition of the Financial Literacy Excellence Awards, FILEX, under the auspices of one of Nigeria’s foremost Non-Governmental Organizations, the Development Initiatives Network, DIN. The Executive Director of DIN and Convener of the FILEX Awards, Dr. […]
AFRICA MUST BECOME A PRODUCER OF GLOBALLY RESPECTED KNOWLEDGE
800 leaders from around the world today attended the opening of Going Global 2016, the world’s largest highest education conference, organised by the British Council and taking place in Africa for the first time. In attendance is the Minister of State for Education, Prof Anthony Anwuka, who will be joined […]
NIPR confab underscores nexus between communications and agriculture
Nigeria definitely had an enviable reputation in the 60s’ and the early 70s’ for her rich contributions to world economy through agriculture. Prior to the discovery of the black gold, otherwise referred to as crude oil, which ostensibly became an Achilles’ heel of some sort on the nation, agriculture provided […]
