Interswitch Group has announced the commencement of the fifth edition of its annual InterswitchSPAK National Science competition, a STEM-focused initiative targeted at young Africans. The competition, which is open to all senior secondary school students between the ages of 14 ...
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…When I tell people how difficult it is to develop Africa, you now understand what it means – Gov Emmanuel …No, Not All Cocoa nuts were destroyed, few stands. It is a wake-up call – Staff …Why should the govt ...
Read More »Wema Bank Launches SME Business School 5.0
Wema Bank has announced the launch of its flagship capacity-building programme for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria – the Wema SME Business School 5.0, aimed at equipping SME business owners and entrepreneurs in Nigeria with the necessary skills ...
Read More »Sudan Crisis: Nigerian Embassy Facilitates Students Transfer To Egyptian Universities
The Embassy of Nigeria in Cairo, Egypt is to facilitate the transfer of Nigerian students from Sudanese universities to Egyptian universities. The embassy, in a statement on Sunday, said this was in the light of requests by both parents and ...
Read More »Mixed Performance To Continue On Stock Market This Week
Capital market analysts have predicted mixed performance for equities this week, as investors rebalance their portfolios based on an assessment of corporate earnings released for first quarter (Q1), 2023. The benchmark index of the local equities market nosedived last week ...
Read More »Paris Club Refund: ALGON Holds NEC Meeting In Lagos
The Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) on Friday held its National Executive Council meeting in Lagos to discuss the Paris club refund and other critical issues affecting the association. In his welcome address, Mr Alabi David, ALGON’s President ...
Read More »Understanding the FIRS TaxPro Max system
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in Nigeria has introduced an updated Value Added Tax (VAT) filing procedure on its TaxPro Max system. This new module is a mechanism introduced to validate all the input VAT to be paid by ...
Read More »World Bank Extends NG-CARES Programme In Nigeria- Minister
The World Bank has approved the extension of the Federal Government COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus tagged: “NG-CARES” Programme from June 2023 to June 2024. The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba, made this known ...
Read More »Local Communities Should Have Power Over Their Resources — Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation says it is engaging local communities to understand what it means to be custodians of the minerals in their respective areas. Mrs Hilary Pennington, Ford Foundation Vice-President ,made the statement at a roundtable of cultural and faith ...
Read More »Experts Task FG On Economic Diversification
An economist, Dr Zainab Usman, has underscored the need to conceptualise economic diversification as a political project to address internal threats affecting the country’s survival. Usman, Director, Africa Programme at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. said ...
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