The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday issued a new target for Deposit Money Banks and all microfinance banks in the Federal Capital Territory towards achieving the 80 per cent financial inclusion target for the adult population in the country by 2020. The apex bank also inaugurated a financial inclusion state steering committee to […]

In keeping up with its objective to improve the local economy by creating a skilled and experienced workforce, the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund, LSETF, through its Employability Support Project, has commenced free skills training for the first batch of beneficiaries in the state. Launched in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, the […]

  The Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria, the umbrella body of over 3,500 BDC operators licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria in the country, has called on the regulator to extend the January 31 deadline set for the renewal of operating licence of its members to March 31, 2018. This was […]

  The Federal Government has been told to adopt a smart card initiative that will enable interested owners of commercial vehicles, including official vehicles owned by educational institutions, hospitals, religious bodies and government agencies to register and obtain smart cards for purchasing fuel at regulated prices from petrol stations owned by the Nigerian National Petroleum […]

  The Edo State Government on Wednesday said it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a Chinese consortium for the construction of a modular refinery in the state. It said that the refinery, with capacity for processing 5,000 barrels of crude oil daily, would be handled by Peiyang Chemical Equipment Company of China, Sinopec […]