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Mahmood Ahmadu – In his acceptance speech, he thanked the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Interior under the leadership of Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, the Nigerian Immigration Service under the supervision of Comptroller-General Muhammadu Babandede and OIS Limited Board, Management and Staff for this achievement. He explained that he dedicated the award to these individuals and […]
Mahmood Ahmadu – No one was surprised when this great son of Africa was nominated as the winner of Forbes Best of Africa award. The reason is not farfetched: Mahmood Ahmadu has conquered the vast territory of Entrepreneurship, leaving in his trail tales of good tidings of great joy. An accomplished entrepreneur, Mahmood Ahmadu, who is the […]
OIS Chairman – One of Africa’s cerebral minds and entrepreneur par excellence, Mahmood Ahmadu, has been selected among Forbes 2020 Best of Africa awardees Founder and Executive Chairman of Online Integrated Solutions Ltd (OIS), Ahmadu was selected in company of two other Nigerians. The distinguished award will be presented on September 11, 2020 during a […]
Pastor Adeboye – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met with one of Nigeria’s most influential Christian clerics, Pastor Adeboye. Apart from Mr Adeboye, who heads the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), others at the meeting were Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari. Mr Osinbajo is also a […]
Federal Government – Minister of State for Education Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba The Federal Government on Monday raised hope that full reopening of schools across the country is around the corner. The Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, said even though no date has been fixed yet for full schools’ resumption even though the […]
Keyamo – The two chambers of the National Assembly has said the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) will handle the recruitment of 774,000 Nigerians under a special works programme. They jointly took the same position following motions passed in both chambers. Moving a motion on the floor of the Senate, the Senator representing Ekiti Central, […]
Banks – The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has issued guidelines on the Global Standing Instruction, GSI, which enables banks to seize loan defaulters’ money in other banks. The apex bank said the GIS guideline, obtained, yesterday, was to enhance loan recovery in the banking sector. It said: “The GIS shall serve as the last […]
Nigeria’s stock market – The nation’s bourse resumed transactions for the week on Monday with a loss of N55 billion following sell pressure in some blue chips. Specifically, the market capitalisation which opened at N12.679 trillion lost N55 billion to close at N12.624 trillion. Also, the All-Share Index (ASI) dipped 105.76 points or 0.44 per […]
FG – The federal government has inaugurated the governing council of 13 federal universities. The minister of education, Adamu Adamu, said this while Inaugurating the council members in Abuja on Monday. The universities are Federal university Lokoja, Federal University; Lafia Nasarawa; Federal University, Kashere, Gombe; Federal university Wukari Taraba; Federal University Dutsin Ma, Katsina; Federal […]
FCMB Group notified the Nigerian Stock Exchange that it’s pensions arm, FCMB Pensions Limited has entered into an agreement to acquire 96% of Aiico Pensions Limited. This appears to be part of a deliberate strategy to grow the Group’s investment management portfolio and build on the inherent synergies between this and banking. It will be recalled that FCMB […]