Objective Nigerian Stories…
Fintech – The coronavirus pandemic continues to turn the world and our lives upside down, with the outbreak forcing governments to put into place measures that reduce the risk of contamination, and focus on pre-emptive processes. The strain on the economy is palpable, and is an impending catastrophe that could exceed the crash of 2008, and […]
Fintech – OPINION-ED BY MR. MAHMOOD AHMADU – An article published at the end of Q1 2018, in the Raconteur – the business, technology and finance insights publication of the Times group in the UK – noted that instances of customers using banking apps in the UK had risen by 354%, in the previous 5 years. A […]
Nigerian Government has dismissed allegations of corruption levelled against Akimwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, calling on the financial institution to shun calls for a fresh probe on his tenure. In a letter written by Zainab Ahmed, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, to Chairman of the Board of Governors of the AfDB, the Nigerian […]
Rwanda – A court on Thursday handed a life sentence to a former politician found guilty of orchestrating the killing of tens of thousands of people during the 1994 genocide, a court spokesman said. Ladislas Ntaganzwa, head of the commune of Nyakizu in southern Rwanda, was indicted in 1996 by the Arusha, Tanzania-based International Criminal […]
Mahmood Ahmadu Features in Thisday Newspaper – A recent article was written by veteran Nigerian journalist – Dele Momodu addressing the need to protect Job and Wealth Creators in Nigeria. Dele Momodu Wrote: Fellow Nigerians, I am excited to report to you the feedback I got from my article last week, May 2, 2020, titled […]
Mahmood Ahmadu – Protecting Wealth Creators in Nigeria Article by By Dele Momodu – Fellow Nigerians, I am excited to report to you the feedback I got from my article last week, May 2, 2020, titled TIME TO PROTECT NIGERIAN COMPANIES AND JOBS. Reactions were varied but instructive. A few of the names I mentioned, […]
Oil – Last week the World Economic Forum published a report imploring the energy industry to use this unprecedented disruption of the status quo to consider building a “new energy order.” While the novel coronavirus has caused major damage (in some cases irreparably) to vast swaths of the global energy industry, this could be a […]
OilPrice – If you’re a fan of oil, and I expect you are seeing as how you’re reading articles on OilPrice, get ready for a positive forecast about oil prices moving higher. You’re going to like the direction this article takes. Oil prices are getting ready to rise…dramatically. We are going to move from a perception of […]
COVID-19 – The state’s Ministry of Health disclosed this on its Twitter handle, saying the discharged patients were 19 females and 18 males. it said, “COVID19 Lagos patients; 19 females and 18 males including a foreign national; an Indian were today discharged from our Isolation facilities at Yaba, Onikan and Eti-Osa to reunite with the […]
CBN – The Central Bank of Nigeria and the Bankers’ Committee have jointly agreed to suspend sacking of workers in the banks during the COVID-19 pandemic. A statement signed by the Director, Corporate Communications, Mr Isaac Okorafor, said a special meeting of the Bankers’ Committee was convened on May 2, 2020, to further review the […]