IMF boosts global economic projection for 2021
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has in its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) projected global growth for 2021 to be 5.5 per cent as against 5.2 per cent it forecast in October 2020.
Gita Gopinath,...
AfDB commits $12.5bn to climate finance
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has committed an additional 12.5 billion dollars to climate finance between 2020 to 2025 in Africa.
President of the AfDB, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said this at the first online international...
Dangote Cement, Airtel Africa lift trading by 0.21% in NSE
Activities on the nation’s bourse resumed the week on Monday on a positive note following investors’ interests in Dangote Cement and Airtel Africa.
Specifically, the All-Share Index inched higher by 86.97 points or 0.21 per...
Fidelity Bank hosts national capacity building webinar for SMEs
Fidelity Bank Plc has concluded plans to organise a national capacity building webinar for Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the country.
The programme is part of deliberate efforts to assist entrepreneurs across all sectors of...
LIRS sets January 31 as deadline for filing of employers annual tax returns
The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has urges all employers of labour in the state to file their Company’s Annual Tax Returns on or before the statutory deadline of January 31, 2021 to...
AfBC applauds commencement of trading on basis of AfCFTA
Africa Business Council (AfBC) has lauded the commencement of trading on the basis of the Africa African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), adding that the promotion of cross border trading is central to African...
How Lenovo is taking the global PC market by storm
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Global Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Lenovo has continued to astound market watchers, dominating worldwide PC shipments on the back of a rise in demand.
The demand is fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic which has...
NBS: Glo at forefront of telecoms industry
According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), grandmasters of data, Globacom, led other telecommunications service providers in 23% growth in internet subscribers as at Q3, 2020. The growth brings the total number of...
Appeal Court Suspends Order against SEPLAT
. as Head office Reopens
Seplat announces that the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has suspended the Order of Interlocutory Injunctions made by the Lagos Federal High Court that led to the sealing of...
NDDC targets completion of hostel projects for universities
The Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Efiong Akwa, says that the Commission will focus on completing on-going projects, particularly the university hostels in the nine Niger Delta states.
The NDDC...
