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ECONOMY: Q1 2018 Real Output, April 2018 Net Foreign Assets Rise on Higher Crude Oil Prices
May 25, 2018/Cowry Asset Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens... Read more
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GEEP MarketMoni Interest-Free Loans Reach 350,000 Beneficiaries Nationwide
May 25, 2018/Zenera Consulting The Federal Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) MarketMoni scheme has successfully reached over 350,000 micro enterprises... Read more
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NBS Says 7.98 Million Workers Registered Under Pension Scheme as at Q1 2018
May 25, 2018 By InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Friday that 7,975,976 workers are registered under the pension... Read more
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Nigeria-Based Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc ‘B-B’ And ‘ngBBB-ngA-2’ Ratings Affirmed; Outlook Stable
Culled—Proshare May 25, 2018/S & P Global Ratings The Stanbic IBTC group faces heightened credit risks amid Nigeria’s current slow economic recovery. ... Read more
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Address to St. Petersburg International Economic Forum
May 25, 2018/IMF By Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing Director As Prepared for Delivery Good afternoon. It is a great joy to come back to St. Petersburg, which is... Read more
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GEEP MarketMoni Interest-Free Loans Reach 350,000 Beneficiaries Nationwide
May 25, 2018/Zenera Consulting The Federal Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) MarketMoni scheme has successfully reached over 350,000 micro enterprises in all 36 states of Nigeria, and the Federal… Read more
Nigeria-Based Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc ‘B-B’ And ‘ngBBB-ngA-2’ Ratings Affirmed; Outlook Stable
Culled—Proshare May 25, 2018/S & P Global Ratings The Stanbic IBTC group faces heightened credit risks amid Nigeria’s current slow economic recovery. However, we think the group’s business diversification, parent… Read more
IMF Adopts Decisions to Formally Recognize the Core Principles for Islamic Finance Regulation for Banking
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LafargeHolcim Announces Next Steps in Simplification of Corporate Organisation
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House of Reps Sub-committee Seek to Sanitise the Nigerian Capital Market
Culled—-Proshare May 8, 2018/News The lower house of the National assembly, the House of Representatives sub-committee on capital market, regulation and compliance is currently probing capital market operations in the… Read more
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Judgment Delivered Against Plaintiff In First Nigerian Case on ATM Dispense Error
Culled—Proshare May 24, 2018/Timothy Tion* A Benue State High Court of Justice, sitting in Makurdi, today the 24th of May, 2018, delivered judgment in the case of KUME BRIDGET ASHIEMAR… Read more
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Does Blockchain Represent a Paradigm Shift for Insurance?
25/4/2018/Fitch Ratings Fitch Ratings views blockchain as a potential game-changing technology for the insurance industry over the long term. Benefits could range from significantly reduced operating costs, more accurate customer-specific… Read more
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GEEP MarketMoni Interest-Free Loans Reach 350,000 Beneficiaries Nationwide
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Building the Business Case for Housing Microfinance in Sub-Saharan Africa
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NASD USI Sheds 3.6% WoW
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Technology is the Future of Nigeria’s Economy, Commerce and Industry-Osinbajo
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GSK Declares N8.4BN Special Dividend at 47th AGM
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The mirage of Djibouti’s Economic Success
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ECONOMY: Q1 2018 Real Output, April 2018 Net Foreign Assets Rise on Higher Crude Oil Prices
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Open Letter to President Muhammadu Buhari by Archbishop Alfred Adewale Martins
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