Nigeria's Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who is in the race for the World Bank Presidency, will face the panel of interviewers at the bank's
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Sub-Sahara Africa Stocks: Oando of Nigeria
April 3, 2012 Comment Off 98 ViewsThe Nigerian Stock Exchange All- Share Index (NGSEINDX) snapped seven days of declines, rising 0.8 percent to 20,807.19 as of 1:48 p.m. in Lagos, according to data compiled by
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Nigerian and Colombian put forward for World Bank leadership
March 21, 2012 Comment Off 69 ViewsNigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo are set to be nominated to lead the World Bank, according to sources with knowledge of
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Nigerian finance minister denies seeking to lead World Bank
March 21, 2012 Comment Off 70 ViewsFinance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is not pursuing the World Bank's top job, her spokesman said Wednesday, amid reports that her name was being put forth as a candidate. "The minister has
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Ecobank Advance Account offers financial freedom to employees
March 21, 2012 Comment Off 440 ViewsThe launch of Ecobank Advance Account heralds the beginning of financial freedom for confirmed employees of approved corporate names, local corporate, top SME, public sector, educational institutions
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We ‘ll sanction banks involved in pension fraud
March 21, 2012 Comment Off 55 ViewsThe Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has vowed to punish any bank in the country that is involved in the pension fraud currently under investigation by
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Experts welcome postponement of cash less policy
March 20, 2012 Comment Off 60 ViewsSome financial experts have commended the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for suspending the implementation of the cash less policy. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews
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Cashless Policy takes commitment to work
March 17, 2012 Comment Off 45 ViewsDayo Babatunde is the senior partner, Ernst and Young, a global firm that has been in operation for over 50 years and is represented in more than 140 countries. With his 23 years experience in the
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Liquidation of Nitel assets put on hold
March 16, 2012 Comment Off 50 ViewsThe planned liquidation of Nigeria’s embattled incumbent operator Nitel and its mobile arm, M-tel, has bogged down in confusion after the country’s lawmakers directed the agencies responsible for
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FG budgets N305 billion for N/Delta – S/South states to spend N1.7tr
March 5, 2012 Comment Off 83 ViewsThe Federal Government is planning to spend a total of N305 billion to execute projects in the Niger Delta and run interventionist agencies for the region this year, an analysis of the 2012
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