Sterling Bank, Intel collaborate to encourage laptop ownership
From Ngozi Onyeakusi, Lagos terling Bank Plc and Westgate Computers have synchronized plans with Intel Corporation to increase effortless access to technology and improve the quality of living for its teeming customers and youths in general through the Sterling Bank-Intel new Laptop acquisition scheme. The New PC acquisition scheme is a scale-up onthe More...
FIRS Boss tasks tax officers on capacity building
By Abdulwahab Isa Acting Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Alhaji Kabir Mashi has tasked tax officers in states to engage themselves on constant capacity training. He said only by More...
FG gazettes 24 new NESREA regulations – DG
The Federal Government has gazetted 24 new regulations formulated by the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA). The Director-General of the agency, Dr. Ngeri Benebo made More...
IMF says economic growth improved by 15.2 % in 2012
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says economic growth in Sierra Leone was 15.2 per cent in 2012. This is contained in a statement by Ms. Malangu Kabetdi-Mbuyi, Leader of an IMF team that visited Sierra Leone More...
Etisalat out with Direct Data Recharge voucher
By Chris Alu Etisalat, Nigeria has simplified data bundle purchase and usage for customers, with the creation of special recharge vouchers called the Direct Data Voucher. This scratch-card enables customers to More...
No cover for MDAs, individuals who fail to pay premiums – President
The Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN) says henceforth civil servants, Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) that fail to remit premiums promptly will no longer enjoy Group Life cover. President More...
Islamic Development Bank triples Authorised Capital to US $150bn
By Aminu Imam with agency report The Islamic Development Bank (IDB)’s Board of Governors (BoG) yesterday approved to more than triple the Bank’s authorized capital to 100 billion Islamic Dinars (about US $150 More...
Attracting foreign investments via Nigeria-Turkey Business Summit
Entrepreneurs and industrialists from Nigeria and Turkey recently converged on Istanbul to explore and exchange ideas on how best to grow the economies of the two countries. The meeting, tagged “Nigeria-Turkey More...
Ex-Nokia team makes rival smartphone Jolla
A company made up of former Nokia employees has shown off Jolla, a new smartphone with a custom operating system known as Sailfish. The software has been built from the remnants of MeeGo, a project abandoned by More...
FG Commissions abandoned irrigation project after 32 years
From Osaigbovo Iguobaro, Benin The Federal Government, on Tuesday, commissioned the centre pivot irrigation at Ukpe-Okeran Community, Egor local government area of Edo State. The N202, 509, 33.45 project, which More...
