Goddy Ikeh
The Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group) and the Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) have announced that they will host a special event on Friday, March 7, 2025, at NGX Group House, Lagos, to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) 2025, with the theme “Accelerate Action for All Women: Rights. Equality. Empowerment.”
President John Dramani Mahama has sworn in Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama, as the new Governor of Bank of Ghana (BoG).
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has unveiled plans for a $600 million investment in Ghana’s private sector, focusing on expanding the country’s garment and agro-processing industries.
A Nigerian footballer, Abubakar Lawal, has been reported dead in Uganda and the Ugandan police said on Monday they were investigating the death of the Nigerian footballer, who fell from a shopping mall balcony in Kampala.
The Nigerian Government, through the Debt Management Office, has reissued N350 billion worth of Federal Government Saving Bonds in February.
The Special Adviser on Energy to Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu, Olu Verheijen, has said that Nigeria is poised to secure an increased number of Final Investment Decisions (FID) this year, a move that reinforces investor confidence and drives sustained economic growth in the energy sector.
The humanitarian ship “Ocean Viking,” chartered by SOS Méditerranée, rescued 112 people off the coast of Libya during two rescue operations carried out between Saturday February 22 and Sunday February 23, the Marseille-based NGO announced.
The price of OPEC basket of 12 crudes stood at $77.42 a barrel on Friday, February 21, 2025, compared with $78.15 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations.
Chad’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Abdoulaye Sabre Fadoul, received the Hungarian Special envoy for the Sahel, László Eduard Máthé, on Monday, February 24, 2025, who is on a working visit to N’Djamena.
More than 30 participants from the Federal Ministries of Energy, Health, Education, Budget and agencies specializing in the energy sector in Nigeria met on Thursday, February 20, 2025 in Abuja on the initiative of ECOWAS, as part of the implementation of the Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Project (ROGEAP).