Goddy Ikeh
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says that Nigeria accounts for 132 million connections out of over 5 billion internet users globally, according to DataReportal.
Ecobank has reaffirmed its commitment to empowering women-led and women-focused businesses by providing them with the financial tools and value-added solutions needed to reach their full potential and succeed.
Ecobank, the leading pan-African financial services Group, has won a record number of 14 awards at the Euromoney Awards for Excellence, the Global Finance Best Investment Banks and Sustainable Finance Awards 2024, the Global Finance Best Bank Awards and the Global Finance Transaction Banking Awards.
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, through its Country Rapporteur on Human Rights in Nigeria, Hon. Commissioner Solomon Ayele Dersso, says that it follows with deep concern the reported detention and mistreatment of detained persons, including minors, who are facing treason charges related to their participation in protests held in August 2024.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) unveiled Nigeria’s first-ever Climate Health Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment Report (VA) during the Health Sector-Wide Joint Annual Review (JAR 2024) on Friday in Abuja.
The Financial Services Industry led the activity chart this week on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange with 5.666 billion shares valued at N44.263 billion traded in 23,268 deals.
The price of OPEC basket of 12 crudes stood at $74.41 a barrel on Thursday, November 7, 2024, compared with $73.94 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations.
Nigeria’s premier port terminal, APM in Apapa, Lagos has made history by hosting EA Centaurus, the largest container vessel to ever visit the Lagos Port Complex.
The EA Centaurus, owned by COSCO Shipping, has a capacity of 7,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) and measures 272 meters in length, 43 meters in width, and has a 14.3-meter draft.
Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has said that the economic policies of the government have now reached the result-delivery stage.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has said that a staggering 33 million people are expected to face acute food insecurity in Nigeria by 2025.