Banks grant N75.5trn loans to private businesses

By Peter Egwuatu Banks’ Credit to Private Sector, CPS, rose Month-on-Month, MoM, by about 3.1% or N2.3 trillion to N75.5 trillion in July 2024 from N73.2 trillion recorded in June this year. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, shows that Year-on-Year, YoY, CPS rose 34 per cent to N75.5 trillion in July 2024 from […]

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BOI asks locally-rooted companies to pursue global expansion

Bank of Industry, BOI, yesterday, urged Nigerian businesses with strong local content to begin to think beyond Nigeria. Speaking during the visit, he praised the company for its remarkable achievements in producing the Imose Zedon X-Pro laptops, mobile phones, and tablets locally. Olusi expressed his admiration for the company’s dedication to local content and encouraged […]

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Bauchi gets 134,280 food supplements for pregnant women

By Charly Agwam Bauchi State government has received 134,280 bottles of Multiple Micronutrient Supplement, MMS, from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, BMGF, to treat malnutrition in pregnant women. The programme which is implemented by UNICEF, aims to combat anaemia in pregnancy.According to UNICEF, the MMS scale-up, launched in collaboration with the Government of Nigeria and […]

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Vandal electrocuted in Makurdi

A middle-aged man has been electrocuted while trying to vandalise a Jos Electricity Distribution Company, JED, electricity transformer and cables installed near Queens Hotel, Ankpa Ward in Makurdi.It was gathered that the young man whose lifeless body was found between the upriser polls mounted by the transformer was killed while trying to vandalise the installation. […]

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NEC: APCN-Central forum tackles Ameh Ebute over Ganduje

By Marie-Therese Nanlong The North Central All Progressives Congress, APC Forum, has berated a group led by the former Senate President, Ameh Ebute, for supporting the embattled National Chairman of the Party, Abdullahi Ganduje, ahead of the Party’s National Executive Council, NEC.Ebute’s group, under the auspice of the North Central APC Elders Forum, had on […]

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