BUSINESS
Yemisi Edun Takes Over As FCMB Acting MD
First City Monument Bank, FCMB, has appointed an acting Managing Director and she is Mrs Yemisi Edun, an executive director on the board of the bank, ABN TV reports. She is taking over from the Mr Adam Nuhu, who stepped aside from the exalted position to allow for an investigation into the allegation of unethical behaviour by him. He was accused of having...
Tension As CBN Threatens To Shut Accounts Of Diaspora Remittance Violators
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has vowed to withdraw the operating licences of operators who continue to violate rules regulating diaspora remittances into the country. It stated that it would not tolerate the clear contravention of its directive that all remittances be paid to beneficiaries in dollars. The CBN stated this on Friday in its circular to all authorised dealers...
Ban Tomato Importation, Dangote Tells FG
The Managing Director of Dangote Tomato Processing plant in Kadawa, Kano State, Abdulkarim Kaita has on Thursday called on the Federal government to ban the importation of tomato paste-like it ban rice importation into the country. This was as he decried importation of tomato paste which he said was still thriving as the commodity was being imported from Cameroon and...
Kerosene Price Rises From N195 To N235
Some Enugu residents are worried about the increase in the price of kerosene in the metropolis, from N195 to N235 per litre. NAN correspondent, who monitored sales of the product in the metropolis on Wednesday, observed that the prices have increased in most filling stations from N195 to N235 per litre, although the product is available in almost all fuel stations. The...
Petrol Price To N170, Depots Suffer Shortage
Fuel marketers have started adjusting their petrol pump prices amid the supply shortage facing private depots in Apapa. Our correspondent observed that some filling stations in Lagos and Ogun state increased the pump price of petrol to N170 per litre on Tuesday from N162 per litre. Some of the stations were Capital Oil and Gas, Fatgbems and Amo Oil, all along...
EEDC, AEDC, others Now Selling FG’s Free Meter, Customers Allege
Power consumers have raised the alarm that power distribution companies, including Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC and Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC were now selling the free meters that were provided for electricity users by the Federal Government. In October 2020, the Federal Government inaugurated the National Mass Metering Programme in respect of which the Central Bank of Nigeria issued...
Four Examples Of A Communication Strategy
Communication strategy is a plan to achieve communication objectives. This may apply to internal communications, marketing communications, and public relations. A communication strategy has four major components: communication goals, target audience, communication plan and channels. The following are illustrative examples. Communication Goals Communication goals are the desired end-results of a program of communication. These are typically documented as the first step in developing a communication strategy. Communication...
Abia Speaker Sponsors FREE ICT Empowerement Training For Youths
Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji has, through his Direct Touch Initiative, sponsored a FREE ICT Empowerement Training for youths in Abia State. The training programme which is being organised in collaboration with Naprima Ideals Technology Ltd, will start on Monday, April 12, 2021 by 9am at 10, Ogoja Lane, by Okigwe Road, Umuahia. The...
CBN Sacks Directors Of First Bank Holdings And First Bank Plc
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has just removed all the directors of First Bank of Nigeria Plc and those of First Bank Holding Company. Those sacked included Chairman of First Bank, Chief (Mrs) Ibukun Awosika, and the Chairman of First Bank Holding, Mr. Oba Otudeko. READ ALSO: Ikpeazu Moves To Criminalise Open Defecation, Signs Into Law Abia State Water Bill Details...
Twitter Ban: Facebook, Instagram Must Register As Businesses In Nigeria – FG
The Nigerian government has said Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and other social media giants must register in the country. This was revealed by the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed while speaking to State House Correspondents on Wednesday. Mohammed claimed that Twitter, which was recently suspended by the federal government, has reached out to him for a “high-level” discussion. The Minister insisted that Twitter...
