Business & Economy

OPERATORS of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL) unveiled some of its AVSEC staff who were recently certified as Aviation Security (AVSEC) Instructors by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). BASL has also assured travellers and other airport users of hitch-free flight and business …

President Muhammadu Buhari has submitted names of the new Chairman and members of the National Hajj Commission, (NAHCON) to the Senate and has urged the Upper House to expeditiously consider and confirm the nominees. The President in a letter addressed to the Senate, wrote: “Pursuant to Section 3 (2) of …

TONY Elumelu Foundation (TEF) will begin accepting applications for the 2020 cohort of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme, on January 1, 2020. The Programme is a 10-year, $100 million commitment to identify, train, mentor and fund 10,000 young African entrepreneurs.  The goal is to create millions of jobs and the revenue …

NO fewer than 2000 female entrepreneurs have benefitted from Heritage Bank’s financial inclusivity initiatives, as the institution has moved them towards self-reliance by engaging them in some Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) This move is in line with the people-oriented policies of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Heritage …

HERITAGE Bank Plc has said there is enormous potential in Nigeria’s £4 billion Pounds Gold market with high prospects of profitability for all players in the subsector. The MD/CEO, Ifie Sekibo, who stated this at the Nigeria-Canada Investment Summit, held in Abuja, yesterday said the industry had the prospect of …

FOLLOWING the nation’s plans to be a catalyst for an agricultural revolution, Heritage Bank Plc is forming alliance to further create formidable partnership arrangements with Sumitomo Corporation that will lead to impactful agribusiness within the segments of the agricultural value chain. As it stands, food production remains a significant challenge …

FOUNDER of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA) and Heirs Holdings, Tony O. Elumelu, has said that emerging markets present huge opportunities investors who need to do much better and be much smarter in channelling funds to them. Elumelu made this known when he …

COMPTROLLER General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede has said that the service is currently on the verge of surpassing the figures remitted to the Federal Government coffers in 2018 as it has so far generated a whooping N11,682, 009,761.69k and US$ 22,972.38. This is just as Babandede …

AIR PEACE today clocked five years in operations, revealing some of its major milestones in its few years of existence including its acquisition of brand new Boeing and Embraer aircraft as well as its route expansion drive, taking the airline global with flights into Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The leading …

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Captain Musa Nuhu as the new Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation authority (NCAA). He replaces Captain Muthar Usman, the erstwhile Director General of the Organization. This is just as the President also approved the appointment of Engr.Mahmoud Sani Ben-Tukur as …