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Sterling Bank, StarTimes launch N2bn ‘Solar Financing Hubs’ nationwide to drive renewable energy transition
(From left): Darlington Nwankwo, the Divisional Head, Renewable Energy and Mobility, Sterling Bank; Eric Xiao, Vice President, StarTimes Nigeria, and Kelly Aigbedion, the Head, Renewable Energy, Sterling Bank at the launch of the Sterling Solar Financing Hub in Lagos, recently
PenCom hosts 11.32 m workers as assets jump 51% to $22.8 billion
Participation in the Nigerian contributory pension scheme has risen to significant 11.32 million workers, helping drive asset growth by 51 percent to 31.48 trillion in the last two years. The National Pension Commission (PenCom) declared in Abuja on Tuesday that…
Excess liquidity persists, as banks lodge N4.15trn in deposits with CBN
According to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the banking sector lodged a total of N4.15 trillion with it through its Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) during the week. According to the bank, the trend further highlights continued excess liquidity in…
Economy
FAAC shares N2.5trn among FG, states, LGs in June, as revenue grows by N1.049trn in May
Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of N2.550 trillion among the Federal Government, states and the Local Government Councils (LGs) for the month of June. A statement, Wednesday, confirming the development and signed by Bawa Mokwa, the…
CAC to deregister 100, 000 companies for breaching statutory filing obligations
Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has launched a fresh compliance exercise that puts 100,000 companies at risk of delisting from Nigeria’s official register for failing to meet statutory filing obligations. In a public notice issued, Wednesday, the commission accused the affected…
DisCos accuse NERC of ‘power grab’ as new CapEx provision accounts framework takes off
Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) have rejected the fresh order by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) requiring them to establish dedicated Capital Expenditure (CapEx) Provision Accounts into which a substantial portion of their residual revenues must be paid after offsetting operating…
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Diezani: When spirited woman is caught in the web of power
Sopuruchi Onwuka The acquittal of former Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke by a London jury after more than a decade of investigations and legal battles has reopened a larger conversation about one of the most consequential and controversial figures in the…
Tinubu signs NIMC Act 2026 into law, as NIN becomes Nigeria’s foundational identity credential
President Bola Tinubu has signed the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Act, 2026, into law, as the new legislation repeals and replaces the old NIMC Act of 2007. According to the Presidency, Friday, the new law ushers in a comprehensive…
Nigeria evacuates second batch of 66 returnees, as foreign African nationals scramble to exit S/Africa ahead June 30 deadline
Second batch of Nigerian evacuees from South Africa has returned following recent anti-African immigrant tensions and xenophobic attacks in parts of the southern Africa country. This is also as thousands of mostly southern African nationals appeared stranded as they sought for…
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