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UBA announces new executive board appointments for 2026

United Bank for Africa has announced strategic appointments to its executive board, effective 1 January 2026. In a statement made available to The PUNCH on Sunday, it was indicated that the appointments followed the completion of tenure by four long-serving Executive Directors. The retirements, which take effect on 1 January 2026, include Deputy Managing Director...
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Multiple Levies, Not Airlines, Driving High Airfares

The Group Managing Director of Finchglow Holdings, Bernard Bankole, has attributed the sharp rise in airfares across the country to multiple charges imposed by regulatory and government agencies rather than airline operators. Speaking at the just-concluded annual media engagement of Finchglow Holdings in Lagos, Bankole explained that although many travellers blame airlines for high ticket...
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Discipline & Resilience in Nigerian Creativity

The 2025 Lagos Advertising & Ideas Festival Creative Conference has brought together leading voices in Nigeria’s creative industry to examine the evolving advertising landscape, resilience, and the discipline required to produce world-class ideas. The conference, held recently in Lagos, attracted a strong turnout of industry professionals, with a notable presence of young creatives, according to...
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Nigeria needs investment in mineral processing — Coleman MD

George Onafowokan, Chairman of the Ogun Branch of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria and MD/CEO of Coleman Technical Industries Limited, discusses with ARINZE NWAFOR the state of solid mineral extraction and processing in Nigeria, and how local manufacturers can boost value creation and strengthen their position across the African market In what ways can a...
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Aviation sector growth slows to 2.88% as airfares soar

Aviation sector growth crashed to 2.88 per cent in the third quarter of 2025, even as passengers grapple with high airfares, latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics have shown. The NBS Gross Domestic Product report for Q3 2025 indicated that the nominal year-on-year growth rate of air transport fell sharply to 2.88 per...
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NERC Reports 187k New Meter

Nigeria’s metering performance improved between September and October 2025, with 187,765 electricity customers newly metered nationwide, according to the latest metering factsheet released by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission. The document shows that 80,943 customers received meters in September, while another 106,822 were metered in October. It indicated that the sustained meter rollout pushed the...
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US crude exports to Nigeria surge by 153% in 2025

Nigeria’s imports of crude oil from the United States rose by 153 per cent in the first nine months of 2025, according to the latest data from the US Energy Information Administration analysed by Sunday PUNCH. Between February and September 2025, Nigeria imported 39.99 million barrels of crude oil from the U.S., a significant rise...
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Firm boosts consumer loyalty in games campaign

VDL Technologies, through its subsidiary, Markov Games AI, has announced that a Nigerian football fan has emerged as the winner of an all-expense-paid trip to Morocco to attend the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, following a nationwide raffle draw organised through Football Mania. It said in a Friday statement that the winner, Sobowale Oluwafemi, a...
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Haelsoft Digital Named a Top 100 Fast-Growing SME in Nigeria

Haelsoft Digital Limited has been named one of Nigeria’s Top 100 Fastest Growing SMEs for 2025 by BusinessDay, spotlighting the company’s rapid expansion in digital services and technology training. Founder and CEO Michael Onyeka Ezeadichie, who also launched Inside Haelsoft and Haelsoft EdTech, has spent over a decade delivering software development, digital consulting, and online...
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