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BDAN’s Commitment to Sector Stability

19.06.2025
The Bank Directors Association of Nigeria has restated its commitment to advocating for the banking sector to ensure its stability. This commitment was expressed at its 28th Annual General Meeting held virtually on Tuesday. During the AGM, it was revealed that the association recorded a marginal increase of 2.6 per cent in total income for...
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Truck Strike Suspended: Lagos Talks Begin

19.06.2025
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria has suspended its ongoing industrial action following the Lagos State Government’s decision to open dialogue with the association over the contentious N12,500 electronic call-up levy imposed on tankers along the Lekki–Epe corridor. In a directive issued to all zonal and depot unit chairmen on Tuesday, the association said...
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Tijani Elected ITU Council Vice Chair for 2025

18.06.2025
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, has expressed his delight at being elected vice chair of the International Telecommunication Union Council for 2025. The appointment was made on Tuesday in Geneva, Switzerland, where the ITU Council meetings are currently taking place. Tijani announced this development in a statement, describing the honour as...
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Visa Appoints Kane to Lead Africa Operations

18.06.2025
Visa has appointed Aminata Kane as Senior Vice President and Head of Western and Central Africa, effective September 4, 2025, the payment giant said in a statement on Tuesday. Based in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, Aminata will lead Visa’s newly established sub-regional team, covering 23 markets across four key offices in Abidjan, Accra, Kinshasa, and Lagos....
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Customs Defends Officer in N1m Extortion Case

18.06.2025
The Nigeria Customs Service has said an officer who was accused of extorting N1m from a Nigerian returning from the United States of America, Oke Adhekegba, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, took tax from the passenger and not a bribe. The PUNCH gathered that the officers, identified as K.O. Adebayo and C.C. Ugboma, had...
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Pilot Reveals Possible Cockpit Error

18.06.2025
In the effort to ascertain the cause of the Air India Flight AI171 crash, killing over 270 persons, a veteran pilot, Capt. Steve Scheibner, has said the accident may have occurred following a possible fatal error by the co-pilot of the aircraft. Capt. Scheibner, a former American Airlines pilot with decades of commercial flying experience,...
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Aviation Safety Boost: NSIB & ASKY Partner

18.06.2025
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau has entered into a strategic partnership with ASKY Airlines to promote a data-driven, preventive approach to aviation safety across West Africa. In a statement signed by NSIB, the Director-General of the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, Alex Badeh, reiterated the bureau’s commitment to enhancing aviation safety across West Africa with a...
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Crushing Burden on Nigeria’s Aviation Industr

18.06.2025
The Chief Executive Officer of Aero Contractors, Capt. Ado Sanusi, has listed multiple taxation as the top difficulty airlines face in the country. Sanusi, who said this over the weekend, lamented that the huge taxes faced by carriers are a significant contributing factor to airlines’ deaths. He said, “The reason is that airlines are heavily...
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Youth Employment Soars: 1,250 Jobs Created

18.06.2025
An agro-allied firm in Nigeria, the Food Industrial Park Limited, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Best Engineering Technologies based in Hyderabad, India, to offtake essential oils produced by the FIPL. It was gathered that the partnership would result in the production of 500 tonnes of oils from various plants and provide employment for...
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NGX Market Loses N183bn as Blue Chips Slide

18.06.2025
The Nigerian Exchange recorded a loss of N183bn at the close of trading on Tuesday, as bearish sentiments continued to weigh on key market indicators, dragging several blue-chip stocks into negative territory. Market data from the NGX revealed that the All-Share Index declined by 348.61 points, or 0.3 per cent, to close at 114,910.16, compared...
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