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Access Holdings expands operations to Malta

12.12.2024
Access Holdings Plc has announced the establishment of Access Bank Malta Limited, a fully owned subsidiary of its banking group, Access Bank UK Limited. The move is part of the group’s strategy to strengthen trade connectivity between Europe and Africa. A corporate notice filed on the NGX by the company secretary, Sunday Ekwochi on Wednesday...
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UNICAL urges innovation for food security

12.12.2024
Following its inaugural International Conference, the University of Calabar’s Faculty of Agriculture has called on stakeholders to innovate agricultural practices to tackle Nigeria’s food security challenges. In a statement, UNICAL’s Faculty of Agriculture noted that the event held in Cross River State recently, themed  ‘Food Security Through Innovation: Bridging Technology with Traditional Farming,’ brought together...
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UBA shareholders get 375% returns

12.12.2024
Shareholders of United Bank for Africa have enjoyed 375 per cent capital gains in nearly five years. Official data at the Nigerian stock market at the weekend indicated that investors in UBA have continued to earn an average annual return of about 75 per cent over the last five years. This highlights UBA’s impressive records...
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Mastercard, BCP Group partner on cross-border payments

12.12.2024
Mastercard and the BCP Group have collaborated to enhance cross-border payments for their corporate and individual clients on the African continent. In a statement shared with The PUNCH on Tuesday, MasterCard said that the collaboration aims to enable near-instant, traceable, secure, and cost-effective cross-border payments to and from the multiple markets where the BCP Group...
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Accion MFB plans N60bn loans for MSMEs

12.12.2024
Accion Microfinance Bank has revealed that it is looking at providing about N60bn as loans to micro, small, and medium-scale enterprises in the country in 2025. This projection was made by the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Accion Microfinance Bank—Taiwo Joda—in a chat with journalists following the lender’s annual Financial Inclusion Seminar themed, ‘Digital Lending: A...
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Nigerian, Chinese firms plan solar generators for 100m citizens

12.12.2024
Winock Solar, a Nigerian provider of sustainable energy solutions, has signed a partnership agreement with Cola Solar, a Chinese clean energy company, to supply affordable solar generators to 100 million Nigerians within the next five years. According to a press statement on Wednesday, the agreement aims to address Nigeria’s energy challenges by providing solar stand-alone...
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Kaduna onboards 2.2m citizens into financial system

12.12.2024
The Kaduna State Government has onboarded 2.2 million vulnerable residents into Nigeria’s financial system following the signing of its Executive Order for Financial Inclusion. The initiative, aimed at integrating underserved and underprivileged individuals into the banking sector, is expected to boost economic opportunities for these citizens. Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State said this at...
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Nigeria’s imports from Malta hits N766bn – NBS

12.12.2024
Nigeria’s imports from Malta reached a record high of N766.81bn in the third quarter of 2024, according to the latest foreign trade statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics. The figure marked a sharp rise, placing Malta as Nigeria’s fifth-largest import partner for the period, accounting for 5.23 per cent of the country’s total imports,...
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Operators blame forex crisis for high petrol price

12.12.2024
Crude oil refiners and other players in the downstream sector have stated that the dollar charges on locally refined Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, coupled with the cost of importing crude are major reasons for the high cost of the product when compared to imported PMS. Data obtained from the Major Energies Marketers Association...
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