Winnington Citizens & Partners, a visa processing and citizenship acquisition agency said on Friday that Nigerians “can travel to as many as 160 countries across the World without Visa requirements.” Chief Executive Officer of the firm, Mrs Winnie Okoh in an interview with newsmen, said the firms had packages that could ensure such visa-free travels for Nigerians. She said that with only a “Strong Passport” Nigerians who wish to travel to Caribbean countries and parts of Europe would be provided with the opportunity. Okoh, who unveiled the various packages available, said the firm could provide the opportunity for Nigerians to…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
…Ranks 3rd largest globally Silvex International, a leading commodity trading firm in Nigeria, says the country is ranked third largest exporter of sesame around the globe with trading capacity of over N130 billion in 2019. The Chief Operating Officer of the Company, Abubakar Ibrahim made this known while presenting a paper at the monthly industry lecture series organized by the Bayero University Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA) in Kano, Nigeria. In the paper titled, “Effective Commodity Aggregation: Bridging the Gap in Nigeria Agricultural Value Chain”, Ibrahim confirmed that despite challenges ranging from fragmented internal markets, poor linkages, unconnected trader/processor relation…
Total Nigeria Plc on Thursday said that the company’s shareholders on August 19, voted to change its name to TotalEnergies Marketing Nigeria Plc. This was contained in a formal notification signed by the Company’s Secretary/Executive General Manager, Mrs Bunmi Popoola-Mordi, to the investing public and the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited in Lagos. Popoola-Mordi said: “The name change is accompanied by a new visual identity for all of our activities. “It is aimed at anchoring our transformation to a multi-energy group, such transformation being based on a development strategy of two pillars, gas and renewable electricity as well as the underlying…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says that weekly COVID-19 cases in Africa fell by more than 20 per cent, the sharpest seven-day decline in two months as the third wave pandemic tapers off. Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, made this known during a virtual press conference on Thursday. Quoting reports, she said that the African continent registered more than 165,000 cases in the week ending Sept. 5, a 23 per cent decline from the previous week. Moeti said that, however, due to the impact of more transmissible variations, the rate of slowing is slower than in prior rounds. She said that…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has urged the elite to make responsible input in fostering national unity, stability and creating opportunities for majority of Nigerians. Osinbajo made this call in a keynote address at the 2020 Leadership Conference and Awards in Abuja. He commended the Board and Management of the Leadership Newspapers and their collaborators for putting together a forum for such dialogue. Osinbajo said that the meeting was coming against the backdrop of economic adversity, inflamed fault lines and social resentments, with insurgency in the Northeast; kidnappings and terrorist acts in the Northwest and threats of secession in the Southeast and Southwest.…
Kaduna ranked first in terms of financial management and transparency in public finance management, governance practices for three years running, the state Accountant-General, Shizzer Bada, has said. Bada made this known at a town hall engagement with Civil Societies Organisations (CSOs) and people from across the 23 local government areas. He said that the state was more open to information pertaining to policy based fiscal strategy and budgeting; management of assets and debts; budget credibility; control in budget execution; accounting and reporting and external audit and legislative scrutiny. ”This town hall will further give people who seek the state financial reports to see…
Shareholders of the Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (NGX Group,) formerly the NSE, have voted in support of the resolutions presented by the Group at its 60th Annual General Meeting (AGM). The shareholders voted in favour of the resolutions at the first AGM of the NGX Group as a demutualised, shareholder-owned, for-profit entity, in Abuja on Thursday. The Group’s Chairman, NGX Group, Otunba Ogunbanjo said that the AGM was historic since it was the first outside Lagos State in the history of the NGX. “This meeting is also historic in that it marks the first time in the history of the…
Guaranty Trust Bank, now Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc, has posted a profit before tax (PBT) of N93.1 billion for the six months ended June 30, according to the Group Chief Executive Officer of Guaranty Trust Holding, Mr Segun Agbaje. Disclosing the company’s audited financial results for the period ended June 30, on Friday, in Lagos, Agbaje noted that the group’s PBT represented a decrease of 15.2 per cent, when compared to the N109.7 billion recorded in the same period in 2020. Also, profits in the period under review dipped to N79.41 billion from N94.27 billion achieved in the same…
Yiaga Africa, an independent election observer group, has urged the National Assembly to accelerate the passage of the electoral amendment bill as it resumes sitting on Sept 14. In a statement it issued on Thursday, the group said that the passage of the amendments bill would strengthen elections by legalising the deployment of technology for accreditation, voting and transmission of election results. The statement, signed by Cynthia Mbamalu Director of Programs, Yiaga Africa, also commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for its consistent efforts at improving the quality and transparency of elections in the country. Yiaga Africa also lauded…
By Abujah Racheal Seven more people have died from COVID-19 complications as Nigeria recorded 559 fresh cases on Thursday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said in its infections update published on its Facebook page on Friday. The additional 727 COVID-19 infections, on Thursday, indicated an increase over the 559 cases reported on Wednesday and was attributed to the third wave surge caused by the highly transmissible Delta variant and low vaccination rates across the country. The NCDC noted that Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases had jumped to 197,773 on Thursday. To date, it said that 2,585 persons have died due to complications from…