Wednesday, January 6, 2021 World Bank: Vaccine Deployment, Investment Key to Global Economy’s Recovery The World Bank has predicted that the global economy will expand by four per cent in 2021, assuming an initial COVID-19 vaccine rollout becomes widespread throughout the year. It stated that top near-term policy priorities would be to control the spread…
DetailsTuesday, January 5, 2021 OPEC Fails to Agree on February Oil Production Output Members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and their allies, including Russia, yesterday failed to reach an agreement on production levels for February, with talks expected to continue today. The cartel had agreed after its last summit, held from November…
DetailsMonday, January 4, 2021 Onyeali-Ikpe Assumes Office as Fidelity Bank MD/CEO The new Managing Director/CEO of Fidelity Bank Plc, Mrs. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, has assumed office, becoming the fourth chief executive officer and first female to occupy the position since the inception of the bank in 1988. Her tenure formally commenced on January 1, 2021. Read…
DetailsFriday, December 11, 2020 ‘FG Granted N342bn Waivers to Importers in Two Years’ The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed has disclosed that the federal government granted about N342 billion waivers to importers in the last two years. She stated this while speaking at the second phase of a one-day sensitisation…
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