Business

  Tango Brook Technologies has launched the Tango Fuel Card, a digital fuel management system designed to give individuals and corporate customers greater transparency, control and rewards in managing fuel expenditure.   In a statement on Tuesday, the company said the Tango Fuel Card provides access to physical payment cards ...

    The Airtel Africa Foundation, in collaboration with UNICEF, has unveiled an ambitious plan to directly impact over 10 million lives across the continent by 2030 through education, digital inclusion, environmental sustainability, and financial literacy programmes.   The announcement was made on Tuesday at a press conference in Lagos ...

FirstBank partners Lagos for E1 Lagos GP In line with its commitments of promoting sports and developmental initiatives at all levels, First Bank of Nigeria Limited is partnering the organizers of the first of its kind E1 Lagos GP an all-electric powerboat racing championship, set to hold between the 3rd and ...

  The Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources has ordered the immediate suspension of all reclamation projects across the state.   PUNCH Online reports that reclamation projects are engineered efforts to create new usable land from water-covered areas by filling them with sand, earth, rock, or other ...

  The Chairman of Carnival Calabar, Gabe Onah, has called for stronger private sector investment to sustain the popular street party.   Onah made the call on the sidelines of the 21st Akwaaba African Travel Market on Tuesday in Lagos.   The chairman said the annual carnival, which would turn ...

  The President of Dangote Petroleum Refinery, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has said that the moribund Ajaokuta Steel Complex may never work, insisting that global technological advancements have overtaken the project.   Dangote, who spoke on Tuesday in an interview with journalists, stressed that while no nation can thrive without a ...

Wema Bank Concludes ₦150 Billion Rights Issue with CBN & SEC Approval, Surpasses Regulatory Capital Requirement Wema Bank Plc (“the Bank”) announces the successful completion of its ₦150 billion Rights Issue, which opened on April 14th,2025, and closed on May 21st,2025. The exercise has received formal approval from the Central ...

UBA to Empower Female Entrepreneurs, Drive Financial Inclusion with N5 Billion BOI MSME Fund Africa’s global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has secured a N5 billion loan facility from the Bank of Industry (BOI), to boost key sectors of the economy and support the growth of sustainable and viable ...

The Alternative Bank Targets Women, Men, and Farmers with National Financial Inclusion, Entrepreneurship Drive The Alternative Bank, one of Nigeria’s leading non-interest banks, has ramped up its efforts to promote economic empowerment and financial inclusion for market traders and smallholder farmers across the country. With a focus on improving access ...

    The Naira closed the week on a positive note, gaining 4.52 kobo against the U.S. dollar at the official market on Friday.   According to the latest figures from the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Naira traded at N1,534.72 per dollar.   The figure represents a modest gain ...