The Managing Director of Anoh Gas Processing Company (AGPC), Engr. Effiong Okon has called on young professionals in the energy sector to embrace adaptability, continuous learning, and strategic thinking to navigate industry challenges and seize emerging opportunities. Okon, who was Keynote Speaker at the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Lagos Energy Week Young Professionals Symposium, emphasised the need for resilience …

The wife of Katsina State Governor, Zulaihat Radda, has unveiled a sustainable moringa farming programme aimed at empowering 3.6 million women in the state. The programme under her Safe Space Humanitarian Initiative project is in partnership with the state Ministry for Agriculture and Livestock Development. Speaking at the event in Katsina on Monday, she said the initiative would provide women …

The Lagos State Government, in partnership with development partners and financial institutions, have empowered over 500 community women with essential financial literacy, entrepreneurship training, and access to vital financial services for them to be self-independent. The women were empowered during advocacy programmes held on different days in five communities in Lagos State with over 100 women from each community. The …

The Naira yesterday sustained its upward trend rising to its highest level in seven months in the parallel market, where it appreciated to N1,500 per dollar from N1,530 per dollar last weekend. The last time the Naira traded below N1,500 per dollar in the parallel market was Friday 21st June last year when it traded at N1495 per dollar. But …

Many do not know, but the shrimp business in Lagos is booming the largest shrimp farm in West Africa, thanks to the state’s favourable climate and the efforts of key players like Atlantic Shrimpers. Located in Badagry, Atlantic Shrimpers boasts an impressive 160-hectare site and employs over 400 staff during peak production. The numbers are staggering – Atlantic Shrimpers exports …

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II, on Sunday, commended President Bola Tinubu, saying the hardship resulting from his bold economic reforms is gradually giving way and yielding fruits for Nigerians. The monarch also said that the arbitrage between the parallel and the official markets has been closed completely for the first time in 20 years. He stated …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) ‘over the failure to reverse the patently unlawful, unfair, unreasonable and unjust increase in Automated Teller Machine transaction fees’. The CBN recently announced that ATM withdrawals made at a machine owned by a bank but outside its branch premises will now attract a charge of N100 …

Fidelity Bank Plc is making impressive strides on its path to fulfilling the recapitalization targets set by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). With a successful first phase of its capital-raising initiative that recorded over 238% over subscription and share price growth of over 100% evidencing a huge surge in investor confidence for the bank. Following the successful completion of …

As part of its efforts to commence operations at Ogun State Gateway International Airport, the state government has launched a recruitment exercise within the civil service to fill 14 key positions essential to aerodrome operations. This was outlined in an internal circular addressed to key government officials and dated 19 February 2025, and obtained by The PUNCH on Saturday. The …

President Bola Tinubu has said that his administration would support businesses in the Financial Technology (Fintech) sector that provide payment infrastructure services for Nigerians and Africans. Agboola said that the company seeks to be listed on the Nigerian Exchange and solicited the President’s support. Receiving the leadership of Flutterwave and Alami Capital in Abuja on Saturday afternoon at the State …