1. Nigeria, Pakistan to improve bilateral trade
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has agreed to lead a delegation saddled with the responsibility of improving bilateral trade and collaboration between Nigeria and Pakistan… Read more
Source: https://punchng.com/nigeria-pakistan-to-improve-bilateral-trade/
2. NSIA grows net assets by 10% to N1tn
The manager of Nigeria’s sovereign wealth fund, the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, grew its net assets by 10 per cent from N919.73bn in 2021 to N1.02tn in the 2022 financial year… Read more
Source: https://punchng.com/nsia-grows-net-assets-by-10-to-n1tn/
3. Nigeria, others have huge investment needs – World Bank
World Bank has said developing counties including Nigeria have huge investment needs due to their inadequate infrastructure and other challenges… Read more
Source: https://punchng.com/nigeria-others-have-huge-investment-needs-world-bank/
4. Oseni takes over as Wema Bank’s MD, CEO
Wema Bank on Saturday announced Moruf Oseni as its substantive Managing Director and Chief Executive Office following approval by the Central Bank of Nigeria… Read more
Source: https://punchng.com/oseni-takes-over-as-wema-banks-md-ceo/
5. What Geregu Power expects from incoming govt
The Chairman of Geregu Power Plc, Mr Femi Otedola, has reiterated the company’s commitment to continue to uphold the tenets of good corporate governance, even as its share price surged by 223 per cent since its listing in October at the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX)… Read more
Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/04/what-geregu-power-expects-from-incoming-govt/
6. NSIA records 10th Year of continuous positive earnings amid market volatility
Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), the manager of Nigeria’s Sovereign Wealth Fund, has recorded its 10th year of continuous positive earnings in spite of volatility and headwinds across markets…Read more
7. This system does not work’: Why vulnerable energy customers face a battle just to get help
Brian Lord had been a founder director of CCN Systems, which later became credit checking giant Experian. What happened before his death 18 years ago drives her quest to ensure vulnerable Britons are recognised and helped to access basic utilities. But the work of her not-for-profit service – and her own later efforts to help her mother – are being hampered by problems with the registers that are designed to identify the most vulnerable… Read more
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/apr/01/this-system-does-not-work-why-vulnerable-energy-customers-face-a-battle-just-to-get-help
8. We won’t be here for long’: UK firms fear the worst as energy bill support ends
Thousands of small businesses risk going bust as “brutal” energy bills are to double with the end of a government support scheme from this weekend… Read more
9. Planning applications in England fall to record low in housing blow
Planning applications in England have fallen to their lowest level in at least 16 years, according to figures published this week by the levelling up department that highlight the scale of the country’s housing crisis… Read more
10. Pacific trade deal is more useful to Joe Biden than it is to the UK’s economy
Tory MPs hailed the UK’s entry last week into the Indo-Pacific trading bloc as a major step on the road to re-establishing Britain as a pioneer of free trade… Read more
