Business

MOMAN Backs FG On Subsidy Removal

April 19, (THEWILL) – The Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN), has said it is in support of the Federal Government’s plan to remove oil subsidy from June 2023. MOMAN’s position comes amid strong opposition from mainstream labour...

Confusion As Court Voids Contracts, Appointments, Others By NNPCL Board

April 19, (THEWILL) – A Federal High Court in Abuja has nullified all decisions taken by the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) between January 5, 2022 and April 18, 2023. The annulment was pronounced by...

Nova Merchant Bank Posts 108% Profit Growth to N3.5bn As Earnings Surge

April 18, (THEWILL) - NOVA Merchant Bank Limited announced its Audited Full Year 2022 financial results, showing an outstanding 107.9% year-on-year growth in profit before tax and the group year-on-year profit before tax of 98.2%. The financial institution’s...

ExxonMobil Declares Force Majeure On Qua Iboe

April 18, (THEWILL) – ExxonMobil has declared force majeure on lifts from different terminals in the country following industrial action by the company’s in-house workers union, the company said on Monday in a statement. Spokesperson Michelle Gray in a...

Nigeria’s Poor Fiscal Position Worsening — World Bank

April 18, (THEWILL) – The World Bank has said that Nigeria’s deteriorating fiscal crisis is worsening as Africa’s largest economy used 96.3 percent of its 2022 revenue to service debts. The fact was contained in the Macro Poverty Outlook for...

Resumption Of Commercial Flights To Benue Cost Unquantifiable Sum – Ortom

April 17, (THEWILL) - Governor Samuel Ortom has expressed optimism that with the resumption of commercial flight operations to Makurdi, Benue State, will raise business and economic activities to the advantage of the state. The governor, who made the disclosure...

Emefiele Applauds IMF’s Support for CBN’s Monetary Policies

April 17, (THEWILL) – The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has applauded the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) support for the recent tightening of monetary policies in recent months. Emefiele made this remark while addressing journalists...

Group Protests Nigeria’s Borrowing at IMF, World Bank Meeting

April 16, (THEWILL) - A civil society organisation, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CSLAC), has protested at the 2023 IMF/World Bank Group Spring meetings in Washington DC, USA, against Nigeria’s incessant borrowing from the Bretton Woods Institutions which contributed...

An Impressive Start: UBA Group Posts 47.5% Growth in Gross Earnings, Profit Hits ₦61.4bn

April 16, (THEWILL) - Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has released its unaudited results for the first quarter ended March 31st, 2023, recording remarkable growth across all its major income lines. The Bank’s result...

Ponzi Bill: Attempt at Sanitising Nigeria’s Financial Markets?

In the latest of efforts aimed at strengthening the functioning of Nigeria’s capital market and protect investors, the National Assembly on 29 March 2023 passed the Investment and Securities Bill (ISB 2023). The Bill has provisions for more stringent...