Tony Elumelu, chairman, United Bank for Africa Plc, has commended the African Finance Corporation on its initiatives and contributions targeted towards supporting African economies in the past few years. He said that these initiatives had gone a long way in fostering growth and diversity on the continent. According to a statement issued by Ramon Nasir, UBA external affairs officer, on Wednesday, Elumelu gave this commendation [...]
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Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, says his state is the only one in the entire federation to have started the year 2017 with an approved budget. Speaking at the second edition of the Kaduna Investment Forum (Kadinvest 2.0), el-Rufai said the state was ranked by African Finance Corporation (AFC) as the fastest growing state in Nigeria. He said the state's Ease [...]
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), a pan-African multilateral development finance institution, says Sarah Alade, its former chairman, has been replaced by Joseph Nnanna, a deputy governor at the Central Bank of Nigeria. Alade, who was representing the CBN at AFC, officially retired from the bank on March 22, 2017, and subsequently stepped down from her position as chairman of the AFC Board [...]
The Super Eagles of Nigeria kickoff their World Cup 2014 campaign today with a match with Iran at the Arena da Baixada and are hoping to win their first World Cup match since France 1998. With group favourites Argentina beating Bosnia 2-1 yesterday, Nigeria, who are expected to compete with tournament newcomers Bosnia and today’s opponent, Iran for the second spot, [...]
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