Transportation

Lagos brings technology to the park.

In a bid to facilitate a seamless parking experience across the metropolis, the Lagos State Government has partnered ARCA Payment Ltd. to develop a parking payment application that will enhance coordinated parking operations. Revealing this development at a partnership meeting between the Lagos State Parking Authority and ARCA Payment Ltd., the General Manager of LASPA, Mrs Adebisi Adelabu, stated…
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Economy

Second Niger Bridge to be opened May 15 – Fashola

The Federal Government has said the second Niger bridge will be fully open to vehicular movement on May 15. The Minister of Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola revealed this on Tuesday while inspecting and confirming the completion of the Loko-Oweto Bridge and link roads…
Banking

The UBA Foundation empowers women in technology.

UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of United Bank for Africa Plc, says it has joined the rest of the world to celebrate women in the month of March, with various activities aimed at empowering young women and promoting gender equality. Specifically, the…
Banking

Full List of Approved Loan Applications in Nigeria

No fewer than 173 digital lending applications have been approved to operate in Nigeria by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission. The 173 loan apps, only 119 have full approvals while 54 currently have conditional approvals while it bars illegal online bank Operations of illegal lending apps led to the intervention of the FCCPC’s approval of lending apps legally…
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Aviation

FG to demolish Lagos airport jet hangars

Barring any last-minute change of heart, the Federal Government will in the next one or two weeks begin the demolition of multibillion-naira private jet hangars located at the Murtala Muhammed International Lagos. The Federal Government said the hangars were obstructing the efficient use of the international wing airport and there was a need to demolish them to pave the way for the expansion of…
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Markets

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. This was disclosed in its audited results for the 2022 financial year, which was…
Banking

UBA grows profit by 31% to N201bn

United Bank for Africa on Thursday said it recorded N201bn profit before tax in its 2022 financial period. The bank disclosed this in a statement on its audited financial results for the full year ended December 31, 2022, titled, ‘Full year 2022: UBA delivers strong results as profit hits N201bn’. It stated that, “Despite the highly challenging global economic and business environment, UBA…
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