A fish farming expert, Mr Okon Amah, has urged local fish farmers to apply basic preventive measures, including using bitter leaf juice, to stop fish mortality in their ponds. “The basic step is that you need to change your water regularly and feed the fish regularly to prevent mortality because […]
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Dr Mohammad Abubakar, Minister of Environment, on Monday, disclosed that several statistics have emphasised Nigeria as the most notorious country in the world for oil spills, losing roughly 400,000 barrels per day. He also noted Nigeria recorded 4,919 oil spills between 2015 to March 2021 and lost 4.5 trillion barrels […]
A tax consultant, Dr McAnthony Dike, has reacted to the Federal Government’s plan to introduce excise duty on telecommunications airtime charges. Dike, who is a former President of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, said the proposed plan was not out of place. According to him, the plan was […]
United Bank for Africa (UBA) has communicated to its customers a new update on the use of its Unstructured Supplementary Data (USSD). UBA in an email sent to customers on Saturday (5th of June, 2021) informed of a “flat session fee of ₦6.98 for all USSD banking transactions (*919#)”. The […]
Union Bank of Nigeria, a commercial bank which has been in operation since 1917 has announced a new update on the use of its USSD code for transactions by customers. The bank in an email sent to customers noted that they will now be charged whenever they transfer fund using […]
Guaranty Trust Bank, GTB, has announced a new update as regard the use of its Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) transactions by customers. The company in an email sent to customers on Friday (June 4, 2022) noted customers will now be charged N6.98 whenever they transfer using the USSD. The […]
Some business terms can be a little bit confusing but if you take a step back and really look at it, it is not so confusing after all. Stocks, Shares and Dividends can be some of those terms that may fall in this category, particularly if you are not in […]
The Katsina State Government says it has disbursed N2billion as loan to 90,677 traders and small business owners in the state to boost economic activities. Alhaji Abdulkadir Mohammed-Nasir, the Special Adviser to Gov. Aminu Masari on Economic Empowerment made this known, while briefing newsmen on the achievements recorded by the […]
“Insolvency” and “bankruptcy” are two words people often mix up, thinking they are the same. These two words are quite common in the financial world. Insolvency is a state where a person or organization is unable to take care of its debt. In other words, it’s a situation where a […]
Just as it unveiled plans to celebrate the two years of Fayemi’s government, the Ekiti State Government on Thursday expressed delight that the Ikun Dairy Farms in the state now produces milk. The farm was first reported in July to have resumed production of milk after 40 years of its […]