Business

…Disburses over N600bn through BoI to support business By Yinka Kolawole The Federal Government has captured more than 500,000 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in a national database as part of efforts to strengthen industrial development, improve policy planning and enhance Nigeria’s competitiveness in regional and global trade. This is even as over N600 billion has […]

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…Unveils digital complaint portal, call centre By Emeka Anaeto, Business Editor As the Federal Government pushes ahead with its comprehensive fiscal realignments, a critical missing link in the nation’s tax ecosystem has finally been plugged with the formal operationalisation of the Office of the Tax Ombud. The move is designed to safeguard corporate and individual taxpayers […]

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Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has reinforced its position as one of the continent’s leading financial institutions after emerging as Nigeria’s Best Bank for Retail and Sustainability Leadership (ESG) at the prestigious 2026 Euromoney Awards for Excellence.  The awards, presented on Thursday, July 17, 2026, at The Peninsula London in the United […]

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By Cynthia Alo Access Bank Plc has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered application, Access SME App, designed to help Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) manage their daily business operations from a single application. The app was formally unveiled during the bank’s maiden SME conference held over the weekend in Lagos themed, “AI for SMEs: Scaling […]

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