Following the rate of the spread of the novel Coronavirus outbreak from China, the Lagos State Government has directed all returning travellers from the Asian nation and those exposed to travellers from the country to observe self-quarantine for 14 days on arrival in Lagos. The state government has also dismissed reports that a case of

For displaying excellent financial performance, leveraging technology for business growth, creating a universal payment gateway and advancing efforts towards creating a sustainable future, Africa’s largest retail bank, Access Bank Plc, emerged winner of the Best Bank in Nigeria and Best Product Launch (Pan Africa) categories at the 2019 Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Finance

Africa’s largest bank in assets and customer base, Access Bank Plc. has continued its recent trend of wins, as it emerged the ‘Bank of the Year’ at The Bankers Awards which took place at Sheraton Grand Park Lane in London. The Bank was selected winner based on its impressive financial performance over the years, meeting

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said Nigeria may lose two million children to pneumonia in the next decade if modalities are not put in place to curb the disease. The UN body identified malnutrition, air pollution and lack of access to vaccines and antibiotics as the drivers of preventable deaths from pneumonia, which

No hiding place: companies need to demonstrate they pay their fair share ​ The launch of a new tax reporting standard that seeks to ensure multinationals are much clearer about how much – and where – they pay their taxes has received widespread international support. The GRI Tax Standard is the first global standard for

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) disbursed N2.273 trillion to the three tiers of government and other statutory recipients between July and September this year, according to data from the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI). Also, the total revenues from Value Added Tax (VAT) dropped by N36.8 billion to N275.12 billion in the third

The Convention on Business Integrity (CBi) in collaboration with the ActionAid and the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has unveiled a Unique Web-based Solution that prepares MSMEs to meet COSO 2013 standards on internal controls and to establish certifiable anti-bribery, anti-corruption standards (ABAC). The launch which was held in Lagos recently, had in

By 2050, many coastal megacities and small island nations will experience once-a-century weather catastrophes every year, even with an aggressive drawdown of greenhouse gas emissions, a major UN report said. More than a billion people will, by mid-century, be living in areas prone to cyclones, large-scale flooding and other extreme weather events amplified by rising