The growth was due to an increase in prices and higher volume of sales.

Nami said that the difficult but necessary reforms will yield long-term benefits.

The firm said it believed a “structured hybrid approach” was most effective and people living within 80km of an office should work in person at least twice a week.

The move cements Afreximbank’s efforts to promote and develop trade between Africa and the Caribbean in line with its Diaspora Strategy.

“We have sufficient cash in naira to pay off and all we need is access to hard currency.”

The airline’s spokesman said the flight is to concretise the relationship between the airline and the government of Antigua and Barbuda.

Despite the improved rating, the debt assessor still scored Nigeria at B-, six notches into junk and on par with Bolivia and Barbados.

He asked them to remain focused to realise the transformation agenda of Tinubu’s government.

Nigeria President Bola Tinubu has said a comprehensive forensic audit of the country’s Central Bank is underway, while a thorough overhaul of the Civil Service payroll is imminent.

The company is also frantically working to spud the Wadi-B in Borno state, tentatively by the second week of August.

“The Commission will continue engaging Google to clarify how and why apps that have not received relevant regulatory approvals are available on Google’s platform.”

The Director of NMDPRA, Ogbugo Ukoha stressed that market forces determine the price of fuel.

“Banga will spend his time identifying opportunities to create jobs for young people and women, addressing energy needs and renewable energy, and further exploring the potential for digitisation.

He recommended digital capturing of all beneficiaries of the cash transfer, ahead of the plan to share the $800 million World Bank loan to vulnerable Nigerians.

“A lot of them cannot afford the requirements that financial institutions typically put forward,” he said.

“This is to enable them continue to play their expected roles in the economy and provide specialised retail banking services to their customers.”

He insisted that Nigeria is not transitioning away from fossil fuels.

“Everything that we are talking about now is going to ride on AIS automation and that process is ongoing currently,” said NAMA MD Odunowo.

“Afreximbank is working with the African Union Commission, to facilitate seamless flow of goods and payments in any currencies chosen by sellers and buyers in a transparent manner.”

It was adjudged the best commercial bank and best corporate governance bank in Nigeria.