Category: News

Osinbajo To Auto Stakeholders: Focus More On Vehicle Financing
July 4, 2018 No Responses

Osinbajo To Auto Stakeholders: Focus More On Vehicle Financing

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo  has called on stakeholders in the African automotive industry to pay more attention to vehicle refinancing, noting that it is impossible to have a successful automotive sector without a robust vehicle financing regime.  The Vice President...
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SIFAX Group Sponsors The Next Titan
July 4, 2018 No Responses

SIFAX Group Sponsors The Next Titan

SIFAX Group, a multinational company with interests in Aviation, Maritime, Haulage & Logistics, Oil & Gas and Hospitality, among others, has once again demonstrated its resolve to stimulate and grow youth entrepreneurship with its sponsorship of the fi...
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Arunma Oteh, Adesina, Adeosun, Others For 2018 ASEA Conference
July 3, 2018 No Responses

Arunma Oteh, Adesina, Adeosun, Others For 2018 ASEA Conference

Registration is now open for the 22nd Annual African Securities Exchange Association (ASEA) Conference scheduled to hold on November 26 and 27, 2018 at Oriental Hotel, Lagos, Nigeria.  According to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), attendees can register via...
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Nigeria Implores African Leaders On Corruption
July 3, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria Implores African Leaders On Corruption

The Federal Government has stressed the need for African countries to continue to strengthen anti-corruption laws and enforcement institutions and systems.   The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, made the call at the just concluded 33rd Session o...
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Farmers Decry Late Distribution Of Inputs
July 2, 2018 No Responses

Farmers Decry Late Distribution Of Inputs

Members of the Zero Hunger Commodity Farmers’ Association of Nigeria have identified late distribution of inputs to beneficiaries of the Anchor Borrowers Programme as a major challenge to the scheme.  The association, in a communiqué issued at the end of.....
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Lafarge Under Probe Over Alleged Terrorist Funding
June 29, 2018 No Responses

Lafarge Under Probe Over Alleged Terrorist Funding

Cement giant LafargeHolcim says its French subsidiary is under formal investigation in France over claims it funded a terrorist group in Syria.  The subsidiary is also accused of complicity in crimes against humanity and endangering lives in Syria.  Last yea...
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Olu Of Warri Lauds NPA Boss, Dredging Of Escravos Channel
June 29, 2018 No Responses

Olu Of Warri Lauds NPA Boss, Dredging Of Escravos Channel

The Olu of Warri, HIS Royal Majesty, OgiameIkewoli, has called on all stakeholders in the Delta Ports to give maximum support and cooperation to the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala Usman as part of measures to sustain...
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ILO Seeks Urgent Action To Prevent Looming Global Care Crisis
June 29, 2018 No Responses

ILO Seeks Urgent Action To Prevent Looming Global Care Crisis

Investment in the care economy needs to be doubled to avert a looming global care crisis, says a new ILO report. Sweeping changes in policies should address the rising need for care and tackle the huge disparity between women’s and...
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World Bank Approves $2.1B Loan For Seven Projects In Nigeria
June 29, 2018 No Responses

World Bank Approves $2.1B Loan For Seven Projects In Nigeria

The World Bank says it has approved a 2.1 billion dollar loan for seven projects to support Nigeria’s investment in nutrition, access to electricity, states’ fiscal transparency and polio eradication.   It said this in a statement issued on Thursday...
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CCNN Proposes Merger With BUA Cement, Targets 2m Metric Tonnes Per Annum
June 28, 2018 No Responses

CCNN Proposes Merger With BUA Cement, Targets 2m Metric Tonnes Per Annum

  The Board of Directors, Cement Company of Northern Nigeria (CCNN) and owners of the 500,000 metric tonnes per annum Sokoto Cement Plant has notified the Nigerian Stock Exchange of its proposed merger with  Kalambaina Cement Company Limited, owned by...
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FAO Team In Maiduguri, Explains Support For 149, 730 Farming Households
June 28, 2018 No Responses

FAO Team In Maiduguri, Explains Support For 149, 730 Farming Households

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is to assist more than one million people in the Northeast to grow between six and eight months’ worth of food in the 2018 rainy season. Mr Suffyan Koroma, the FAO representative in Nigeria...
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Heritage Bank, NANTA Unveil Nigeria Travel Practitioner Identification Card
June 28, 2018 No Responses

Heritage Bank, NANTA Unveil Nigeria Travel Practitioner Identification Card

Heritage Bank Plc in collaboration with the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA) has unveiled the Nigeria Travel Practitioners Identification Card (NTPIC).  Head of corporate communications of Heritage Bank, Mr. Fela Ibidapo explained that ...
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Cassava: Edo, IITA Explore Areas Of Collaboration
June 28, 2018 No Responses

Cassava: Edo, IITA Explore Areas Of Collaboration

The Edo State Government and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) today agreed to join forces to bring about transformational change in cassava, as the oil-rich state embarks on reforms to diversify its economy.   Edo State Governor, God...
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ICPC Recovers 17 Vehicles From Ex-FAAN Officials
June 27, 2018 No Responses

ICPC Recovers 17 Vehicles From Ex-FAAN Officials

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has recovered 17 vehicles from former officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).   The officials left with the vehicles after  their retirements or disengageme...
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