Business News Archives — Page 16 of 48

January 13, 2021 No Responses

Delta Boosts Agro-Industrial Park With N8b

Delta State Government has injected N8 billion sourced from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) into the Agro-Industrial Park project in Aboh-Ogwashi in Aniocha South Local Government Area. The State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, explained on Tuesday during an...

January 11, 2021 No Responses

Nigerian Oil Palm Growers Condemn Illegal Importation

The Oil Palm Growers Association of Nigeria (OPGAN) has condemned what it described as the continued illegal importation of Oil Palm into the country, According to the group, the oil palm industry in Nigeria also deserves more a...

January 11, 2021 No Responses

Dangote To Commission New Cement Plants in Niger, Benin, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Togo

With many countries strategizing for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) that kicked off at the beginning of this month, Dangote Industries Ltd, has stated that its cement expansion plan and fertilizer investments will open new trade routes for...

January 10, 2021 No Responses

Starzs Investments Appoints Obuoforibo CEO As Ogbeifun Retires

The Board of Directors of Starzs Investments Company Limited has approved the appointment of Ms Iroghama Obuoforibo as Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the company with effect from 1st February, 2021. Obuoforibo’s appointme...

January 9, 2021 No Responses

Demutualisation: NSE Inaugurates Claims Review Panel

Ahead of its demutualisation, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has inaugurated a ‘Claims Review Panel’, pursuant to the provisions of the NSE Demutualisation Act 2018. NSE President, Otunba Abimbola Ogunbanjo in a statement on Friday explained that&n...

January 7, 2021 No Responses

Customs Generates N1.5trn Revenue In 2020

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it generated the sum of N1.5 trillion for the year 2020. The Customs’ Public Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Attah, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. Attah said the amount realised...

January 6, 2021 No Responses

AFAN Seeks all-Year-Round Farming

The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), has called for the adoption of policies that would support all-year-round farming to mitigate hunger and malnutrition in the country. AFAN’s National President, Mr Kabri Ibrahim, made the call in an interview wi...

January 4, 2021 No Responses

Onyeali-Ikpe, First Female MD/CEO Of Fidelity Bank Assumes Office

The new Managing Director/CEO of Fidelity Bank Plc, Mrs. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, whose tenure formally commenced on January 1, 2021 has assumed office, becoming the 4th Chief Executive and first female to occupy the position since the inception of the bank in...

January 2, 2021 No Responses

Tony Elumelu Foundation Partners PwC On Impact Assessment Report

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) on Friday unveiled the TEF Entrepreneurship programme for 2021 to empower women and men across the African continent. Meanwhile, the Foundation in conjunction with Price Waterhouse and Coopers (PwC)&n...

January 1, 2021 No Responses

CBN Pledges Increased Access To Credit In 2021

Nigerian households will most likely have improved access to credit beginning from the first quarter of 2021, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said The Credit Condition Survey Report released by the Statistics Department of the apex bank has...

January 1, 2021 No Responses

Tony Elumelu Foundation Opens 2021 Entrepreneurship Programme Application

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy dedicated to empowering African entrepreneurs, opens applications on its TEFConnect digital platform (www.tefconnect.com) today, January 1, 2021. According to the Foundation, this year’...

January 1, 2021 No Responses

AfCFTA: Examining Nigeria’s Steps Toward One Africa Market

By Joshua Olomu, News Agency of Nigeria — As African Union (AU) member countries start the ‘One African Market’ on January 1, 2021 under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Nigeria stands at the threshol...

December 31, 2020 No Responses

KPMG Names Ecobank Nigeria Among Top Three In Customer Service Support To SMEs

Leading audit and professional services company, KPMG Nigeria, has ranked Ecobank Nigeria among the top three banks with good customer experience in the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) segment. KPMG’s Nigeria banking industry customer experience...

December 29, 2020 No Responses

NAFDAC Clampdown On Six Pharmaceutical Firms

National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down six pharmaceutical manufacturers for non-compliance with Good manufacturing Practice (GMP). Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Director General of the Agency, explained i...