Business News Archives — Page 7 of 48

August 27, 2021 No Responses

NNPC, Kaduna, Sign MoU 0n Gas Utilisation, Expansion

Nigeria’s domestic gas penetration aspirations have received a major boost as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Kaduna State Government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for utilisation and expansion of gas supply in the state. Speaking at the MoU Execution...

August 26, 2021 No Responses

Shell, Rights Group Disagree On Remediation Of Ikarama Spill Site

Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and an Environmental Rights group, have disagreed on remediation of spilled sites at Ikarama community in Bayelsa State. While the rights group, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN...

August 25, 2021 No Responses

Qatar Airways Get Highest Cargo Uplift Award

For achieving the highest export tonnage (2850 tonnes) out of Nepal in 2020, Nepal Freight Forwarders Association (NEFFA) has honoured Qatar Airways Cargo with an award. The award was handed over in Kathmandu during the annual Nepal Cargo Day...

August 24, 2021 No Responses

NEPZA, Borno Reactivate Banki Border Free Trade Zone

The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) has commenced the process of reactivating the Banki border Free Trade Zone in Borno State, to spur economic development. The Managing Director of NEPZA, Prof. Adesoji Adesugba disclosed this on Monday...

August 23, 2021 No Responses

NCC Boss Lists Benefits Of Digital Literacy To Socio-Economic Development

The Executive Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has identified major benefits in promoting digital literacy in the country. Delivering the first Annual Lecture of the Bic...

August 23, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria Attains 100 Percent Capacity In Production Of SIM Cards, Others

The Federal Government says it has achieved 100 percent in the production of Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards as well as the manufacture of many components of cell phones used in the country. The Minister of Communications and Digital Econo...

August 22, 2021 No Responses

NCC, Others To Increase Nigeria’s GDP‘

The Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy says the Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector will increase its contributions to the country’s revenue, to boost the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The Minister of Communications and ...

August 22, 2021 No Responses

APM Terminals Apapa Boosts Service Delivery With Berthing Window

Nigeria’s leading container terminal operator, APM Terminals Apapa has launched a Berthing Window service to reduce the waiting time of ships and help consignees take prompt delivery of their consignments at the port. The first Berthing Window fo...

August 22, 2021 No Responses

FirstBank Boosts SMEs With N500,000

FirstBank of Nigeria on Sunday announced a N500,000 business grant to five Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), through its SMEConnect initiative aimed at boosting employment. Group Head, Retail Banking, Lagos Mainland 1, FirstBank, Mrs Oludolapo Adigun, li...

August 22, 2021 No Responses

Shippers Seek Stoppage Of Excessive Charges For Groupage Containers

President, Shippers Association of Lagos (SAL), Rev. Jonathan Nicole, has called for the stoppage of excessive charges for groupage containers in Nigeria. Nicole said this in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. The term groupage refers to a type...

August 21, 2021 No Responses

Nestle Empowers 50 Rural Women In FCT, Targets 300 In Second Phase

Nestle Nigeria Plc., on Friday inaugurated a project aimed at empowering rural women in Nigeria to scale up their retail businesses through training, mentorship and grants with Nestle products. Mr Khaled Ramada, Nestle Nigeria’s Commercial Manager, at the ev...

August 20, 2021 No Responses

SEC, CIS, Harp On Resilient Capital Market

The Securities and Exchange Commission has expressed the need for the capital market to be strengthened to accelerate domestic production and employment given the direct correlation between the increase in production and job creation. To achieve this...

August 19, 2021 No Responses

FEC Approves N1.7b For NEITI, NDLEA, FRSC

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N1.7billion for the acquisition of permanent office for the Nigeria Extractive Industries, Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and purchase of scanners for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Mr Femi...

August 19, 2021 No Responses

Anambra Extols Air Peace, Onyema’s Patriotism

The Anambra State Government has praised Nigeria’s leading air carrier, Air Peace, for its no-city-left-behind strategy which has seen it open operations in different parts of the country in the last few months The latest operations were opened in Gombe....