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November 8, 2021 No Responses

SEC, SON, Others To Brainstorm On Commodities Standards

The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Standards Organisation of Nigeria are set to take their collaboration on Commodities Trading Ecosystem a step further with the hosting of a Commodities Standards Sensitisation Workshop. A statement issued on Sunday by SEC’s...

November 5, 2021 No Responses

5G:Pantami Seeks Collaboration For Effective Deployment

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, has urged stakeholders of the telecommunications industry to collaborate for effective deployment of the Fifth Generation (5G) technology in the country. Pantami said this in his keyn...

October 28, 2021 No Responses

NCC, WATRA To Combat e-Fraud, Standardise Regional Roaming Tariffs

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and other telecoms regulators under the auspices of West African Telecoms Regulators Assembly (WATRA) are set to develop technical and regulatory modalities aimed at combating rising wave of electronic frauds, and s...

October 26, 2021 No Responses

Imumolen: ENDSARS Is About Fixing The Economy

The recent #ENDSARS protests recorded in some parts of the country is beyond mere agitations to the activities of the police, but beyond that is the need for the government to fix the economy, which is moribund, Convener of Nigeria Peace...

October 21, 2021 No Responses

LADOL MD Joins UNCTAD, GIZ To Launch Handbook On Special Economic Zones In Africa

By ebosele@hotmail.com — The LADOL Free Zone Managing Director, Dr Amy Jadesimi has joined a high-level panel convened by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarb...

October 21, 2021 No Responses

AfDB, MTN Sign $0.5m Grant-Agreement

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a grant agreement worth $500,000 dollars with Y’ello Digital Financial Services (YDFS), a fintech subsidiary of MTN, for a study on the economic, religious and social factors hampering access to finance by women...

October 14, 2021 No Responses

Eto: TTP Implores Stakeholders On Traffic Procedures, List Gains

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — To consolidate on the gains recorded by the Truck Transit Parks (TTP), owners of Eto App, the management of the company has appealed to all stakeholders to abide by laid down procedures. Eto App is an...

October 13, 2021 No Responses

AfCFTA: NPA Reiterates Support For Intra-African Trade

By ebosele@hotmail.com All seaports in Nigeria are being repositioned as efficient and reliable gateways as part of measures to optimise trade interconnectivity with other countries under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, A...

October 11, 2021 No Responses

Poultry Farmers Decry High Cost Of Inputs

Poultry Farmers under the aegis of the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) in Alimosho, Lagos State have lamented the rising cost of poultry inputs. The farmers in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) highlighted some challenges fac...

October 10, 2021 No Responses

NCC Reiterates Support For e-Government, Others

The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has highlighted the various regulatory measures of the Commission toward deepening the adoption of e-Government and other Internet-driven services in the co...

October 8, 2021 No Responses

Coca-Cola Unveils N560b Investment Agenda For Nigeria

The management of the Coca-Cola System in Nigeria, comprising Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) and Coca-Cola Nigeria is to invest N560 billion in Nigeria within five years. Addressing Journalists on Thursday as part of activities to mark the company’...

October 1, 2021 No Responses

Agriculture Stakeholders Seek Elimination Of Middlemen

Some agriculture stakeholders have called for the elimination of middlemen activities across all crop value-chain to curb hike in food prices. They made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos in...

September 29, 2021 No Responses

GOCOP To Host Business Lunch With Corporate Affairs Managers

The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has concluded plans to host corporate affairs managers to a business lunch at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos. A statement issued by the Guild explained that the event is part of the activities lined...

September 28, 2021 No Responses

Plateau Generates N17b Internal Revenue In Nine Months

Between January and September 2021, Plateau State Internal Revenue Service (PSIRS) generated N17 billion Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). Chairman, Plateau State Internal Revenue Service (PSIRS), Mr Arlat Dasogot, made the d...