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March 6, 2017 No Responses

LCCI to Osinbajo: Sustain strategic engagement with Niger Delta stakeholders

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) at the weekend advised the Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo to sustain ongoing engagement with stakeholders in the Niger Delta. President of LCCI, Dr (Mrs) Nike Akande, said: “The country has witnessed...

March 3, 2017 No Responses

Customs gives deadline for payment of vehicle duties

The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) has approved a grace period of one month, between Monday, 13th March to Wednesday 12th April 2017 for owners of all vehicles within the Country whose customs duty has not been...

March 3, 2017 No Responses

NSE Photo News

L – R shows Monday Usaide, Head, Market Development Department, Debt Management Office (DMO); Ade Bajomo, Executive Director, Market Operations and Technology, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Abraham Nwankwo, Director General, DMO; Oladele Afolabi, Direct...

March 2, 2017 No Responses

‘Economic dangers of an amended NLNG Act’

Hopes for economic and industrial growth will be dashed if inhibitors such as the removal of legislative frameworks like the Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) Fiscal Incentives, Guarantees and Assurances Act, are permitted in the Nigerian gas industry, the Managing D...

March 1, 2017 No Responses

SEC canvasses international collaboration on mergers, acquisitions

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday expressed its readiness to collaborate with relevant international agencies to ensure that the growth of Mergers and Acquisitions in the country is sustained. Director General of SEC, Mounir Gwarzo stat...

March 1, 2017 No Responses

How Africa can benefit from $12tri global economic development target, by LADOL, world business leaders

The Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics base (LADOL) has joined notable world business promoters in mapping out strategies to actualize how Africa could effectively reap a whopping $1 trillion from a projected $12 trillion new market value in an emerging global...

March 1, 2017 No Responses

Osinbajo tasks SON, NAFDAC, others on regulatory approvals within time limits

It is the role of government’s regulatory agencies to act as catalysts of beneficial change and to take responsibility for facilitating businesses in the country, the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo has said. “We must see ourselves as agents of some...

February 28, 2017 No Responses

Presidency: Osinbajo not performing better than Buhari

The Presidency on Monday said it was wrong for anybody to be claiming that the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has been performing better than President Muhammadu Buhari since the President started his extended medical vacation. It said Osinbajo still co...

February 28, 2017 No Responses

FG flags off presidential initiative on fertilizer, targets 100,000 jobs

The Presidential Fertilizer Initiative of the Federal Government produced more than 4,000 metric tonnes of locally-blended fertilizer in the first week of operation. The Initiative was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari in December 2016, to achieve t...

February 28, 2017 No Responses

NIMASA targets strategic growth with 2017 Budget

The 2017 budget of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is tailored towards strategic growth and other developmental initiatives of the maritime sector, Director General, Dr. Dakuku Peterside has said. The DG who stated this during the 2...

February 27, 2017 No Responses

SEC Seals Yuan Dong over ‘illegal activities’

Citing need to protect investors and ensure that illegal operators are not allowed to operate in Nigeria’s capital market, the Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigeria (SEC) has sealed up the premises of Yuan Dong (YDEC). According to a statement by.....

February 26, 2017 No Responses

FG recalls two sacked NCAA directors

The federal government has recalled two out of the nine directors who were sacked from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Friday. The duo are Adamu Abdullahi, Director of Consumer Protection, and Ayodele Sasegbon, Director of general aviation. Sam...

February 26, 2017 No Responses

Dogara lauds Oslo Summit on Food Crisis in North East

Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara, has commended the convening of World leaders in Oslo, Norway, “which saw donors pledging $672 to tackle food crisis in the north east for the next three years”. In a statement issued...

February 24, 2017 No Responses

CBN re-introduces charges on cash deposits, withdrawals

About three years after the policy was suspended, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday announced the re-introduction of bank charges on certain categories of cash deposits and withdrawals. In a circular to all Deposit Money Banks posted on...