Adebayo: AfCFTA Offers New Opportunities For Nigeria’s Industrial Growth

Adebayo: AfCFTA Offers New Opportunities For Nigeria’s Industrial Growth

The Federal Government has urged Nigerians, particularly industrialists, to take advantage of inherent opportunities to promote Made-in-Nigeria goods as the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) takes off on Jan. 1, 2021.  Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, the Minister of Industry, Trade...
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Unilever Explores Four-Day Working Week

Unilever Explores Four-Day Working Week

Consumer goods giant Unilever plans to test a four-day working week in New Zealand, giving staff a chance to slash their hours by 20% without hurting their pay. The Dove soap, Marmite and Lipton tea owner said it was exploring...
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Jamoh: NIMASA e-library Equipped To Bridge Industry Knowledge Gap

Jamoh: NIMASA e-library Equipped To Bridge Industry Knowledge Gap

Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh, has said that its newly commissioned e-library was equipped to bridge the knowledge gap in the industry. Jamoh, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday,&nb...
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Publisher Lauds FG Planned Stimulus Package For Media, Creative Industry

Publisher Lauds FG Planned Stimulus Package For Media, Creative Industry

A leading Online Publisher, Femi Soneye, has commended the Federal Government for the stimulus package being initiated to cushion effects of COVID-19 on Nigerian media and the creative industry.The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, also...
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BUA Consolidates Cement Business, To Unveil $450m Plant In 2020

BUA Consolidates Cement Business, To Unveil $450m Plant In 2020

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com BUA Group on Wednesday announced the consolidation of its cement business comprising the publicly listed 2million Mtpa Cement Company of Northern Nigeria Plc (CCNN) and 6million mtpaObu Cement Company Plc.This disclosure was ...
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Sustaining Industrial Base Through FOREX Restriction On 41 Items

Sustaining Industrial Base Through FOREX Restriction On 41 Items

Gradually, the Foreign Exchange (FOREX) restriction placed  on 41 items by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is generating positive impact across the country.  The policy, which among others is designed to protect local production and create employme...
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SEC To State Govts: Revitalise Moribund Industries Through Capital Market

SEC To State Govts: Revitalise Moribund Industries Through Capital Market

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has urged state governments to take advantage of the enormous opportunities available in the capital market to revitalise moribund companies in their state in a bid to create wealth for the citizens. Acting Dir...
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Council to FG: Speed up revitalisation of Ajaokuta, ALSCON

Council to FG: Speed up revitalisation of Ajaokuta, ALSCON

The Federal Government has been urged to speed up the revitalisation of the Ajaokuta Steel Company Ltd and Aluminium Smelting Company of Nigeria (ALSCON), as well as revive several moribund steel plants scattered across the country in a bid to...
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LCCI Photo News

LCCI Photo News

L-R: Mr. Ken Abazie, Chairman, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) Petroleum Downstream Group; Dr. Mrs. Nike Akande, President, LCCI; Mr. Ikem Obih, Representative of the Minister of State for Petroleum and Group Executive Director/COO, Downstream, N...
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Osinbajo tasks SON, NAFDAC, others on regulatory approvals within time limits

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...
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LCCI Photo News

LCCI Photo News

Out-going Country Director (Nigeria), African Development Bank, Dr Ousmane Dore and President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, Chief Dr Mrs Nike Akande, CON during a Courtesy Visit of the Country Director to the LCCI in Lagos.
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Creative Industries: Ministry to present three bills to National Assembly

Creative Industries: Ministry to present three bills to National Assembly

The Federal Ministry of Information and Culture is to present three bills to the National Assembly in its effort to re-position the Creative Industry for optimal performance through legislative and regulatory framework. The Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, dis...
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LCCI Photo News

LCCI Photo News

From Left – Mrs Elke Helen, Deputy CEO, Giessen Friedberg Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Dr Matthias Leder, CEO, Giessen Friedberg Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Chief Dr. Mrs. Nike Akande,CON, President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCC...
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