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October 29, 2021 No Responses

SON Unveils 37 Standards For Industrial Development

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has unveiled 37 standards to boost Nigeria’s industrial development and improve its competitiveness in the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). Chairman, SON Governing Council, Mrs Evelyn Ngige, made this known during a visit by...

September 27, 2021 No Responses

Innovation, Quality Service Earned TAJBank Industry Award – Customers, Others

Scores of TAJBank Limited’s customers and other industry analysts from across the geo-political zones of the country have linked the award conferred on TAJBank Limited, Nigeria’s most innovative non-interest bank, by the Leadership Media Group as well...

May 24, 2021 No Responses

LADOL BOSS: Sustainable Local Industrialisation Is Necessary For A Strong Supply Chain

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com — The key to building a strong supply chain is Sustainable Local Industrialisation, Managing Director of LADOL Free Zone, Dr, Amy Jadesimi has said. Dr. Amy stated this as a guest speaker at the hybrid event of 2021 S...

February 22, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria To Boost FTZs Competitiveness Through AfCFTA

The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) is to leverage on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCTA) to boost the country’s Free Trade Zones (FTZs) competitiveness. Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, the Managing Director of NEPZA, made t...

December 24, 2020 No Responses

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, t...

December 1, 2020 No Responses

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...

November 30, 2020 No Responses

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...

May 26, 2020 No Responses

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...

October 30, 2019 No Responses

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 ...

March 29, 2019 No Responses

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...

January 25, 2019 No Responses

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...

September 18, 2017 No Responses

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...

May 13, 2017 No Responses

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...

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...