Tag: Investment

The Federal Government on Thursday advised capital market operators to consider retail investments, to enable ordinary citizens in the country to invest in the market.  Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, made the call at ...

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...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released guidelines for implementation of the proposed N75 billion Nigeria Youth Investment Fund (NYIF). CBN, in a statement by its Development Finance Department, stated that the fund was a built-in strategy to effectivel...

The Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) on Sunday urged the Federal Government to leverage investment opportunities in the capital market for medium and long-term capital to bridge infrastructure deficit.  The CIS President, Mr Olatunde Amolegbe, in...

Representatives of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Nigerian International Securities Limited (NISL) and the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) on Monday committed to expanding retail investment opportunities in the capital market.   The rep...

Collaboration by South-West states, with a renewed focus at unveiling viable and sustainable investment opportunities in the agribusiness value chain, is critical to national economic diversification and self-reliance, the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industr...

The Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) and its partner, the UK Department for International Development (DFID) on Monday inaugurated the Nigeria Investment Guide at the ongoing UK-Africa Investment Summit 2020. NIPC’s Executive Secretary, Yewand...

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) on Friday in Abuja took the Final Investment Decision (FID) for its Train 7 Project, which will increase its production by 35% and its competitiveness in the global LNG market.  A statement issued by General Manager,...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) portfolio investments in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region is 20 billion dollars. This is contained in a statement released by the bank’s Communication and External Relations Department on Sunda...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday threatened to suspend the account of any person hiding under the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme to sabotage  the federal government’s investment in reviving the palm oil sector. The Governor of the Bank,....

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Monday for Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to attend the third edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) organised by Saudi’s Public Investment Fund (PIF). The three-day event will be held under the.....

The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr Richard Adebayo, has said that Nigeria would explore more investment opportunities in the United Arabic Emirate (UAE). According to a statement signed by Mr Julius Toba-Jegede, Special Assistant (Media) to the...

Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has called on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to invest in agriculture and particularly cassava, soybean, cowpea and plantain to help Africa cut down annual food imports that is estimated at $50billion....