The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said BUA Cement's massive increase in production, especially since 2015, was made possible by the conducive business environment provided by the Federal Government.
The Minister, who stated this during a media tour of BUA Cement's Sokoto Plant on Wednesday, listed...
Despite the directive of the Central Bank of Nigeria to merchants to stop the deduction of additional N50 on Point of Sales transactions, some outlets have yet to comply with the directive.
Our correspondent who monitored the rate of compliance with the directive observed that many of the filling stations...
The World Bank has predicted that Nigeria’s economy will grow by 2.1 percent in 2020, adding that growth in the West African Economic and Monetary Union is expected to stabilise at 6.4 percent.
The bank made the prediction in its January 2020 Global Economic Prospects which was released on Wednesday.
Nigeria’s...
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has warned financial technology (Fintech) operators against disclosing their customers’ financial details without appropriate permission.
Dr Kabir Katata, Deputy Director, Research Department of NDIC, gave the advice in Yola on Wednesday at the 2019 NDIC Workshop for Business Editors and Finance Correspondents Association of...
President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, said close to $500m have been expended on the Dangote Sugar Refinery in Tunga, Nasarawa State, with the project when completed, expected to generate 90 megawatts of power, as well as provide direct employment for thousands.
Alhaji Dangote disclosed this when he led the...
Leading financial services provider, First City Monument Bank (FCMB), has continued to blaze the trail with innovative and value-added offerings to boost the productivity and overall performance of businesses.
The latest is an initiative tagged, “Top-5-In-5”, a digital video knowledge sharing and capacity building series designed to give Small and...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said that in second quarter 2019, international customers owed Nigeria electricity bills totally N11.17billion.
The commission’s second quarter report noted that in the period under review, the customers did not make any payment to the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET) Plc and Market...
Poised to increase the number of Technology startups in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT), in the state and taping into the $34b innovation economy, the Ogun State government, has entered into a strategic partnership with GetFundedAfrica.
The Chief Press Secretary to Ogun State Governor, Kunle Somorin stated this in...
Nigerian startup airline, Rano Air, has reportedly secured four EMB-145LRs aircraft to start operations in 2022.
This was disclosed in some social media posts on Tuesday. Videos of the new aircraft were also uploaded on social media.
In January, the company applied for an Air Transport License (ATL) with the Nigerian...
The coronavirus epidemic could damage global economic growth this year, the IMF head said Sunday, but a sharp and rapid economic rebound could follow.
“There may be a cut that we are still hoping would be in the 0.1-0.2 percentage space,” the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina...
