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Agusto & Co, has challenged the federal government to give priority attention to key economic reforms to enhance improved efficiencies in the economy by concessioning key infrastructure and eliminating monopolies …
Firm urges FG to focus on private sector growth Read MoreThe National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) said insurance industry will do everything possible to key into the $48 billion investments in the oil and gas sector to tap from the available opportunities and …
NAICOM to key into $48bn oil & gas investment Read MoreThe National Coordinator/Secretary-General of the Nigerian Farmers Group and Cooperative Society, Mr Retson Tedheke, says the group is determined to help interested Nigerians in diaspora to own farms in Nigeria. …
Farmers’ group urges diaspora Nigerians to own farms at home Read MoreNigeria has ordered foreign oil and gas companies to pay nearly $20 billion in taxes it says are owed to local states, industry and government sources said, in a move …
Oil majors to pay over $20bn in back taxes Read MoreIn its bid to boost livestock farming in Nigeria, African DevelopmentBank (ADB) in collaboration with its sister organizations has trainedlivestock farmers on Sorghum stover processing and utilization andminerals mix …
ADB trains Kaduna livestock farmers on stover production Read MoreThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sealed off the premises of Growing Circle in Lagos for engaging in illegal fund management activities. According to the Commission, the company was shut down …
Capital market: SEC shuts ‘Growing Circle’ over illegal activities Read MoreCrown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday said Saudi Arabia has signed investment agreements worth $20 billion (£15.5 billion) during his high-profile visit to Pakistan, where tensions were flaring up …
Saudi Arabia signs $20bn investment pact with Pakistan Read MoreDangote Cement Industry on Monday recorded the highest loss at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), dropping by N1.50 kobo to close at N188.00. Custodian and Investment trailed with a loss …
Dangote Cement leads losers as market gains N18bn Read MoreBrimming with confidence, the President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, on Wednesday, in his address to diplomats at a lunch in Abidjan, the capital of Cote d’Ivoire, …
I’m confident of a promising future for Africa – Adesina Read MorePresident Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday inaugurated the Ariara Market Independent Power Plant (IPP) in the commercial city of Aba, Abia State, saying the present administration would continue to execute people-oriented …
Buhari commissions Independent Power Project, campaigns in Aba Read MoreThe minister of state for petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, said African Petroleum Producers Organisation (APPO) in partnership with other countries in the continent will mobilise $1billion to fund critical infrastructure …
African petroleum producers, others to mobilises $1bn for Infrastructure devt Read MoreBarrister Solomon Dalung is seeking Private Sector Initiative to prepare the National U-21 Volleyball team ahead of the World Cup in Tunisia. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development made …
U-21 Volleyball World Cup: Dalung seeks private sector investment Read MoreWhen African countries came together to agree on increasing funding for the agricultural sector, through the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), their aim was to increase agric productivity in …
Africa: Any hope for increased allocation to agric sector? Read MoreAn economist, Dr Chijioke Ekechukwu, has said that Nigeria will become a dumping ground for goods and services if it signs the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) …
AfCFTA will make Nigeria dumping ground – Expert Read MoreThe Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, disclosed yesterday that the country’s economic outlook for the year 2018 and beyond was positive. She stated that the country was now resilient …
Nigeria targets 7% growth in 3years Read MoreThe federal government national home grown school feeding programme has commenced in Gombe with 286,000 pupils across the state. The focal person, Gombe state Social Investment Project, Hajiya Maryam …
FG commences school feeding in Gombe with 286,000 Read MoreThe Senate, yesterday, considered a bill seeking to approve the use of a comprehensive and integrated approach in technology development and transfer, capacity building and investment promotion, for cost-effective …
Senate moves to strengthen economy via tech transfer, investment Read MoreStaffers of Investment Security Tribunal (IST) have called for the immediate removal of the chairman, Mr Idoko Akoh, alleging highhandedness in the running of the organisation’s affairs. The staffers, under …
Investment Security Tribunal workers call for sack of chairman over highhandedness Read MoreAbuja The federal government has disclosed that it is targeting $25billion new investments for critical projects to be spread across the country. Also, all is set for the launch …
FG targets $25bn new investments, to launch economic recovery plan Read MoreThe Controller General Federal Fire Service (FFS) Engr. Joseph Garba Anebi has said that the federal government had approved the establishment of Fire Service Zonal Headquarters in Awka, Anambra …
FG approves fire zonal office in Anambra – FFS boss Read MoreAbuja The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, has said multinational oil firms would no longer ship out all the crude oil they produce in Nigeria. Kachikwu …
Multinationals will no longer lift oil-Kachikwu Read MoreLast week, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, led members of the House Committee on Steel Development, on an on-the-spot assessment visit to the Ajaokuta Steel Company …
Ajaokuta Steel Company: Dogara’s pains over a neglected ‘goldmine’ Read MoreMinister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, says sports is a vital tool in addressing some of the security challenges bedevilling the county. The minister made the remark on Thursday, …
Sports vital tool in addressing insecurity – Dalung Read MoreAbuja The huge investments and philanthropic strides of Africa’s top industry-Dangote Group- came into limelight as Kogi State opened its First Investment Summit in Lokoja yesterday. The conglomerate is the …
FG, others hail Dangote at Kogi Summit Read MoreCovenant University came first in Nigeria’s stage of the global CFA Institute Research competition in Lagos recently to emerge as Nigeria’s representative at the regional CFA competition in Dublin, Ireland, …
Covenant varsity to represent Nigeria at world competition Read More