—-Create 5.85m jobs —-Attracted $40million foreign investment A total of 22,988 businesses in Nigeria have secured lease financing to the tune of N3.48 trillion. Leasing...
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the World Bank to help Nigeria recover N102.4 billion ($320 million) looted and hidden in Swiss bank accounts by late military...
South African supermarket operator Pick n Pay plans to expand into Nigeria next year through a partnership with a local conglomerate, as it seeks to reduce...
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has announced the appointment of Grant T. Harris as an independent Director. Mr. Harris joins AFC after serving four years at the U.S....
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Tuesday that the total number of GSM subscribers dipped to 148.6 million from 149.7 million in the final...
FBN Holdings Plc has declared gross earnings of N505.2 billion for the financial year ended Dec. 31, 2015. This was against the N481.8 billion posted in...
The market capitalisation of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday rebounded by N20 billion due to moderate gains posted by some blue chips. Market capitalisation,...
The Acting Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr Vincent Akpotaire, said on Monday the Bureau was reviewing the data of failed privatised enterprises,...
Federal Government will soon release a new blueprint to reposition the country’s insurance industry, Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun has said. The minister announced this...
The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Mr Hassan Bello, has said that the Regional Maritime Bank will soon fully take off in Abuja. Bello made...
The European Union (EU) says it has earmarked 12 million euros (N2.5 billion) to support and improve the standard and quality of four Nigerian agricultural products....
Activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday sustained positive growth with the market capitalisation appreciating further by N43 billion. The market capitalisation which opened...
By Omoh Gabriel Last week Wednesday the managing Director of Nigeria Ports Authority had an interactive session with select Business Editors in Lagos. He spoke of...
—-17.646m tons exported through ports in 2015 —-20.626 million metric tons of refined products By Omoh Gabriel Managing Director Nigeria Ports Authority Habib Abdullahi has...
By Omoh Gabriel One news item in the international wire service last week caught my attention. It is the fact that the United States of America...