The Minister of State for Agriculture, Alhaji Bukar Tijani, said in Abuja, Nigeria that the ministry has begun negotiations with the Chinese Government to embark on...
Ms Arunma Oteh, the Director-General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), was re-elected as the Chairperson of Africa/Middle East Regional Committee (AMERC) of the International Organisation of...
Nigeria’s Ambassador to Japan, Mr Godwin Agbo, has disclosed that 22 Japanese firms are in Nigeria to explore investment opportunities in the country. Agbo said this...
Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 12.9 percent in April, year on year, driven largely by non-food items and a very price stable comparative month in April...
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The naira depreciated against the U.S dollar on the inter-bank market, as strong dollar demand for the local currency from fuel importers held down the local...
Sub-Saharan Africa’s economies will expand at a slower rate in 2012 than earlier projected, undermined by global financial distress and a sluggish recovery in South Africa,...
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), a Lagos-based development financier, is considering potential investments worth $3 billion across sub-Saharan Africa over the next year, its chief executive said...
The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has commenced a diagnostic study of micro-insurance in Nigeria with a view to providing improved services to millions of uninsured people...
Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) opened for the week on depressed note on Monday as some blue chips recorded price losses. The All-Share Index,...
BPE said weekend that the preferred bidders for PHCN assets would be announced in October, hoping to alleviate chronic electricity shortages holding Nigeria’s economy. Nigeria plans...
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Wednesday said that the country needed great entrepreneurs to build the economy and put it on the path...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has developed an exposure draft on Financial Inclusion Strategy to improve the percentage of Nigerians keying into the...
Some stakeholders in the capital market have blamed the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the failure of the Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) rights issue....
Federal Government of Nigeria on Wednesday approved the sum of N3 billion for the procurement of two High-Speed Patrol Boats for the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)...