There are indications that mining activities that went down drastically last year have gradually begun to pick up. Available data from the Central Bank of Nigeria,...
Corn bread, the obvious alternative for wheat bread may not be available for consumers as bakers find it difficult to produce in commercial quantity. This is...
Many foreigners have adopted a wait and see attitude towards the federal government’s decision to review the Nigerian Enterprises Promotion act of 1977 while others have...
Profit margins of many quoted companies have gone up in spite of the economic crunch for staff retrenchment. An investigation conducted by The Republic on the...
The beverages industry has resorted to the use of malted sorghum in place of barley to beat the ban n importation of barley expected to take...
The Citicorp Bank America’s biggest bank has indicated its willingness to lend new money to developing countries, in spite of an increase in its provision for...
Shareholders of breweries and other malt-based companies are now panicky over federal government’s announcement on the ban on malt importation, expected to take effect from January...
Airlines operating in the country are now required to remit the net proceeds of their international ticket sales on a monthly of fortnightly basis. This is...
Three new export funds aimed at subsidising exports generally and providing financial assistance to exporting companies, have been set up by the federal government. The funds...
The issue of privatisation has gone beyond the concept of its rationale. The question to be answered now is how best can we achieve the stated...
