• Nigeria:Nigeria, Botswana Sign Agreement On Cultural Affairs, Diplomatic Relations

    [Premium Times] Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, has said Nigeria and Botswana have signed agreements on cultural cooperation and diplomatic relations as part of efforts to deepen bilateral relations.

  • Senate Asks CBN To Suspend ATM Charges, Summons Emefiele

    The Senate has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN), to suspend the Automated Teller Machine(ATM) card maintenance charges  pending outcome of investigation into alleged sharp practices by banks. The senate also resolved to invite the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, to appear before the ...

  • USADF Partners All-On To Promote Off-Grid Energy Solutions In Nigeria

    The U.S African Development Foundation (USADF) and All-on have partnered to develop, scale up and promote the use of renewable off-grid energy technologies to reach communities not served by existing power grids in Nigeria. Mr C.D Glin, the President/CEO of USADF told journalists in Lagos on Wednesday that the All ...

  • Investor Lauds LEADERSHIP For Boosting Nigeria-China Cooperation

    The chairman of Amanbo China, Liao Xuhui, has commended LEADERSHIP Newspapers Ltd for enhancing China-Nigeria cooperation in the setting up of Amanbo Nigeria, a business-to-business-consumer (B2B2C) platform and portal that would enable Nigerian exporters to trade with Chinese importers and vice versa. Xuhui made the statement when he visited LEADERSHIP ...

  • FG Extends Verification Exercise Of NAL Ex-worker

    The federal government has extended the ongoing verification exercise of Nigeria Airways Limited former workers and assured that the exercise will not end until everybody is captured. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, stated this on Wednesday during her visit for on the spot assessment of the exercise ...

  • Nigeria:U.S.-Nigeria Council Promises to Attract More Investments

    [This Day] The United States Nigeria Council (USNC) has unfolded plans to attract influential entrepreneurs to combat market challenges being experienced in the country by developing technology and innovation ecosystem.

  • Unilever Donates Relief Materials To Kogi Flood Victims

    As part of its social responsibility to the society, the Unilever Nigeria Plc in partnership with Intergrated Investment Services has donated household materials worth millions of naira to the victims of flood disaster in Kogi State .The items are cartons of Omo, Close-up, sunlight detergents and lux. The distributor of ...

  • FG Decries Incessant Attacks On Maritime Industry

    The federal government has raised the alarm that the nation’s maritime industry has come under siege from criminal elements who perpetuate various crimes on Nigeria’s territorial waters. Statistics has shown that the maritime component of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry is worth an estimated $8 billion alongside seaborne transportation, oceanic ...

  • SON Shuts 20 Firms Over Poor Standards

    The  Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has sealed 20 business outfits in Ekiti for offenses ranging from poor quality products. Mr Ayeni Feyisayo, the Head of SON in Ekiti, disclosed this on Monday in Ado Ekiti during a sensitisation seminar titled: ” The Importance of Quality and Globalization of Small ...

  • Kachikwu, Baru Advocate Gas Economy For Nigeria

    Dr Maikanti Baru, Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporate (NNPC) and Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu said  the huge gas deposit in the country was a veritable tool for economic diversification. They both made the assertion on Monday at the Nigerian Gas Association 11th International ...

  • Jos Trade Fair Attracts 300 Foreign Exhibitors

    No fewer than 300 exhibitors from seven countries would participate in the 2018 Jos Trade Fair, an official told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Ms Bolchit Barshep, the MD/CEO of the consulting firm working with Plateau Chamber of Commerce Industries Mines and Agriculture (PLACCIMA) on the fair, said measures ...

  • Stakeholders At Indian-West Africa Summit Wants Improved Power

    Stakeholders at the just concluded  India-West Africa Business Conclave, which took place in Abuja called for stable power supply in west Africa and stronger trade cooperation to aid development of the region. More than 200 delegates from 15 African countries and 70 business representatives from India , including 20 CEOs ...

  • Ghana’s Closure Of Over 400 Nigerian Shops Worrisome – FG

    The federal government has expressed concern over the continued closure of  shops owned by Nigerians  in Ghana, two weeks after President Koffi Nana-Akudo gave an order that they be reopened. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa said this in Abuja, when she ...

  • 10 Breathtaking Natural Sites In Nigeria

    Our country is endowed with many awe-inspiring natural attractions. Across the country are amazing natural sites that if well developed and marketed, the country would have been less dependent on oil, while the flow of inbound tourists would have impacted positively on the economy of where the sites are located. ...

  • Allegations Against NHIS Boss, Baseless – Union

    The Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU) has stated as baseless, allegations leveled against the executive secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Prof Usman Yusuf, by a faction of the scheme’s union, the Association of Service Civil Servant of Nigeria (ASCSN). In a press release signed by the chairman ...

  • Caminhada diplomática para atrair financiadores

    No recente “Africa Summit 2018”, que teve lugar nos dias 7 e 8 deste mês, em Londres, subordinado ao tema “Africa Means Business”, organizada pelo jornal Financial Times, o governador do Banco Nacional de Angola (BNA), José de Lima Massano, mais uma vez fez diplomacia, explicando aos parceiros internacionais o ...

  • ‘Why INEC Must Deliver Credible Elections In 2019’

    Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim is the presidential flag bearer of Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN). In this interview with RUTH CHOJI, he speaks on the state of the economy and devolution of power to the stated among other critical issues. How can Nigeria wriggle out of the economic morass it is anmeshed ...

  • FG Seeks Increase Of Nigeria’s AFREXIM Bank Shares

    The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed has said Nigeria is discussing the possibility of increasing its shareholding with AFREXIM Bank. Mrs Ahmed made this known in a statement signed by the special adviser on media and communications, Paul Ella Abechi. The statement, which quoted the minister during a meeting ...

  • IMF: Nigeria Needs Urgent Structural Economic Reforms

    The managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, has once again urged the federal government to embark on structural reforms of Nigeria’s economy in order to move the nation forward. Lagarde in her remarks at a session with local and foreign journalists today in Bali, Indonesia, at ...

  • Nigeria:Afreximbank Urges Economic Cooperation to Counter Trade Uncertainties

    [Guardian] Bali, Indonesia -African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), has called for greater cooperation among south economies to deal with the uncertainties resulting from the current global trade environment.

  • How NIRSAL Is Complementing Anchor Borrowers Programme

    The synergy between the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Incentive Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) in the operation of the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) is delivering good results as a vital component of the Buhari administration’s efforts to rebuild the national economy. The institutional ...