Nigeria Business News » Business http://businessnews.com.ng Nigeria Business News Tue, 21 May 2013 10:09:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 FAAN carries out further security checks at Abuja airport http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/05/21/faan-carries-out-further-security-checks-at-abuja-airport/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=faan-carries-out-further-security-checks-at-abuja-airport http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/05/21/faan-carries-out-further-security-checks-at-abuja-airport/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 06:16:29 +0000 Wale Odunsi http://businessnews.com.ng/?p=33167 The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has introduced more security measures at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, the News Agency of Nigeria has reported. Henrietta Yakubu, the FAAN spokesperson at the airport, told the NAN that the measure would improve airport security. Yakubu said that a screening machine, now installed at the entrance of [...]

FAAN carries out further security checks at Abuja airport

]]> http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/05/21/faan-carries-out-further-security-checks-at-abuja-airport/feed/ 0 BoA targets 30 million farmers with mobile money http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/05/21/boa-targets-30-million-farmers-with-mobile-money/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=boa-targets-30-million-farmers-with-mobile-money http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/05/21/boa-targets-30-million-farmers-with-mobile-money/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 05:20:54 +0000 BusinessNews Staff http://businessnews.com.ng/?p=33141 The Bank of Agriculture has entered into a partnership with Cellulant of Kenya to provide mobile money banking services to about 30 million Nigerian farmers. The move will enable farmers to enjoy broader base services by leveraging the payment system for money transfers. They will also be able to access their accounts through the mobile [...]

BoA targets 30 million farmers with mobile money

]]> http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/05/21/boa-targets-30-million-farmers-with-mobile-money/feed/ 0 Lagos commences work on Fourth Mainland Bridge http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/05/20/lagos-commences-work-on-fourth-mainland-bridge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lagos-commences-work-on-fourth-mainland-bridge http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/05/20/lagos-commences-work-on-fourth-mainland-bridge/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 10:38:39 +0000 BusinessNews Staff http://businessnews.com.ng/?p=33122 The Lagos State Government has finally started a preliminary work on the Fourth Mainland Bridge. The 26-kilometre infrastructure would be designed to link Ikorodu to the state’s economic hub in Eti-Osa Local Government Area. The state Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, disclosed this in an interview with THISDAY, saying there was no [...]

Lagos commences work on Fourth Mainland Bridge

]]> http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/05/20/lagos-commences-work-on-fourth-mainland-bridge/feed/ 0 President Jonathan promises free trade zone for South East http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/05/19/president-jonathan-promises-free-trade-zone-for-south-east/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=president-jonathan-promises-free-trade-zone-for-south-east http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/05/19/president-jonathan-promises-free-trade-zone-for-south-east/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 05:50:59 +0000 BusinessNews Staff http://businessnews.com.ng/?p=33008 President Goodluck Jonathan has promised to establish a free trade zone in the South East to boost economic activities in the area. Jonathan made the promise at the ground-breaking ceremony of the international wing of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu on Saturday. The president, who noted that a free trade zone would only [...]

President Jonathan promises free trade zone for South East

]]> http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/05/19/president-jonathan-promises-free-trade-zone-for-south-east/feed/ 0 NCS advises LCCI to promote Made-in-Nigeria goods http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/05/19/ncs-advises-lcci-to-promote-made-in-nigeria-goods/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ncs-advises-lcci-to-promote-made-in-nigeria-goods http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/05/19/ncs-advises-lcci-to-promote-made-in-nigeria-goods/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 05:30:04 +0000 BusinessNews Staff http://businessnews.com.ng/?p=33011 Victor Gbemudu, the Zonal Coordinator of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Zone `A’, Lagos, has advised the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) to promote Made-in-Nigeria goods at the 2013 Lagos International Trade Fair. The advice was given by Gbemudu who is an Assistant Comptroller-General of Customs, in an interview on Thursday in Lagos. “We [...]

NCS advises LCCI to promote Made-in-Nigeria goods

]]> http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/05/19/ncs-advises-lcci-to-promote-made-in-nigeria-goods/feed/ 0 Ogun State Government boosts rice production http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/05/18/ogun-state-government-boosts-rice-production/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ogun-state-government-boosts-rice-production http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/05/18/ogun-state-government-boosts-rice-production/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 05:55:07 +0000 BusinessNews Staff http://businessnews.com.ng/?p=32986 The Ogun State government has supplied and installed two sets of rice processing equipment at Moloko-Asipa in Obafemi Owode Local Government and Ago-Iwoye in Ijebu-North Local Government Areas to boost rice production in the state. Also to enhance the growth of crops, the Governor Ibikunle Amosun-led administration has carried out farm mechanisation services and sold [...]

Ogun State Government boosts rice production

]]> http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/05/18/ogun-state-government-boosts-rice-production/feed/ 0 Traders send SOS to Amaechi over N500,000 fee for market stores http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/05/18/traders-send-sos-to-amaechi-over-n500000-fee-for-market-stores/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=traders-send-sos-to-amaechi-over-n500000-fee-for-market-stores http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/05/18/traders-send-sos-to-amaechi-over-n500000-fee-for-market-stores/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 05:50:57 +0000 BusinessNews Staff http://businessnews.com.ng/?p=32983 TRADERS at the New Layout market in Port Harcourt have appealed to Governor Chibuike Amaechi to reduce the five hundred thousand naira fee they were being asked to pay to secure their stores at the market. While thanking the governor for rebuilding the market after it was razed down by fire Mr Lucky Atukuba who [...]

Traders send SOS to Amaechi over N500,000 fee for market stores

]]> http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/05/18/traders-send-sos-to-amaechi-over-n500000-fee-for-market-stores/feed/ 0 Inflation rose to 9.1% in April – NBS http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/05/17/inflation-rose-to-9-1-in-april-nbs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inflation-rose-to-9-1-in-april-nbs http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/05/17/inflation-rose-to-9-1-in-april-nbs/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 05:45:28 +0000 BusinessNews Staff http://businessnews.com.ng/?p=32930 The rate of inflation in the country rose to 9.1 per cent in April from 8.6 per cent in March, according to the Consumer Price Index Report released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday. The report attributed the rise in inflation to “higher price levels of food products due to the effect of [...]

Inflation rose to 9.1% in April – NBS

]]> http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/05/17/inflation-rose-to-9-1-in-april-nbs/feed/ 0 Governors seek 25% waiver to buy INEC’s data capturing machine http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/05/17/governors-seek-25-waiver-to-buy-inecs-data-capturing-machine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=governors-seek-25-waiver-to-buy-inecs-data-capturing-machine http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/05/17/governors-seek-25-waiver-to-buy-inecs-data-capturing-machine/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 05:30:44 +0000 BusinessNews Staff http://businessnews.com.ng/?p=32928 State governors,yesterday, requested the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to grant them 25 percent discount for the purchase of computers used for capturing data during the registration of voters in 2010. Addressing newsmen at the end of the National Economic Council meeting, Governor Adams Oshiomole of Edo State said INEC has offered to sell a [...]

Governors seek 25% waiver to buy INEC’s data capturing machine

]]> http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/05/17/governors-seek-25-waiver-to-buy-inecs-data-capturing-machine/feed/ 0 LCCI laments state of insecurity http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/05/16/lcci-laments-state-of-insecurity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lcci-laments-state-of-insecurity http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/05/16/lcci-laments-state-of-insecurity/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 08:29:49 +0000 BusinessNews Staff http://businessnews.com.ng/?p=32891 The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, has lamented the worsening state of insecurity in the country, saying it is already taking a severe toll on investors’ confidence. Speaking at the presentation of the 2013 Lagos International Trade Fair prospectus, (LITF), Tuesday, the President of LCCI, Mr. Goodie Ibru, said the situation has continued [...]

LCCI laments state of insecurity

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