All posts tagged "featured"
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Dangote cement will boost business expansion in Africa – Lungu
Dangote business expansion across the continent is worthy of emulation by African businessmen in the task of continental development, Zambian President, Edgar Lungu, has said. In a statement by Dangote Cement, Lungu said he was delighted about...
- Posted August 16, 2015
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Tax number wiII be mandatory for company registration – FIRS
The Federal Inland Revenue Service is currently discussing with the Corporate Affairs Commission to make it mandatory for companies to obtain their Tax Identification Number at the point of registration. The Director, Communications and Liaison Department, FIRS,...
- Posted August 16, 2015
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Nigeria-Cameroon Bridge for completion this year
A modern dual carriage bridge connecting Nigeria to Cameroon would be completed before the end of this year. The completion of the bridge is expected to ease the movement of persons and goods between the two West...
- Posted August 15, 2015
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Banned exports: Nigeria faces huge revenue loss
Nigeria faces loss of revenue running into billions of naira from now till 2016 as a result of the European Union’s ban on the country’s food exports including beans, sesame seeds, melon seeds, dried fish and meat,...
- Posted August 15, 2015
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Investors still uncertain about Nigeria’s economic focus—LCCI
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry is of the opinion that unveiling of economic blueprint by the Federal Government will stem the tide of declining investor confidence in the economy. The chamber stated this in a...
- Posted August 15, 2015
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Union Bank partners SMEDAN
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc has restated its continued support for the growth of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria, describing them as the drivers of national development and economic growth. To this end, Union...
- Posted August 14, 2015
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Inflation rate remains 9.2%
The National Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday released the Consumer Price Index for July 2015, stating that the nation’s inflation rate had remained unchanged at 9.2 per cent. The actual CPI released by the bureau came against...
- Posted August 14, 2015
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Egbin Power boosts electricity generation by 1,100MW
The Chief Executive Officer of Egbin Power Plc, Mr. Dallas Peavey, has stated that the plant has hit a generation capacity of 1,100 megawatts, thus accounting for almost one-third of the current improvement in power supply across...
- Posted August 14, 2015
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Naira firms on parallel market as CBN sells dollars
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) sold $80 million to bureaux de change (BDC) operators on Wednesday at N197 to a dollar. This helped to strengthen the nation’s currency on the parallel market, the president of the...
- Posted August 14, 2015
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CBN implementing ‘panicky’ policies — ECCIMA
The Director-General, Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture, Mr. Emeka Okereke, has said policies introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria to stop the slide in the value of the naira are “panicky” measures that...
- Posted August 14, 2015